{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":843,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1540258080,"CreatorID":2187,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"IQ+EQ+AQ = The Innovation Experience","Handle":"iq-eq-aq-the_innovation_experience","ShortDescription":"The Innovation Experience. How one school designed a program to build on students\u2019 intellectual, emotional and adaptive capacities through a strengths approach to education.  Join us for an engaging dialogue aimed at expanding the way we think about student talent development, teacher collaboration and journey development.","Description":"We will begin with establishing a context for the need to rethink the learning experience for our students.  We'll talk about journey development in getting to a formally structured course for students in Grades 3-6 and how this is the foundation for future academic programming and student experiences.  \r\n\r\nWe are looking stimulate conversation and build on our work on the following course standards: Disposition Standards, Knowledge Standards, Curricula Standards and Skill Standards.  The goal will be to help define them, determine effective measurement techniques and connect educators doing similar work.","Link":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrBillBrennan"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"There will be three conversational focus points.  The first will involve building the context for rethinking the student experience (The Why).  Group input will be critical to grounding us in this conversation. The second will be examining our conceptual framework (The What and How) related to student dispositions, knowledge standards and skills development in The Innovation Experience Finally, we\u2019ll uncover the leadership journey and explore various metaphors and simplistic leadership models for leading and managing the change process (The How of Journey Development)","Presenter":["Bill Brennan","Phil Greco","Jessica Zanco"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Farmingdale UFSD"],"PresenterEmail":["wbrennan@farmingdaleschools.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":110,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":2187,"AdditionalComments":"In 2013 I facilitated a conversation at EduCon and it was a truly rewarding experience.  The feedback received was positive as well and to this day I maintain connections from this wonderful event.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":8},{"ID":906,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1541126335,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Student Engagement: How to Generate a Buzz About Learning","Handle":"student_engagement--how_to_generate_a_buzz_about_learning","ShortDescription":"Think back to high school...what do you remember?  We all know it wasn\u2019t that math worksheet about quadratic equations or an English quiz on grammar.  So, what makes certain experiences in our lives more meaningful and memorable? \r\n\r\nJoin teachers from Leyden High School, a public school just outside of Chicago, IL as we share our interdisciplinary model for teaching and explain how we created a richer learning environment for our students.","Description":"How do you increase student engagement?  How do you make learning meaningful and memorable?  In this session, we will answer these questions and more, while expanding on how we transformed the traditional school day into a dynamic, personalized and project-based learning experience for our freshmen.\r\n\r\nWe will outline our process for creating relevant projects, including the planning protocols we used to develop themes, write narratives and design interdisciplinary performance tasks. We will provide examples of student work and explain how our students demonstrated and showcased their learning through exhibition.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Through brainstorming and small\/whole group discussions, we will collect and share ideas and tools for designing interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences.  Bring your wisdom, experience, and an open-mind, and walk out with ideas to implement in your classroom today!","Presenter":["Amy Gorzynski"],"PresenterAffiliation":["East Leyden HS"],"PresenterEmail":["agorzynski@leyden212.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":111,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":8},{"ID":894,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1541094095,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Grades, Schmades: Less Grading More Learning","Handle":"grades-schmades--less_grading_more_learning","ShortDescription":"Grades get in the way of learning. There, we said it. Come to this conversation to figure out your philosophy of grading, see examples of non-traditional grading in action, and figure out ways to better align your grading practices with your philosophy.","Description":"Participants will begin by determining and debating what the purpose of grading should be. This will be based on a survey from Thomas Guskey. Then we will show examples of how grades frequently get in the way of the goals we have for our students. We will show several examples of alternative approaches to traditional grading practices including standards-based and not grading at all. 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Through practice, we all become more aware of ourselves. From this understanding and awareness, we can see others more clearly and have compassion for ourselves and others.\r\n\r\nWe believe that these practices are not just for those who currently have access, and this conversation is designed to share these practices with colleagues and students in their school communities. With mindfulness teachers and students can learn how to take care of difficult emotions and create conditions for a happy school and a happy world.\r\n\r\nKhenpo Karma Tenkyong is a resident teacher at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD), a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, NY, since 2014. Khenpo Tenkyong actively supports and educates teachers both personally and in their teaching practice.  A native of Nepal, Khenpo Tenkyong became a monk at a young age and later undertook an eleven-year course of Buddhist studies at Karma Shri Nalanda Institute at Rumtek Monastery, earning a Shastri (B.A.), Acharya (M.A.) and Master\u2019s Degree in Buddha\u2019s Teaching in the Sutra Tradition. He was awarded the title of Khenpo by the 17th Karmapa, who also gave him the name Tenkyong. He worked for more than eleven years at the Karmapa\u2019s Office of Administration in Dharamsala, India.\r\n\r\nGrace O'Keeffe is a public NYC high school educator, certified yoga teacher, and Breathe for Change Yoga Training Meditation Trainer. Grace has been studying meditation for over 25 years.","Link":["https:\/\/www.kagyu.org","https:\/\/www.hudsonhs.com","https:\/\/breatheforchange.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Our conversation will be flexible, accessible, and holistic. Participants will engage in meditation practices, reflect on their mindfulness practices, and develop their own toolset for their practice and life.","Presenter":["Khenpo Karma Tenkyong","Grace O'Keeffe"],"PresenterAffiliation":["KTD","NYCDOE","Breathe for Change"],"PresenterEmail":["gokeeffe@hudsonhs.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":113,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":"Khenpo Tenkyong is a monk (for internal purposes).","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":8}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":8,"ScheduleLocationID":5},"total":4,"limit":false,"offset":false}