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Review Session 1

 * Look back over the day and review The Peer Coaching Program.**

The desire to spread information to my collegues Being able to skill teachers up so that they can also share
 * What sits squarely with your thinking?**

How am I going to present it to the school how much harder this will be to implement using Windows, and the lack of decent software contained on them Not really sure about some of this because it is dependant on the needs of the teacher who is being coached.
 * What is still going around in your head?**

The need to gain more knowledge about whats out there. Need to look at the ePotential data
 * What's at the top of my thinking?**

mixed feelings-keen/nervous what my role will be in this/how i can utilise all my skills
 * How am I feeling about the Peer Coaching Program?**

Another look at Peer Coaching and ICT in schools - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=13881

Peer Coaching Models
ICT specialist model
 * Possible models could include -**

Classroom Teacher Model

Librarian Model

What would they look like? How much time would be needed? How many coachees would you work with in 2008, 2009? Who would be the coachees? Where could you meet?



School Agreement Plan
To assist you in preparing a proposal for your principal or leadership team you may like to look at the School Support Agreement and Peer Coaching Plan handouts. [| School Peer Coaching Plan.doc] [| School Agreement.doc]

School Awareness of Program
How will you let staff know about the program? Let's list some ideas here - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

You may like to use these templates.

or any other digital formats eg; Comic Life, PowerPoint, etc...

Communication Skills

 * Communication Skills and Strategies**
 * **Active Listening:** Attend fully to speaker, lock out competing thoughts, lean forward, and pause before responding
 * Active listening means that you are monitoring and controlling your behavior and attending to the conversation
 * Strive to pause for 5-10 seconds after someone finishes speaking. Pausing allows time for the speaker to think. This is also a good way to model thoughtfulness.
 * **Paraphrasing:** Restate what was said to indicate acceptance, encouragement, and understanding. Establish a relationship, avoid "I".
 * Paraphrasing can create a safe environment for thinking. It says, I am trying to understand you, and therefore I value what you have to say. Paraphrasing can help to establish a relationship between you and participating teachers.
 * The I statement signals that what the speaker is thinking no longer matters and that the paraphraser is going to insert his or her own ideas into the conversation.
 * **Clarifying Questions:** Add clarity to the conversation, are factual questions, help the speaker to be more specific, are straightforward questions that don't require a lot of thought to answer.
 * Examples of Clarifying Questions: How did you present the information? How many students were there? Were students working in groups?
 * **Probing Questions:** Push the speaker to think more deeply about a topic, are often prefaced by a paraphrase, don't carry a solution (better if the questioner doesn't have the answer), are questions that help focus the speaker rather than satisfying coach's curiosity.



How do we keep in touch with others?
There are many ways we can keep in touch with each other and with our coachees. Here are some that you may already know of -

Diigo http://www.diigo.com/index - home page http://www.diigo.com/profile/helenotway - my page http://groups.diigo.com/groups/peer-coaching - Peer Coaching Group Delicious http://delicious.com/
 * Social Bookmarking**

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Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/ - home page http://www.classroom20.com/group/peercoaching - Peer Coaching Group
 * Social Networking**

Twitter http://twitter.com/home media type="youtube" key="ddO9idmax0o&rel=0" height="260" width="320" Blogs http://edublogs.org/
 * Micro-blogging and Blogging**

Office Communicator
 * Instant Messaging**

http://www.skype.com/intl/en/welcomeback/
 * Skype**

What is Powerful Learning with ICT?

 * Use the following graphic organiser to unpack the elements of a powerful lesson that you have taken or have been involved in. Work on your own for this one.**


 * Use the following checklists to examine student learning and engagement.**

Habits of Mind http://www.habits-of-mind.net/
 * Planning with Thinking in Mind**

Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking and Digital Blooms http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+and+ICT+tools

Marazno - Dimensions of Learning http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/%7Eelc/dolref.html

Explore ePotential Resource for ideas about using ICT. http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/

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