Session+Overview

**I. Introduction of the Goal of the Session (3 minutes-Hiller)**
Goal of the session: To explore the New Learning Ecology (NLE) of the 1:1 environment we will engage in collaborative inquiry, represent our findings in a creative way, and compare & contrast our process with the 4 conditions of the new learning ecology (figure below).

Highly Developed Teacher Capacities:
content expert, facilitator, coach, consultant, mentor, improvisational artist

Highly Developed Learner Dispositions:
self-direction, self-monitoring, creativity, and curiosity

**II. Collaborative Inquiry Process - 50 minutes**
a. Collaborative Inquiry Question: **How have different technologies become infused in our society?** (3 minutes - Hiller)

b. Each table group decides on a subquestion that they will address. E.g., What does it mean for technolgoy to be infused or scaled up? What types of technologies do we want to focus on? How long has it taken different technologies to reach scale? (Display Table Number and Subquestion on frontscreen) (5 minutes - Karen) Table One: How has email become infused in our society? Table Two: How has the use of debit cards been infused in our society. Table Three: How has adding the computer chip in the automobile been infused into society? Table 4: Automobile Table 5: How have I-pods been infused in our global society? What advertising techniques were used to appeal to a diverse population?

Table Six: How has the cell phone become infused in our society?

Table Seven: How has the personal computer affected social interaction? Table 8: How have GPS devices infused our society?

Table 9: **Is Google the best, first source for students to use in their research?** 1:1 Ning Blog Post - [|Link to Ning Blog Post] Link to Video Representation of our questions - [|Google - To Be or Not To Be?]

Table 10: How have smart phones (3G) infused in our society?

Table Eleven: How has the iPod/mp3 become infused in our society?

Table Twelve: FAX Machines in Today's Society

Table 99: How did the movable type printing press affect society?

c. Assign roles in your group: Facilitator, Archivist, Time Keeper, Reporter

d. Each table group answers a subquestion using an inquiry process. There are of course many ways to conduct an inquiry. One approach is to develop a question, gather information relevant to the question topic, analyze the information, synthesize emerging ideas, evalute and revise these ideas, compose a response to your question, and share your work. You should represent your work in a creative way (e.g., video clip, write sing a song, slide share, animated avatar, comic strip, surprise us, etc.). Your Archivist will post the group's representation to his/her blog on the [|1:1 Ning], and your Reporter shares information visually and verbally with the larger group.. (42 minutes - John & Karen facilitate)


 * Table Two:** http://nc1to1.ning.com/profiles/blogs/debit-card-blues
 * Table Three:** http://nc1to1.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-has-the-computer-chip-in
 * Table Nine:** 1:1 Ning Blog Post - [|Ning Blog Post]
 * Table 12:** http://nc1to1.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fax-machines-in-our-society

**III.Reflection - 20 minutes**
a. Each table group reflects on what happened in their inquiry process: Compare and contrast what happened in your group process with the 4 conditions of the New Learning Ecology (NLE). Generate ideas that need to be added to the New Learning Ecology (NLE) and record your ideas on Dr. Wiebe's computer. (10 minutes - Eric and Carl facilitate)

b. Reporters for each group share new ideas visually and verbally. (10 minutes - Carl and Eric facilitate and make observations about the types of ideas that were added to the initial model of the New Learning Ecology (NLE).

**IV. Preview of afternoon sessions - 2 minutes**
Display titles of afternoon sessions and make connections to new learning ecology (Carl)

Thursday Schedule

//Curriculum and Instruction Strand Options -- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.://


 * 1) New Literacies, Inquiry, and Student-Generated Videos: Engaging the YouTube Generation (Hiller Spires) - Wachovia Innovation Hall
 * 2) Multimodal Literacy Narratives: Leveraging Audio, Image, and Video (John Lee, Carl Young) - Nortel B
 * 3) Data Visualization for Math and Science (Karen Hollebrands, Eric Wiebe) - Nortel A