keeping students at the heart of the work while preparing them for college and career!
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Welcome to the ELA Teacher Leader Network Meeting Hazard Community & Technical College September 21, 2011. Keeping Students at the Heart of the Work While Preparing Them for College and Career!. I Used to think the networks were…, but now I know they are…. What About Our Norms?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Keeping Students at the Heart of the WorkWhile Preparing Them for College and
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I Used to think the networks were…, but now I know they are…
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Today’s Agenda• WelcomeWelcome• Today’s Learning TargetsToday’s Learning Targets• KY Leadership Networks Purpose/GoalsKY Leadership Networks Purpose/Goals• KCAS Writing Standards and Instructional KCAS Writing Standards and Instructional
Implications (persuasion, opinion & argument)Implications (persuasion, opinion & argument)• Literacy Design Collaborative and CHETLLiteracy Design Collaborative and CHETL• Grade Level Groups:Grade Level Groups:
LDC Teaching Task 2: ArgumentationLDC Teaching Task 2: ArgumentationAssessment Literacy: Book StudyAssessment Literacy: Book StudyLeadership and Personal Goal SettingLeadership and Personal Goal Setting
• Extended Learning, I and I Logs, Blackboard, Extended Learning, I and I Logs, Blackboard, Network Feedback Forms, Meeting ScheduleNetwork Feedback Forms, Meeting Schedule
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• I can articulate the goals and purpose of the content leadership networks.
• I can explain how the ELA KCAS differentiate between persuasion and opinion/argument.
• I can recognize instruction that makes the connection among the standards: Literacy Design Collaborative
• I can create a LDC teaching task for argumentation that integrates the ELA strands.
• I can set personal goals and create an action plan to advance the vision of 21st century learning
Today’s Learning Targets
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Focus of Kentucky’s Plan
Leadership Networks
Kentucky Core Academic Standards
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning
Balanced Assessment/Assessment Literacy77
Purpose/Goal of the Networks is to…
• Provide equal representation to all school Provide equal representation to all school districts districts
• Build capacity at the Build capacity at the DISTRICT DISTRICT level to understand how to implement KCAS within the context of HETL and assessment
• Create a professional learning community of content and administrator leaders
• Provide the leaderships skills, tools and resources necessary to effectively implement new standards
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Taking a Quick Look Back… Vertical and Horizontal Progression of the ELA
common core standardsAssessment of/for Learning: CASL & Formative
AssessmentDeconstruction of StandardsStudent Friendly TargetsBuilding Leadership Skills: Break Out SessionsAnalyzing Resources: Becoming a Critical ConsumerContent Gap Analysis Planning and Pacing Guides 99
What’s Ahead for Year 2?
• Plan rigorous and congruent learning experiences for instruction
• Select evidence-based strategies and resources to enhance instruction and support CHETL
• Design high-quality formative and summative assessments and utilize resulting data effectively to improve teaching and learning
• Work collaboratively within and across networks to populate CIITS
• Participate in grade level appropriate book studies that will further an in-depth study of current and best practices in literacy
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• Informative/Explanatory• Opinion (K-5)/Argumentative (6-12)• Narrative (Not Personal Narrative!!)
Modes may be applied in a variety of forms, and instruction should not limit choices
based on anticipated test formats.
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KY Writing DRAFT Instructional RubricLook at a copy of the KCAS and identify where the standards
appear in the rubric for the sub-domain of STRUCTURE.
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Your Turn• Use your copy of:
Reading Informational Standard #8 Speaking/Listening #3
• Identify an example(s) of how the KCAS standards appear in the Instructional Rubric for one (or more) of the Writing Instructional Rubric sub-domains
• Share your findings with others at your table
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One big change in the writing standards is the
shift from opinion/persuasion to
argumentation…
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Opinion, Persuasion and Argumentation: What’s the difference?
Opinion Persuasion Argumentation
May acknowledge other perspectives on the issue, but generally focuses on 1 point of view
Relies on opinion to support ideas; often uses emotional appeals; generalized support
Focuses on convincing the reader to adopt the opinion
May consider other perspectives on the issue
Blends facts and emotion to make its case, relying often on opinion
May predict the results of accepting the position, especially if the information will help convince the reader to adopt the opinion
Considers other perspectives on the issue
Offers facts that support the reasons; provides textual evidence
Anticipates and evaluates the consequences of accepting the argument
Adapted from Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Read, Write, Think
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And then there’s Propaganda…
Adapted from Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Read, Write, Think
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Does it meet the intent of the Standard?
Items Needed• Copy of Writing
Deconstructed Standard #1 (5, 8 or 10)
• Copy of Student Writing Response (5, 8 or 10)
Instructions• Review Writing
Standard #1• Read the Student
Response• Determine whether or
not the response meets the intent of Writing Standard #1
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Arguments: From…To…
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Break
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10:30 – 10:45 a.m.Prize Drawing
State Strategy
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What is theLiteracy Design Collaborative?
A framework for implementing the standards. LDC is a structure to allow teachers and students deeper engagement with the standards leading to highly effective teaching and learning.
Just as CASL was the touchstone text for assessment literacy, so is LDC the touchstone for
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Literacy Design CollaborativeSample Task
Teacher’s Task Before LDC• After reading the book A
Wrinkle in Time, write a book review explaining why you did or did not like this book.
Teacher’s Task After LDCTask 2 ELA:(Argumentation/Analysis L1): • Would you recommend A
Wrinkle in Time to a middle school reader? After reading this science fiction novel, write a review that addresses the question and support your position with evidence from the text.
Scaling LDC/MDC Work-Partnership
Pilot DistrictsPilot Districts
Leadership NetworksLeadership Networks
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Literacy & Math Design CollaborativePilot Districts
-- Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
-- (Math) Formative Assessment Lessons (FAL)
-- LDC and FAL
Kentucky Writing Project
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Kentucky is the first state to implement the LDC at the elementary level.
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corestandards.org, July 29, 2011
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Common Core State Standards Now Shared by Most States
LDC StatesColoradoGeorgiaKentuckyLouisiana
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The Common Core State Standards
are a blueprint.are a blueprint.
• They set clear goals.• They define literacy in content areas.• They offer great opportunity for
sharing.2727
But We Need to Move …From blueprint to action!
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Where are We Starting from?If students are not proficient when they enter a course, what is the chance that teachers will “stop, drop and teach them to read and write?”
Grade 9 Reading Writing
English
U.S. History
Math
Science
PE/Health
World Language
Elective
Elective
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Where are We Starting from?Too often, the answer is …
Grade 9 Reading Writing
English Low Low-Medium
U.S. History Low Low
Math Low Low
Science Low Low
PE/Health Low Low
World Language Low Low
Elective Low Low
Elective High Low
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LDC Offers a Different Choice!So teachers don’t have to ‘move from blueprint to action’
alone.
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LDC: The Main IdeaA systematic framework for developing reading, writing, and thinking skills within each discipline, with:Science work focused on skills students need to succeed in scienceHistory work focused on skills students need in historyWork in many other classes focused on skills essential to those subjects
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Introduction to the LDC Materials
•What’s in your LDC Guide for Teachers binder/packet?
•Read the overview: Tab #1, Page 2
•Make note of your wonderings on a sticky note.
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Student Assignments
Engaging and demanding learning through:Teaching tasks with prompts and scoring rubricsInstructional modules, supporting the tasks with
plans for needed skills, effective instructions, and sample student work
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Teacher ToolsTools to implement that approach:Templates educators can fill in to create
the tasks and teaching plansModels educators can consider and reviseSample work from other teachers and their
students to use as models for new designs
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LDC Framework
& other Common Core & other Common Core Standards when appropriate*Standards when appropriate*
TEMPLATE TASKS
Argument(opinion at the
elementary grades)
Informative/ Explanatory Narrative
Target the 3 modes of writingin the Common Core State Standards
Teacher/Student-Selected
Texts
Appropriate, grade-level texts
that support selected content
Supported by an Instructional LadderSkills students need to complete the task
Mini-tasks for building each skill3636
LDC is Not . . .
a unit. a unit. The LDC framework fits with a unit.
for every unit.for every unit.
Just those that make sense.
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Tools …“Hammers do not build, needles do not sew, and LDC resources do not generate richer levels of student learning on their own. In the hands of skilled practitioners, though, good tools can speed the work, whether the craft in question is building, quilting, or equipping the next generation with the literacy skills they need for adult success.”
LDC design team,The LDC Guidebook for Teachers
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OurOur Project Project
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Come Build with Us
Teaching tasksInstructional ladders (plans for the teaching)Sample student workModules that share your designs with other
educators (A module = a task + an instructional ladder + sample work + other information you add to explain how you did the teaching)
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Tasks
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LDC FrameworkLDC Framework
& other Common Core & other Common Core Standards when appropriate*Standards when appropriate*
TEMPLATE TASKS
Argument(opinion at the
elementary grades)
Informative/ Explanatory Narrative
Target the 3 modes of writingin the Common Core State Standards
Teacher/Student-Selected
Texts
Appropriate, grade-level texts
that support selected content
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Why Tasks?“What determines what students know and are able to do is not what the curriculum says they are supposed to do, or even what the teacher thinks he or she is asking students to do. What predicts performance is what students are actually doing.” City, Elmore, Fiarman and Teitel, Instructional Rounds in Education
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Template TasksLDC template tasks are “shells” of assignments that ask students to read, write, and think about important academic content in science, social studies, English, or another subject.
Teachers fill in those shells, deciding the texts students will read, the writing students will produce, and the content students will engage.
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Template TasksTemplate tasks come with rubrics for scoring students’ work and specifications of the Common Core State Standards the resulting tasks will address.
Some template tasks provide optional additions to the basic assignment, allowing teachers an additional way to vary the level of work students will create. (L2, L3)
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Template Task 2
[Insert essential question] After reading ___________ (literature or informational texts), write an ________ (essay or substitute) that addresses the question and support your position with evidence from the text(s). L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
LDC design team, Template Task Bank
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From Templates Task to Teaching Task
Teachers fill in the template task to create a teaching task, meaning a major student assignment to be completed over two to four weeks.
The content can be science, history, language arts, or another subject.
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Teaching TasksTeachers fill in the prompt, including:The content of the taskTexts to readText students will write, including suggestion of or choice of audienceWhether to use the Level 2 and Level 3 options to make the task more demanding
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Let it sink in.
• Read over Tab #2, Page 4 of the LDC Guide for Teachers.• Talk at your table to share your understanding of LDC
and template tasks.
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Some Sample Tasks
To see how this works, consider examples of:Template Task 2Filled in three different ways by three
different teachersContent added by those teachers is
underlinedNotice how the teachers added their state
content area standards
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Take a Look-Handout: Tab #2, Page 5
With a partner . . .•Look over the sample tasks together.•on your handout, list some plusses that make sense to you and some puzzles you want to know more about.•Share with the others at your table
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Template Task Collection 1In the LDC Guide for Teachers, Appendix C (Tab #7, Page 51) shows the tasks: The main sections are argumentation, information/explanation, and narrative (matching Common Core’s three kinds/modes of writing) The template tasks start either with an essential question or with “after researching)They include templates for definition, description, procedural-sequential writing, synthesis, analysis, comparison, evaluation, problem-solution, and cause-effect
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Skills for the Teaching Task
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LDC Framework
& other Common Core & other Common Core Standards when appropriate*Standards when appropriate*
TEMPLATE TASKS
Argument(opinion at the
elementary grades)
Informative/ Explanatory Narrative
Target the 3 modes of writingin the Common Core State Standards
Teacher/Student-Selected
Texts
Appropriate, grade-level texts
that support selected content
Supported by an Instructional LadderSkills students need to complete the task
Mini-tasks for building each skill5454
What Skills?Turn and Talk
Choose one of the sample tasks from Handout/Tab #2, Page 5.
Start by thinking through what skills a student will need to complete the teaching task (a familiar “backward mapping” process for planning instruction”).
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Some Sample Answers
The LDC design team offers a sample list of skills that teachers can consider and then:Use without changesUse with changesReplace with another list based on their judgment about their task and their students
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Each Skill Card Shows
One skill from the LDC sample list A definition for that skill
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Try out the ConnectionsWith a partner and a set of cards, using the sample task you’ve been discussing . . . With each card, decide if students will need that skill to succeed on the teaching taskDiscuss whether students need another skill not shown, and if so, add that skill on one of the blank cards
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Instruction for those Skills
Designing the instructional
ladder
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LDC Framework
& other Common Core & other Common Core Standards when appropriate*Standards when appropriate*
TEMPLATE TASKS
Argument(opinion at the
elementary grades)
Informative/ Explanatory Narrative
Target the 3 modes of writingin the Common Core State Standards
Teacher/Student-Selected
Texts
Appropriate, grade-level texts
that support selected content
Supported by an Instructional LadderSkills students need to complete the task
Mini-tasks for building each skill6060
What Instruction?
The next step is to develop a mini-task for each skill, including:A prompt for students to addressA product for students to createA simple scoring guide (meets expectations/not yet)
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Again, Sample Answers
The LDC design team offers a sample set of mini-tasks, for educators to use, revise, or replace as they design instruction for their own teaching tasks.
And, again, we’ve listed each sample mini-task on a card.
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Connect Another Step
With a partner, take a set of the mini-task cards
Read each oneMatch each one to a skill card from
your earlier set
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Instructional Strategies
Each mini-task is backed up byinstructional strategies.
The LDC materials again providestarting samples.
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Take a Look• Tab #8, Page 59 (skills)• Tab #8, Pages 60-63 (skills with
instruction)
Skills are clustered in a way that makes sense for instruction.
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Modules
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A Complete Example
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Modules are for SharingCompleted LDC modules can be shared from teacher to teacher, school to school, and state to state.
Having a common, clear design approach will allow teachers to search, study, use, and revise one another’s teaching ideas.
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LDC Module Components
Introductory information on the cover page (Tab #4, Page 25)
What Task?What Skills? (design team sample answers)What Instruction? (again, with sample answers)What Results? (sample student work)Supporting information can be added to help other
teachers implement the design
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TEACHING TASK DESIGN
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3 Types of LDC Tasks (Tab #7, Page 51 – 53 )
• Argumentation• Informational/Explanatory• Narrative
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Template Tasks
Template Tasks are fill-in-the-blank “shells” built off the Common Core. To turn a template task into a teaching task, teachers fill in the texts to be read, writing to be produced, and content to be addressed.
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Task 2 First, At the Basic Level
With argumentation, students may engage more quickly
With an essential question task, teachers do not have to manage a student research process: they simply select the texts
Without L2 and L3, the task will be a good starting point for teachers and students
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In Choosing Texts to Read, Consider
Literature: novels, stories, poems, plays Informational texts: Newspaper articles, journal
articles, primary source documentsOpinion pieces: editorials, speeches, essays on an
issueReference works: encyclopedias, almanacs, manuals,
how-to booksOther content areas– science, social studies, etc.
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For Writing AssignmentsRemember, the writing assignment can be:
An essayA reportA narrativeA poemA letterAn articleA scriptA speech An editorialA proposal
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A Great LDC Teaching Task
Addresses content essential to the discipline, inviting students to engage deeply in thinking and literacy practices around that issue.
Makes effective use of the template task’s writing mode (argumentation, information/explanation, or narrative).
Selects reading texts that use and develop academic understanding and vocabulary.
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ENJOY YOUR LUNCH!ENJOY YOUR LUNCH!
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Prize Drawing
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
Let’s Give It A Try! Choose a partner Together, choose a debatable or arguable issue or a text
you enjoy teaching (Opinion K-5; Argument 6-12)
Write an essential question about the arguable topic.
Look at examples Fill in the top Task 2 template (handout) to make a
strong assignment on that subject. Share Out: Easy? Hard? Questions?
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An Example:• Issue: High profile individuals and their private
mistakes/faux pas and the effect on their public image.
• Essential Question: After high-profile individuals make public mistakes, can they still be seen as effective?
• Task 2: After reading an article from GoodTherapy.org, unescosources.com, People Magazine, Twitter excerpts and watching Inside Edition, You tube videos, and episodes of Dateline, write a narrative that addresses the question and supports your position with evidence from the text.
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Task Design Method
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The Formative ClassroomThe Formative ClassroomReal Teachers. Real Students. Real Process.Real Teachers. Real Students. Real Process.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL54bfmZPzY&feature=related
Grade Level GroupsGrade Level Groups
• Template Tasks Template Tasks
• Book Study Book Study
• Goal Setting (Plan, Do, Review) Goal Setting (Plan, Do, Review)
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Extended Learning
• Prior to the October 27th TLN meeting, write a teaching task using the LDC Template 2 (argument).
• Bring the teaching task and text used to the next meeting.
• Read the Assessment Research Brief and be prepared for grade level group discussion and an activity.
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• I can articulate the goals and purpose of the content leadership networks.
• I can explain how the ELA KCAS differentiate between persuasion and opinion/argument.
• I can recognize instruction that makes the connection among the standards: Literacy Design Collaborative
• I can create a LDC teaching task for argumentation that integrates the ELA strands.
• I can set personal goals and create an action plan to advance the vision of 21st century learning
Revisiting Today’s Learning Targets
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IMPACT LOGS Logs should be
submitted to Carole Mullins in hard copy or via e-mail at the end of each month.
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CLOSING
• ELA Network Meeting Schedule ELA Network Meeting Schedule • Blackboard UpdateBlackboard Update• Complete Network Feedback FormComplete Network Feedback Form• Certificate of Participation Certificate of Participation • See Carole for EILA certificateSee Carole for EILA certificate
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc
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Have a Safe Trip Home. See You on October 27th!