{"data":{"ID":105,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1320780813,"CreatorID":8,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Learning Environments: Rethinking K-12 Communication and Collaboration","Handle":"Learning_Environments-Re-imaging_K-12_Communication_and_Collaboration","ShortDescription":"What is the future of our learning environments and what will be the necessary methods of communication and collaboration? This conversation will explore this question by uncovering some essential questions as well as using our collective expertise to identify some strategies that can be implement to improve communication and collaboration in our schools.","Description":"Where, when, and how we learn is being challenged. In response, we must critically examine the current status and potential of online and offline communication and collaboration in our schools.\r\n\r\nThe goal of the conversation is to define the different needs and challenges facing communication and collaboration in a variety of learning environments and identify solutions that can be implemented in our schools.\r\n\r\nConversation Structure:\r\n\r\nThe group will be briefly introduced to some fundamental design principles: empathy, define, brainstorm, and ideate. These design concepts will be used to assist participants determine possible solutions.\r\n\r\nFor the remainder of the session, participants will be broken into groups based upon their interest in a specific learning environment. \r\n\r\nGroups will: \r\n\r\n1. Define the core issues surrounding communication and collaboration\r\n2. Brainstorm possible solutions \r\n3. Test ideas and iterate\r\n4. Present final idea to all participants","Link":["http:\/\/bit.ly\/xWjSCl"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Group work","Presenter":["David Bill","Ethan Bodnar"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Urban School of San Francisco","Hartford Art School"],"PresenterEmail":["dbill@urbanschool.org","ethanbodnar@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":6,"ScheduleLocationID":3,"SubmitterID":8,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":46281,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":1}}