Introducing Kim Cofino

21st Century Literacy Specialist
International School Bangkok

Resume:  kcofino_resume07-1.pdf
Always Learning, Kim's Blog

Providing PD for Primary School and Library/Media teachers
February 13th & 14, 2008.
Skype conversation with Kim, Sunday February 10 (recorded with Powergramo and uploaded to evoca.com)

Schedule

Time	Day 1- Wednesday Feb 13	Day 2 - Thursday Feb 14
7:00am
7:30 – 9:00	Opening Session: Whole group with Kim Cofino in the Auditorium Developing the Global Student: Practical Ways to Infuse 21st Century literacy into your classroom.	Opening Session: Whole group with Kim Cofino in the Auditorium The 21st Century Educator: Embracing Web 2.0 in your professional practice.
9:00-9:15	Morning Break – Grade One Garden
9:15 – 10:00	Breakout Session : Group A Avril's Room Group B Mike's lab Group C Robyn's lab Group D Primary library if convenient	Breakout Session: Group A Avril's Room Group B Mike's lab Group C Robyn's lab Group D Primary library if convenient
10:00 - 10:45	Breakout Session: Group B Avril's Room Group C Mike's lab Group D Robyn's lab Group A Primary library if convenient	Breakout Session: Group B Avril's Room Group C Mike's lab Group D Robyn's lab Group A Primary library if convenient
10:45 – 11:30	Victoria – Whole Group Internationalism AV Room Elearning team and librarians meet with Kim – Primary School Library	Breakout Session: Group C Avril's Room Group D Mike's lab Group A Robyn's lab Group B Primary library if convenient
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:15	Breakout Session: Group C Avril's Room Group D Mike's lab Group A BAE lab Group B Primary library if convenient	Breakout Session: Group D Avril's Room Group A Mike's lab Group B BAE lab Group C Primary library if convenient
1:15 – 2:00	Breakout Session Group D Avril's Room Group A Mike's lab Group B BAE lab Group C Primary library if convenient	1:20 – 2:30 Closing Session: Whole group wrap up with Kim Cofino in the Auditorium
2:05 – 3:00	Closing Session: Whole group with Kim Cofino in the Auditorium: The 21st Century School: Making the Shift Happen. An overview of what current best practice in international schools looks like and direction of Qatar Academy. Includes panel session led by Julie Lindsay with general discussion about changing paradigms and changing expectations. Panel: QA Primary Admin (Sandy & Kirsten) QA Primary HOD IT - Mike Head of Libraries - Beverley Head of Information Technology/E-Learning - Julie PYP Coordinator - Victoria

Day 1 – Breakout sessions 1. Session 1 (Kim) – Global Collaborative projects Avril's Room 2. Session 2 (Mike) - Delicious bookmarking Mike's lab 3. Session 3 (Julie) - PLNs Part 1 (Setting up using Web 2.0 tools: Twitter, iGoogle, Google Reader) BAE Room 4. Session 4 – Team Planning Time. Nerine has offered the Primary Library as a venue for teams to meet.

Day 2 – Breakout sessions 1. Session 1 (Kim) – Curriculum Planning to Embed 21st Century pedagogy Avril's Room 2. Session 2 (Mike) – Wikis & QA Wikispace Mike's lab 3. Session 3 (Julie) – PLNs Part 2 (Ning, blogging) BAE Room 4. Session 4 – Team Planning Time. Nerine has offered the Primary Library as a venue for teams to meet.

Group A: P3/P4 + Jake, Harish, Kristina, Bonnie & Allison + Arabic teachers

Group B: G5/4 + Elle, Samar, AJ, Victoria, Jennifer P + Arabic teachers

Group C: G3/2 + Hoda, Joyce, Candace, Nerine & Aysha + Arabic teachers

Group D: G1/K + Robyn, Cushla, Sveta, Patrick, & Nupur + Arabic teachers

Resources

Developing the Global Student: Practical Ways to Infuse 21st Century Literacy Into the Classroom, Presentation and Resources
The 21st Century Educator: Embracing Web 2.0 in Your Professional Practice, Presentation and Resources
The 21st Century School: Making the Shift Happen, Presentation and Resources

Always Learning, Kim's Blog
Connect 2.0, ISB ES Community Blog

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Videos: All the videos I showed in various sessions are now posted in the Videos section.
Blog posts I referenced during our sessions:
Detailed description of my lesson planning for introducing a blog in the elementary classroom: Learning to Blog the Elementary Way
Basic introduction to the BlogPals project: Adventures in Blogging With Third Grade
Detailed description of how to create linked g-mail accounts: Sign Me Up! The Elementary E-mail Solution: Linked Gmail Accounts
Detailed description of how to add students as contributing authors for a blog: Students as Contributors on Edublogs: The Quick and Easy Way.
The Technology ToolBox: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
All projects I've worked on in the last two years - short descriptions and links to the final product
Connect 2.0: ISB's Elementary Learning Hub Blog - all ISB classroom and student blogs are linked here (the one I referenced the most was grade 3 BlogPals, but feel free to have a look at any and all of them!)
Great Kindergarten Class blog: Maria Knee
Great post by David Warlick: A Path to Becoming a Literate Educator
Nings:
Global Education Collaborative
Classroom 2.0
NextGen Teachers
TechnoSpud Projects
EduBlogger World
Ning in Education