Rob Fisher, PrincipalÉcole Riverside SchoolThompson, Mb.

“Do you have to be a geek to be an effective principal in today’s schools?”

Presentation @ the Council of School Leaders Winter conferenceFeb 14, 2014

Everything I’m doing today has been saved online and publicly accessable so you don’t have to write everything down as we go. I’ll show you where that is in 3 minutes

Start

I’d like to introduce myself a bit differently this morning so to start off

who am I

I’d like to tell you who am I

if you don’t know robcfisher

If you don’t know robcfisher

this is me

you already know

you already know

I’m currently the principal of École Riverside School

you may not know

born

raised

here

more specifically

here in North end Kingston

grandma

When I grew up, My grandma lived in our backyard

here. When she passed away i moved in and went to school

here

Queen’s University

thats Queens university

Kingston

in Kingston

that looks like this

and like this

B. Arts

I received one of these

B. Phe

and this

B. Ed.

and this

M. Ed.

and this

began teaching

I began my teaching career

here

guest

As a guest

of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation

19

for 19 years

first

My first teaching assignment was

Phys. Ed.

Phys Ed

here

at the community hall

Cree

where I learned some cree words like astum

come here!

astum --that means come here and ati apay

sit down!

ati apay --that means sit down and chee sqwa

wait!

chee sqwa -- that means waitBut I learned It was better to learn words like

better

neeganan

chee sqwa that means waitBut I learned It was better to know words like kinanaskomitten awow kapitooteak neeganan

that means welcome to our home

At Otetiskiwin School I was also

Computer coordinator

Vice Principal

Principal

Director of Education

great

where I met a lot of great

people

people

including my wife Judy

teacher

who is also a teacher,

grade 2

grade 2 in Thompson

here at westwood school

we

we

have 2 daughters

2 cats

Blueberri

and Fluffy

and a dog Ashton

left

When I left

NCN

to work in Thompson

that you can see here

I taught

I taught for

3

3 years

Grade 9

Math

Science

English

Social Studies

Grade 11

Biology

Grade 12

Media production

at RD Parker Collegiate

4

For the next 4 years

curriculum coordinator

was curriculum coordinator

at the school board office

2

For the next 2 years

I’ve was seconded to Manitoba Education where I worked with the technology infusion support group

Right now I’m reading these

this one because it’s funny

this one because it’s interesting

and this one because it scares the hell out of me

in my spare time, this is what I do for fun , for those who don’t recognize it-- thats ref hockey

patient

So you know I’m patient

fair

So you know I’m fair

impartial

and you know I’m impartial

or

OR

or maybe I just like to get yelled at.

This is my favorite team

optimistic

so you know I’m optimistic

not as optimistic

but not as optimistic

as my daughter

or these guys

who cheer for this team

idea

I got/stole the idea for this presentation

here from if you don’t know @dick

photo of robcfisher - by Rachel Fisher

Attributions

All other images - by Rob Fisher

Google Maps and Google streetview - courtesy of Google

photo of 30 Hickson Ave - by Dave Fisherphoto of 30 Hickson Ave Rear - by Dave Fisher

photo of Queen’s University Logo - by flickr user Sam-R

photo of Grant Hall - by flickr user Sam-R

photo of Queen’s Football - by flickr user Tyler Ball

photo of Nisichawayasihk Welcome sign - by Ross Francoisphoto of Duncan Wood Hall - by Ross Francois

photo of Footprint Lake - by flickr user windonfire

photo of Otetiskiwin School - by Ross Francois

photo of blueberri the cat - by Catharine Fisherphoto of fluffi the cat - by Catharine Fisherphoto of king miner statue - by Catharine Fisher

photo of RDPC - by Catharine Fisher

photo of Toronto Maple leaf Logo - by Ross Francois

DickHardt.org Logo - courtesy of Dick Hardt

photo of Bruins fans - by flickr user geoftheref

photo of Ashton the dog - by Catharine Fisher

this is where I found the images

find me

you can find me online

here on twitter

http://principal2pointoh.blogspot.com/

I’m starting to blog here

robcfisher.wikispaces.com

and you can find my stuff here including todays presentation

rfisher@mysterynet.mb.caemail:

email me here

baldfury1@gmail.com

or here

with thanks to Dick Hardt’s presentation style influence

now you know something about robcfisher

9:05

Why did I just do that with you?

the reason I showed you this presentation (besides to introduce myself) is that this was the presentation I sharedwith everyone at our staff meeting 4 years ago when I began being principal at École riversidesome of our discussion was about how I thought we should be teaching our students to be good presenters and to show their understanding in a variety of ways. and to avoid death by powerpoint. I donʼt have time during this session to show you this but the clip is on the wiki for this presentation.The idea that presentations should be images and not words etc.and other ideas from “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath

Note taking

robcfisher.wikispaces.com

notetaking requirementseverything I do with you today and the links associated with them are on here robcfisher.wikispaces.com (look at the bottom of the page for the date and name of this session)

go to live link and show location of todayʼs presentation

Today’s participants

Iʼd like to quickly find out something about whoʼs here todayIʼm going to ask you your name, school, what you do there and your twitter handle if you have oneBesides finding out who is in the room this will create a contact list for you for future relationship building after today

the app were going to look at next is polleverywhere.com

your name, school, and location,what you do there,your twitter handle

using your cellphones send a message to 37607 and in the text of the message put 70456 and the answer to the ?ʼs your name, school, location, what you do there, and your twitter handle

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><poll url="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/sK3rQiDie7hxtoJ"> <!-- This snippet was inserted via the PollEv Presenter app --> <!-- The presence of this snippet is used to indicate that a poll will be shown during the slideshow --> <!-- TIP: You can draw a solid, filled rectangle on your slide and the PollEv Presenter will automatically display your poll in that area. --> <!-- The PollEv Presenter app must also be running and logged in for this to work. --> <!-- To remove this, simply delete it from the notes yourself or use the PollEv Presenter to remove it for you. --> <title>Who's here today COSL PD Feb 14,2014 (1)</title></poll>

9:10

This is Brenna PhillipsTell the story of how I know Brenna #savmpand when I asked Brenna “Do you think you have to be a geek to be an effective administrator?”She saw the ? as the -ve traits and said “of course not you have to be able to relate to people”

there are a lot of negative connotations when we think of the word ‘geek’

but today I want to reframe what we think of when we think “geek”

here’s the definition from urbandictionary.com

when I asked the question for today’s session “Do you have to be a geek to be an effective principal in today’s schools?”I meant the positive traits of geekiness

What positive traits do you think of when I say the word “geek”?78259

using your cellphones send a message to 37607 and in the text of the message put 78259 and the answer to the positive things that come to mind when I say the word “geek”

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><poll url="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/GC3mvfoyl9vPVRb"> <!-- This snippet was inserted via the PollEv Presenter app --> <!-- The presence of this snippet is used to indicate that a poll will be shown during the slideshow --> <!-- TIP: You can draw a solid, filled rectangle on your slide and the PollEv Presenter will automatically display your poll in that area. --> <!-- The PollEv Presenter app must also be running and logged in for this to work. --> <!-- To remove this, simply delete it from the notes yourself or use the PollEv Presenter to remove it for you. --> <title>Positive things I think of when I hear the word "geek" COSL PD Feb 14,2014</title></poll>

9:15 I’m thinking of as a term of endearmentie. creativeobsure knowledge baseproblem solverstickwithitnessSee what the group comes up with

story of my search for ‘geekiness’ in preparation for this presentationexplain the sevec trip.I asked the dj’s if I could use what I’m about to show you for this presentation and when I described that I was going to talk about +ve traits of geekiness they agreed right away

why do I think this demonstrates positive traits of geekiness?Involves the use of technology, it’s creativeinvolves a obsure knowledge base or something I know very little or nothing aboutproblem solver, stickwithitness

I’m suggesting we need to search for those people who know things that we don’t then build relationships and learn togetherand this is what I’m suggesting we do as principals, find others that know things you don’t

9:18

“Do you have to be a geek to be an effective principal in today’s schools?”

but back to our original question for today. What I’m currently thinking in response is....

it doesn’t hurt!

or you need to have or be able to find some geeky friends

What is the point of today’s session?

It is my intention that you leave at the end of todays session knowing a few of my geeky friends and the projects we have done together.That I provide you with Potential future contacts to expand your PLNand that I leave you wanting to find out more about a couple of the things we look at todaythen try them with your students, or at your schools moving forward.

“The highest goal in life is to inquire and create” – Noam Chomsky

I found this quote from a recent youtube video “The purpose of Education”

Itʼs our teachers and me doing the work, this is an attempt to shine a light on sone of the good work people are doing

9:20

Some of my geeky friends are teachers in our schoolthis is Sophie Ouelette who taught grade 8 in our school. And Sarah Fudge who taught grade 5. A couple of years ago we did this project.

Make a difference mondays. Explain the project

students talking on CBC radio promoting our project idea

asking for food donations every monday in march 7:30-8:30 am then delivering to the homeless shelter

voice recorder on ipod with make a difference mondays homeless shelter fundraiserasking people “what do you think about what we’re doing here?”

9:23

this is Kristin Donovan who teaches grade 5 @ École Riverside School

Social Justice

Making a difference inour world

Infusing technology

Peer to peer learning

We applied for the Ken Spencer award for the work Mme. Kristin Donovan and her grade 7 students did last yearOur projects have these foci.

I’d like to highlight 1 of the projects now.Red hand day, sdml district Children at war project. Starting last year, we begin our remembrance day ceremonies with this video that was created by our grade 7 students last year as a result of this project. Thanks to veteran Merv McKay pictured in this photo for many of the images used. PLAY VIDEO

9:28

this is Melyssa Girard who teaches grade 8 in our school

this is the blog she created for our use with the parents when we were away for a week in Quebec City recently.

animoto -pie day

9:28

this is Allison Kissick who teaches gr 7 in our school

She’s currently exploring an online game fortmacmoney.com with her grade 7 students

9:30

this is Erin Donovan who teaches gr 2 in our school and Lois Fisher who is a teacher and literacy with ICT support teacher in Flin Flon, Mb

so when I got back from Byte I spoke with Erin about he idea and...this is our bear sunny and their bear flin flin

and this is Lois Fisher from Flin Flon. explain the concept discussion @ byte with Loislets try, we know each other if it bombs we’ll be ok

note the comment sectiondescribe how Lois and Erin used this project in their classrooms

9:35

here is another one of my geeky friends Jen ashby from Bendigo Austrailiastory of where I met Jen (unplugd11 and more on that later)

and this is Chelsea McKay who taught grade 5 when this project happened. She now is our grade 2/3 teacher @ École Riverside

Explain the 24 hour skype project

show clip what we do for fun at lunchand 1 clip of whats in my lunchkit if time

9:40

this is Micheline Gagne who teaches grade 6 in our school

Wolves without Borders

Explain the wolves without borders projectexplain involvement of wolf.org and the tandberg with Tarausing google earth and datapoints to plot wolf movementsexplain the connection with Babbit and Mexico

skyping with Babbit, Minnesota

and our partners in Mexico

collaboratively planning a community survey with their student groups in Babbit

and us right after the international wolf and carnivore conference click on this live link to run the clip

9:45

I’ve just selected a few examples for today’s presentation. If you want to see other thingswe our doing in our school check out the class wiki’s at riversiderams.wikispaces.com

9:45

As a guiding

principal

constant conversations about infusion, teaching, and learning with this guiding principle that we are trying to get our student’s to create more than they consumemany of these projects demonstrate our students as content creatorsand I would like to share a couple of examples nowthat are examples of partnerships between students and teachers accelerated by technology

Content Creators

as well as creators

Grade 1-3 flashmob

explain background how this happenedtell the involvement story of artist in the schoolBrenda Gorlickthe practicesthe need for collaboration (and for the cosl preso me self proclaimed title of lead collaborator)MSARCMPcity center mallshaw

Grade 1-3 flashmob

caveat doing a flash mob with gr 1-3 students with involved parentstell the story of Rachel upset “their ruining the surprize dad!”

play from this live link. Use quicktime backup if issues with youtube

9:55

Grade 1-3 flashmob

You may have noticed the grade 8ʼs taking video with their ipods.explain why we couldnʼt use the footage --“vertical video syndrome

use live linkvertical video syndrome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA

Grade 4-7 flashmob

tell the story of this, gr 4-8did the same as the gr 1-31 week of daily practice with artist in the school brenda gorlickinvolved MSA @ RDPC who danced on the benches to help guide the studentsshowed up in the forum and started right when the bell rang for the afternoon class changeand this is what happened"

show the teachers clip after showing the whole thingrisk taking attitude and mindset and doing things your not sure how to do

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1939870 link for teachers only dancing gangham style

School District of Mystery Lake

Hedley - lip dub

explain the logisitics of thisselect songfind lyrics lyrics.comuse google docselect linescreate raw video at each of the schools where the student teachers were workingemail clips to meStefan then edited in imovieupload to a youtube channel

demo of how to create a shared spreadsheet in google docsexplain the choicesshared doc, preso, ss, etc.

so this is what we created run from this live link

10:05

What am i doing as principal to support

our journey?

I find,initiate, provide technical support then the teachers in our school make it happen

“Of course” - Scott McLeod

in many ways its a mindset(poster I recently saw online by Scott McLeod)

“Of course” - Scott McLeod

XI don’t think that’s what we are about at our schoolIt’s in part that I trust teachers to do the right thingand they are willing to take risks and try thingsand do the unusual without fear of failure

"When are we going to start asking ourselves why we make it so hard to be a great teacher?"

Chris Lehmann

http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1329-Beyond-The-Great-Teacher-Myth.html“Beyond the great teacher myth” post Jan 2012 Chris Lehmann

"How do we create schools that make it easier for all students and teachers to shine?"

Chris Lehmann

http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1329-Beyond-The-Great-Teacher-Myth.html“Beyond the great teacher myth” post Jan 2012 Chris Lehmann

create the climate of doing the unusual. permission to take riskstechnical help when needed or I find those who can helpexample of darren and kristin yesterday with the smartboardand systemic changes like Kristin’s scheduletech buddies as an example of ongoing internal support

10:10

how do I show others (who might be interested) what we’re doing in our school

click on hotlink to hear soundcloud of our gr 8ʼs drumming

socialcam - Dylan and AC/DCsometimes itʼs the little things that are going on in our school

pictures and tweets on twitterthe sharing of small things as frequently as possible

refillable bottle station project. I have applied for an LSF grant to be used towards this purchaseshow actual first use movie (next slide)

water bottle fountain movie

other things we are working on right now

Show me &

Student Led Conferences

Mme. Erin’s grade 2’s were creating movies using showme. These were shown to parents at our past SLC .

here is a Demo of a grade1 clip

seed grant

Our books are QRCoded! Hear what we think.

we also received a $900 ManAce Seed grant

we were featured in the ManAce journal- Spring issue

and this is what this project is about

this is a qr code. Demonstrate how they work using my phone and qrbeamer. This code links back to our school website riversiderams.wikispaces.com

Minecraft

explain the evolution of our clubs, gr 7 boysgr 5 girlsthen gr 5 girls and boysas a sense of belonging?

minecraft grade 5 club in autoplay movie

Printcraft

explain what us1printcraft.org ishere is our first creation

explain the evolution of our clubs, gr 7 boysgr 5 girlsthen gr 5 girls and boys

screenshare of the digital spacesamples of the kids creations tell the story of how we are doing this

3D printers

explain what us1printcraft.org ishere is our first creation

Airserver

also can use instead of a document camera using your cellphone as the cam. Cost $4 compared to $1500 for a wireless document camerause airserver and my phone to show the projectspass the models around the room

here’s what Simone is working on

this is an example of online collaboration but I’ll let my students tell you the story

Where to get ideas from? ie. To find out what other schools are doing.

Where do I get project ideas to share with teachers, to try in our school etc.

Feedly.com and

RSS feeds

clude the .opml file on wiki for particpants to importdo a quick demo of my rss feeds on feedly and how to find educatiional bloggers to read

Twitter

Lists

Hashtags

Twitterchats ie. #mbedchat

twitter, hashtags and twitterchatslists -demonstrate my hootsuite streamhashtags - at conferences how people are using to share between rooms or give 1 current example ie. #mathchattwitterchats - #mbedchat explain what Zoe is doing with this (ie. The structure of it)demo depending on available time

twitter, hashtags and twitterchatslists -demonstrate my hootsuite streamhashtags - at conferences how people are using to share beteen rooms or give 1 current example ie. #mathchattwitterchats - #mbedchat

As an example do a couple #mathchat

TwitterchatsSpecifically what zoe is doing with #mbedchat√

Twitterchats

Edit 0 2 …Wednesdays from 9-10pm CSTManitoba Teachers #mbchatArchive:http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/arc.html?key=tmglGXCiSPXlCkTY0NY7hzA(mbchat.wordpress.com to get to the archiveuse the tags searchable option)

script is9:10 Q1920 Q2930 Q3940 Q4950 Q5

Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. CSTConnected principals chat #cpchatarchive:http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/9173

google hangouts

#savmpcosl directorsdemo a quick hangout with whoever I can connect with for 3 min

other places to find my geeky friends

why __________blank matters. unplug11 (Canadian educators) click on this hotlink show a quick skim the essays. Manitobans invited were Darren Kuropatwa, Andy McKeil, Clarence Fisher, Chris Harbeck, John Evans, and me Rob Fisher.

in addition to the ebook, explain that we also all created a video throughout the week about what really matters in education. Here is the link to my video

explain at unplug12 (international) we all wrote “letters from the edge”. click on the hotlink then on any person here to see their letter. I was a facilitator at this session.

unplugd.ca as a source of people to follow on twitter to expand your PLN

for the last part of today’s session I would like everyone here to experience a hands-on opportunity to be part of a the “maker culture”makey makey introshow the intro to what they are makeymakey.com

Makey Makey Activity

find an online site that lets you control

something using the keys on a keyboard

hookup the makey makey board to control

the screen with the materials given

Iʼve been using these in a grade 7 makers club and soon will be using in a few of our classrooms your task today is to in groups at your tablescreate something that controls an online website using the materials given

Cubefield.org.ukarcade games onlinemusical instruments online

Summary of what was looked at today

redo a wordle of what we looked at today

The things we looked at today.........

If you don’t know robcfisher (as a model of good presentation techniques)slidesharerobcfisher.wikispaces.comPolleverywhere textPollev.presenterwho’s here todayBrenna PhillipsGeekiness#savmpurbandictionary.comPositive traits of geekinessGeeky friendsMake a difference mondaysSophie OuletteSarah FudgeKristin DonovanKen Spencer awardRed Hand DayMelyssa GirardKidblogSevecAllison KissickFortmacmoney.comErin DonovanLois FisherTeddybear travelsChelsea McKayJenny Ashby24 hour skypeMicheline Gagne

Wolves without bordersBabbit, MnMexicoclass wikisCreate more than you consumeGr 1-3 flashmobGr 4-8 flashmobTubechop.comVertical video syndromeAirserverSchool District of Mystery Lake lipdubGoogle drive and google docsShowme.com and student led conferencesFeedly.com and RSS feedsMinecraftPrintcraft3D printersSoundcloudSocial CamWater bottle filling stationWordle.netTwitter/hootsuiteHashtags#mbedchat#cpchatMaker cultureManaceQR codescollaborationGoogle hangoutsmakey makey boardsUnplugd11Unplugd12

AhbiPawandeepSimoneDylanAvoiding death by powerpointRemind101.comPolleverywhere pollingAnimoto

“Question mark” By flickr user Marco Bellucci

“Three note strategies: iPad, Moleskine and iPhone” By flickr user andjohan

“A failed reminder” By flickr user massdistraction

“Creative commons welcome pack” By flickr user Carlfish

“Zoghal's magical eye” By flickr user looking4poetry

“create more than you consume” By flickr user tyler.wainright

Attributions

“Good Idea” By flickr user Celestine Chua

and thanks to the staff of École Riverside school for providing manywonderful examples of student learning and engagement to share.....

“Summer image of École Riverside school” By google streetview

“Winter image of École Riverside school” By robcfisher

“Show me creation” courtesy of Mme. Pankratz gr 1

“Rememberance day 2012 video” created by Hannah Murdy, Matt Tretiak and Matt Rempel

“MTS and ManAce logo’s” used with permission from the parent associations

“ManAce seed grant video” created by robcfisher and Keyanna Boycho Oulette

all other images and video’s by robcfisher

“Title page image of robcfisher” courtesy of Mme. Squires as part of our schoolwide 50th anniversary image creation project

“technology use” By flickr user mrsdkrebs

“Teddybear travels” pics by the students of Erin Donovan and Lois Fisher

Images also provided by Kristin Donovan, Sophie Ouelett, and Ashley Squires

“Geek ≈ Chic” By flickr user Timmy Toucan

“my geek venn diagram” By flickr user Technovore

“do something unusual tomorrow” By flickr user ModernDope (old account)

“spotlight002” By flickr user k6martini

“Explosion of positive energy” By flickr user Lucas

“your turn ;p” By flickr user Maria Ly

end with ?ʼs slide

Our school’s youtube channels

our school youtube channelsEcoleriversideschool http://www.youtube.com/user/EcoleRiversideSchoolkristin, http://www.youtube.com/user/kmdrdpcbecky, http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqKJD1BmWVxhK_iDihrSAQmelissa’s http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93aLNyPC2lfKE6rhEHFuWQ

this is our most active channel

Ecoleriversideschool http://www.youtube.com/user/EcoleRiversideSchoolkristin, http://www.youtube.com/user/kmdrdpcbecky, http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqKJD1BmWVxhK_iDihrSAQmelissa’s http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93aLNyPC2lfKE6rhEHFuWQ

Ecoleriversideschool http://www.youtube.com/user/EcoleRiversideSchoolkristin, http://www.youtube.com/user/kmdrdpcbecky, http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUqKJD1BmWVxhK_iDihrSAQmelissa’s http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93aLNyPC2lfKE6rhEHFuWQ

Things we didn’t have time for today

and we should teach our students and ourselves to avoid this.....stop at 5:22

Are you a geek quiz?

Is this your favorite store?

do you know what this is?Have you ever actually used it?

Thank you!