Are
you striving to implement the Iowa Core in an online or blended format?
Have you been forging ahead alone? NO LONGER! Learn how you can
participate in Iowa Communities of Practice and Innovation (CoPI) with
some of the most passionate and improvement-oriented Iowa teachers. Join
teachers (face to face or virtually) from across the state as they plan
to collaboratively create e-Curriculum through the power of Iowa CoPI.
When: Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Agenda:
- Social Authoring and Social Learning with CoPI
- Plans for the future including upcoming events
- How to access current e-curriculum
Where:
Keystone-Room TBD
1400 Second Street NW
Elkader, IA
AEA 267-Conference Center-Room A
3712 Cedar Heights Drive
Cedar Falls, IA
Prairie Lakes-Suite C Storm Lake Center
824 Flindt Drive
Storm Lake, IA
Mississippi Bend
Attend virtually at http://iowa.adobeconnect.com/copi
Grantwood-Room C
Coralville Facility
200 Holiday Rd.
Coralville, IA
Heartland-Rooms 3 & 4
6500 Corporate Drive
Johnston, IA
NWAEA-Attend virtually at
Attend virtually at http://iowa.adobeconnect.com/copi
Green Hills-Red Oak Office-Victory Room
212 East Coolbaugh St.
Red Oak, IA
Great Prairie-Ottumwa Office Auditorium
2814 N. Court Street
Ottumwa, IA
Attend via Adobe Connect Pro
Follow the conversation at #iacopi.
For additional information about this event contact Nancy Movall at nmovall@ghaea.org.
Available Now!
The
Iowa Communities of Practice (CoPI) Agora is a virtual collaborative
meeting space for CoPI participants. In the Agora, participants can connect with
educators from across Iowa to discuss innovative ideas related to
online/blended learning and the implementation of the Iowa Core. In the
Agora, participants can also share e-curriculum to use with k-12
students.
Enter into the Agora here. If you do not have a Moodle account, the link will take you to a page that will guide you through creating an account.
Sharon
Padget has been a science teacher for the past 19 years and is
currently and ESL teacher at Ottumwa High School. Below Sharon shares
her CoPI experiences.
I
became involved in the Iowa CoPi (#iacopi) in April of 2012. I
specifically worked on the development and design of the chemical
properties e-curriculum and also contributed to the development of
several other physical science modules. In the summer of 2012, I was
asked to be a part of the CoPI Science Steering Committee. I have been
working most recently to bring #iacopi and its resources to more
teachers across Iowa.
Through
CoPI, I gained access to Resource Iowa. Resource Iowa is an online
Moodle space where I can locate AEA K-12 Online’s shared e-curriculum
and/or create new e-curriculum for my students to use in my classes. I
am also able to share my e-curriculum with other Iowa educators.
Blended
learning has been a wonderful addition to my teaching. The blended
learning environment gives my students access to content not found in a
regular general education curriculum. Over time my students have also
become more responsible for their learning, and I have become a resource
for learning and not the keeper of all knowledge. It allows for
creativity, growth and self-motivation for students.
Through
Iowa CoPI, I have also enjoyed the connections, collaborations, and
conversations I have with other students and teachers from around the
state of Iowa. I knew there were wonderful educators out there to
connect with, but I did not know how to connect with them. This gives
me and my students the opportunity to participate in a flat classroom,
not learn in a silo.
