OSSEMOOC is thrilled to welcome Stephen Hurley this coming Tuesday, March 24th 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. EDT to share some insights and experiences about Imagination and Creativity. We know you will enjoy Stephen’s presentation. Mark your calendar and help spread the word!
Join the online presentation and collaboration room any time after 7:30 by clicking [here]. Alternatively, if you just want to listen, join our liveinternet radio broadcast (at 8:00).
Your OSAPAC OSSEMOOC Team
On deck:
March 31 – Brenda Sherry shares learning with us around the ISTE standards.
April 7 – David Sornberger presents on the innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship (ICE) program for SHSM in TLDSB.
April 21 – Alison Bullock and Andrew Bieronski share their experiences with a cross panel collaborative project.
April 28 – We welcome guest Ron Canuel from CEA (Canadian Education Association) as we discuss the importance of ‘courage’ in education leadership.
May 12 – Alan Levine @cogdog and Darren Kuropatwa @dkuropatwa share their collaborative work around digital storytelling.
If the idea that storytelling is important is a new one for you, we suggest that you take your 10 minutes today, and explore some of the resources below.
The importance of storytelling has been documented on many levels. Some of us came through a school system that de-emphasized the importance of stories, and valued the memorization of facts. We may need to relearn the power of stories, and how they can play a critical role in our work as educators.
Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share-Alike license by Guilia Forsythe.
“When it comes to inspiring people to embrace some strange new change in behaviour, storytelling isn’t just better than the other tools. It’s the only thing that works.”
Mark your calendar for OSSEMOOC double header learning day on June 17th.
4:00 Event: Join Manitoba’s Darren Kuropatwa (spotlight speaker at Connect 2014) to dig into Digital Storytelling for Education Leaders. Darren’s work is engaging and fun. He has so much to share about digital storytelling! The meeting room will be open at 3:30 EDT. Click [here] to join.
Note: Darren will also be joining Alan Levine (@cogdog) to host a major event for OSSEMOOC in the fall.
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8:00 Event: Join Stephen Hurley (CEA, Keynote OTRK12 2014) to explore questions about schools and learning. What do we change? What do we keep?
Use your voice and join the meeting room [here](meeting room open at 7:30 EDT).
Note: Stephen will also be leading a fall event for OSSEMOOC.
We look forward to learning through these sessions.
I always enjoy opportunities to connect with Stephen Hurley or read his blog. I have recently enjoyed opportunities on both fronts – wonderful professional discussion and learning!
In this tweet, Stephen directs readers to a wonderful blog post where he reminds of the importance of telling our stories.
Check out Telling Tales from Stephen’s blog, and feel free to leave a comment here about what resonates with you in his post.