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Presentation slides from the #TIES13 conference on involving parents in the process of learning.
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Involving Parents In the Process of Learning
George CourosDivision Principal of
Innovative Teaching and Learning
@gcouros
#TIES13
Communication is key.
About Me
Focus on Relationships
“We need to teach kids to respect the past but to live in the future.”
Marc Prensky
http://georgecouros.ca
http://connectedprincipals.com
This is not about technology; it’s about relationships and learning.
"The role of parents in the education of their children cannot be overestimated."
~Unknown
Change the conversation.
Why is this important?
Justin Bieber
Involving Parents in the Learning Process
Start with your vision
bit.ly/fg-aup
Have an Open Mind
Finding Parent Leadership
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Create Learning Opportunities
@patrickmlarkin
Use What the Kids Use
True change will not be “bottom up” or “top down”.It has to be “all hands on deck”.
Open Communication
LearningTogether
Emails to staff (how do we bring parents into this process)
Web 2.0 used in a 2.0 way
Using a twitter hashtag
What does this lead to?
Cyberbullying...the low hanging fruit.
To inspire meaningful change, you must make a connection to the heart before you can make a connection to the mind.
“As the Internet has become more central in our lives,
we have begun to witness a revival of the importance of being
human.”Notter and Grant
#DigitalLeadership
Since the end of the Easter holidays, Martha has been writing a daily food blog about her school lunches, with
the support of her dad, as a self-initiated writing project. It also set out in the noble aim to fund the building of
kitchens for less fortunate children in Malawi, through theMary's Meals charity.
This morning in maths I got taken out of class by my head teacher and taken to her office. I was told that I could not take any more photos of my school
dinners because of a headline in a newspaper today.
“But unlike most ten-year-olds Martha has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help feed children in Malawi, been the subject of a BBC documentary and been toasted by Scotland’s first Minster Alex Salmond
in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle.”
Martha shows every facet of great learning:
...real world change, making the environment around her better, sharing her thinking with the world, having a conscious for the world beyond
her immediate horizons...
“But kids often defy expectations, if you give them the opportunity.” Shelley Wright
Conclusion
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What will you help make viral?
Contact Me
Email - gcouros@psd70.ab.caEmail - georgecouros@gmail.com
Twitter - @gcouros Blog - georgecouros.ca
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