promoting & supporting your school counseling program with technology
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Promoting & Supporting Your School Counseling Program with Technology. WSCA 2012 Richard Cleveland and Robyn Cronin. Intro. Who we are What we are going to do today?. The Amazing Robyn!. Competition Time!. What Do You Want?. What do you want to learn/address today? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WSCA 2012RICHARD CLEVELAND AND ROBYN CRONIN
Promoting & Supporting Your School Counseling Program with
Technology
Intro
Who we areWhat we are going to do today?
The Amazing Robyn!
Competition Time!
What Do You Want?
What do you want to learn/address today?
What is one thing you want to walk away knowing today?
The Digital Divide
Open Educational Resources (OERs) PowerPoint presentations Multimedia (movies, drawings, diagrams) Working templates (Word, Adobe, Excel)
Literature from OERs looking at the definition of “the Digital Divide”
Migrating from access to usability
The Digital Divide
Prezi.com Spiffy PowerPoint or bigger headache?
Our Structure for Today: Exposure Usability & Considerations
Why Technology?
Plan, organize, collaborate, implement, and evaluate
Create interactionsProvide informationEnable creativityExpand reachProvide channels for communicationProduce results and convey data
Managing Obstacles
How do we do this?Downside of technologyEngaging students
(mainstream as well as under/non-served populations)
Not being left behind as other areas of education “advance”
What Do You Already Have?
What programs do you already have? Isis, DUIS, eGrad, other district/state scheduling,
records, etc. programs and softwareWhat works / doesn’t work?What is your criteria for what does/doesn’t
work? How do we define this criteria? Time? Training? Interface?
Exposure - Tasks
File sharing (i.e. Google Docs, Dropbox, WSCA Scene).
Don’t reinvent the wheel every time you create a document/PowerPoint/etc. Similarly, have access no matter where you are at in the building/district. One more – sharing with colleagues.
Exposure - Tasks
Online Calendar Tools Microsoft Outlook Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook Google Calendar
Managed sharing with others
Easy to Print & Post day, week, month
Invites, Appt Confirmations through Email
Embed links, docs, etc.
DittosEasy connections to
social media applications
Extends to networks outside district servers
Exposure - Tasks
Jazz up your creations! Use Fun fonts, clipart, animations, movies, etc. to revamp worksheets, PowerPoints, handouts, etc. Take it one step further and have students create these from scratch or from a template. Talk about the GLAD example as well as the STR final project example. Wordle.net
Exposure - Tasks
Exposure - Tasks
Jazz up your creations! Fun fonts Clipart, animations, movies, etc.
Students create from scratch or template GLAD STR final project Wordle.net
Wordle.net
Exposure - Tasks
Fun Tools – Discovery Education (i.e. crossword puzzle maker, etc.), Sheppardsoftware.com, Starfall, etc.
Exposure - Tasks
Presentation Tools “…the reports of PowerPoint’s death have been greatly
exaggerated…” PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting, etc.
Exposure - Tasks
Wireless Response Devices Classroom guidance lessons Small Group “Game Show” Assemblies
Potential Benefits Classroom management Anonymity for Students Differentiated Instruction –
walking answers “backwards”
Exposure - Tasks
TurningPoint Simple, sturdy hardware Simple software interface “Plays well with others..” – works
with other MS applications
Poll Everywhere.com Using cell phone texting iPhone, iPad, Droid, etc.
How To Vote via Texting
EXAMPLE
POLL EVERYWHERE.com
Exposure – Collaboration
Building/Department Website as one of your primary communication tools.
Site Review: Cottondale Elementary; Rye High School (#50) Do you have one Is it accessible, drawing people in? More than communication but
engaging people.Even if you have a district interface that you are required
to use, often you can embed sites, wikis, etc. in the interface (i.e. Wix.com, Google, Twitter, Facebook, gadgets, widgets, etc.).
Reinvigorate – what exactly are people using/interacting with on your site?
Survey students, school/community members – what would like to see more of on your website?
Exposure – Collaboration
ASCA/WSCA Scene as a way to connect, share, and collaborate
The next step from file sharing at a static, one-stop shopping silo.
Post discussion threads and even choose to be notified when someone responds (i.e. Ask for a template and then get notification when people reply to your request).
Exposure – Collaboration
Pearltrees Real time Connectivity Personalized network AI Collaboration
Exposure – Tasks & Collaboration
SummaryQuestions?
LUNCH BREAK
Check-In & Formative Assessment
How are we doing with what you wanted to learn/know?
How does this align with what we have already discussed?
ACTIVITY
Participants break out by level (ES, MS, HS)Discuss:
What/how are you seeing kids use technology? What/how are you using technology? What do you wish your school had? What impact are you seeing at school?
ACTIVITY
Discuss: What/how are you seeing kids use technology?
ACTIVITY
Discuss: What/how are you using technology?
ACTIVITY
Discuss: What do you wish your school had?
ACTIVITY
Discuss: What impact are you seeing at school?
Usability & Considerations
Social media Facebook – depends on district policy whether to have
access/use at site. Instant notification but limited on what you can post (size, etc.).
Usability & Considerations
Social media Twitter
mini-blogging (140 characters) Expanding connectvitiy, but still limited “Gateway” social-media “Pointing” or linking
Usability & Considerations
Social media Twitter – different than Facebook, this is mini-blogging.
Again, while Twitter is expanding its connectedness (or connectability), it is still limited in how much you can share. Really, all you can do is mini-blog and point to cool things.
ACTIVITY
Social mediaCase Study Scenario Activity re:
Cyberbullying
ACTIVITY
Case Study Scenario:
A 5th grade teacher has a Facebook profileand is very professional with her postings.While she does not seek out students or “friend” them, many students “friend” her upon finding her profile.The teacher approaches you concerned about postings one student has repeatedly written regarding another student. She is very concerned about the “victim” student, stating that while nothing has occurred in class, she has noticed the “victim” student presenting more depressed, quiet, and removed.She asks you what she should do.
Tools of Trauma Policy Considerations
ExclusionFlamingOutingCyberstalkingEmailHarassmentIM/TextingWebsitesImpersonationVoting/Polling
Cyberbullying Research Center www.cyberbullying.us
Center for Safe & Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org
Not in Our School www.niot.org
CYBERBULLYING
Russ Sabellawww.schoolcounselor.com
Usability & Considerations
Limitations/ConsiderationsOpportunity Gap related to the digital divide
previously mentioned.Old school vs. wired all the time with smart
phones, iPads, etc.Grants, money aspect. Provide some places to
look, but also bounce back to them for ideas (i.e. district funds, PTA grants, etc.). Talk to vendors – Turning Point “deals” they keep sending me.
Usability & Considerations
SummaryQuestions
Overall Review & Summary
ExposureUsability & Considerations
Overall Review & Summary
ExposureUsability & Considerations
Defining What Works for You and Your Needs What’s Your Next Step?
Thank You & Questions
Thank YouQuestions