Dialogue Networking Pilot Project Introduction

If you want to participate in this pilot project, email factsc@gmail.com.

We started by participating in the C2D2 webinar - see C2D2 email. The Webinar was great.  Click for info on future Webinars
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In 2013 we had our summer students work on this project, especially linking face to face dialogue with online dialogue and network resources.   We plan to continue this process with our summer 2014 students.

Options Presented November 2010

See Participation in FACTSnet Blogs

1. Limited collaboration (Commenters).
2. Minor collaboration (Authors).
1. Training Dialogue for staff.
2. PAC corner in ASCA news.
3. Minor presentations at ASCA conference.
4. Minor collaboration with other organizations and School Councils.
5. Funding application for summer students
3. Major Ongoing Collaboration (Coordinators).
1. Ongoing training dialogue with staff and others.
2. PAC corner in ASCA news. Coordinators PAC Alberta
3. Major presentations at ASCA conference.
4. Major collaboration with other organizations and School Councils especially Alberta Education.
5. Look for development and ongoing funding including multiple applications for summer students. 
4. The benefits of collaboration (twining) will more than pay for the investment in generative dialogue to get collaboration.

Conversation Overview and Follow-up

This is part A of a two part conversation see link below for part B. It was a one hour conversation at the Provincial level following the Ministry of Education Local Conversation Kit. See Tricom Conversation on Education on our School Council Blog for advertisement of this conversation and links to other community dialogues.

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Part B is a local Inspiring Education Conversation for the Tri-Communities of the City of Spruce Grove, County of Parkland, and Town of Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada. It has been developed by applying the ministry of education guidelines (Items quoted are from the conversation kit) to facilitate a local conversation. It is hoped that the dialogue started on May 21st 2009 will continue until 2029 and beyond so that we will have the best education possible for current and future generations. In addition, we want to stimulate other ongoing dialogues in the communities of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, and Parkland County. At this point Part B is an Online Dialogue with the possibility of in person events being held in the future.
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Conversation Overview

This is a template for a one to two hour conversation at the Provincial level following the Ministry of Education Local Conversation Kit. See Tricom Conversation on Education for an example of a conversation basic conversation.done using this template.

To report the conversation to the minister use the form from the conversation kit. To access the pictures you need a password. Email factsc@gmail.com to get more information.

As St. Albert prepares to celebrate the 150th anniversary (see St. Albert 150 + Big Lake Settlement Project), we are encouraging participation in an alternate conversation on local heritage (history) education. See scope & sequence for current Alberta Social Studies Curriculum.

Participating in the alternate conversation (See activities marked 1a etc), will take additional time. If you don't have time to do both you can choose to do either activities 1-5 or 1a-5a.

You also have a choice to participate in the conversation as a group in a physical location or online. To get more information about participating in a conversation (Online or In Person) Email factsc@gmail.com.

After you are finished with this conversation you may want to explore the Summer Heritage Network.

Instructions on using the blog

To view all the activities click on the Inspiring Education title banner at the top of the page. Once the main page has loaded, scroll down to the post you want.

In order to post a comment, either click on the title of the activity or on the link at the bottom of the post with the number of comments.

Once you have posted a comment go to the next activity. Scroll to the bottom of the post and click "older post" to see the next activity.

To see example comments on another conversation click here.

Who are the participants in your group

Group Discussion Guidelines

• Everyone has wisdom.
• We need everyone’s wisdom for the wisest result.
• There are no wrong answers.
• The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• Everyone will hear others and be heard.

List who is participating your group: (number of people, affiliations, etc. not names; e.g., 10 people – three mothers and two fathers of school-age children; five grandparents two grade 12 students):

Change the "Comment as:" box to "Name/Url". Use the name field to identify your group (e.g. Tricom 1)

Your future post comments should use your identification used here (e.g. University Student, Mother of Students) NOT your real name.

If you are participating online, join an existing online group and use the group name to identify your comment on who you are. Or form your own group of two or more by working with someone else who is also participating in the conversation online. Keep to the same group and read their comments as you participate.

ACTIVITY 1 NOTES – Table Activity: Picture Activity on Past Learning

Facilitator direction to participants:
Take a moment to think about your past learning experiences. Click here to choose a picture that best reflects your thoughts and feelings towards your past learning experiences.

Use name/url to identify the image /photo selected (copy and paste the caption) e.g., A35 Child Playing With Bubbles.

Then comment on "Why you picked the image (photo) and what story does it remind you of."

ACTIVITY 1a NOTES – Picture Activity on Past Heritage Learning

Facilitator direction to participants:Take a moment to think about your past heritage learning experiences. Click here to choose a picture or choose a picture from the Internet, that best reflects your thoughts and feelings towards your past learning experiences.

Use name/url to identify the image /photo selected (copy and paste the caption) e.g., A35 Child Playing With Bubbles.. If you choose a picture from the Internet put a title in name and put the web address in url.

Then comment on "Why you picked the image (photo) and what story does it remind you of."

ACTIVITY 2 NOTES – Table Activity: Picture Activity on Future Learning

Facilitator question to participants:
“If you were born today, what hopes, dreams and aspirations would you have for your learning in the next 20 years?” (Click here to pick an image to reflect your ideal learning experience?)

Use name/url to identify the image /photo selected (copy and paste the caption) e.g., B5 Rainbow Over Field

Then make a comment on "What this photo represents for your hopes for future learning?"

ACTIVITY 2a NOTES – Picture Activity on Future Heritage Learning

Facilitator question to participants:“If you were born today, what hopes, dreams and aspirations would you have for heritage learning in the next 50 years?”

(Click here to pick an image or choose an image from the Internet to reflect your ideal heritage learning experience?)

Use name/url to identify the image /photo selected (copy and paste the caption) e.g., B5 Rainbow Over Field. If you choose a picture from the Internet put a title in name and put the web address in url.

Then make a comment on "What this photo represents for your hopes for future heritage learning?"

ACTIVITY 3 NOTES – Table Activity: Conversation on Learning

Facilitator questions to participants:
. Read your comment to Activity 2 to others in our group.
· What words, phrases or images do you remember hearing or seeing?
· What did you hear that we had in common?

Use your group name for identification (name/url).


In a comment to this post record responses to the second question asked. "What did we have in common?"


Optional:
If you have time, compare your responses with those from other groups to see what you have in common. Use name/url to indicate which groups are compared and comment on what you have in common.

ACTIVITY 3a – Conversation on Heritage Learning

Facilitator questions to participants:. Read your comment to Activity 2a to others in our group.· What words, phrases or images do you remember hearing or seeing?· What did you hear that we had in common?

Use your group name for identification (name/url). In a comment to this post record responses to the second question asked. "What did we have in common?"

Optional: If you have time, compare your responses with those from other groups to see what you have in common. Use name/url to indicate which groups are compared and comment on what you have in common.

ACTIVITY 4 NOTES – Table Activity: “I-mail”

You have an opportunity to send an “I-mail” (“I” for inspiring) message to someone of your choice about what is really important to you about learning in 20 years. Address it as follows:

In a comment to this post finish this sentence you may add other sentences to complete your message "When I think of learning in 20 years, I hope...

Identify your comment by using name/url to address your comment to someone like To: Mom, my daughter, my son's teacher

ACTIVITY 4a NOTES – Heritage “I-mail”

You have an opportunity to send an “I-mail” (“I” for inspiring) message to someone of your choice about what is really important to you about heritage learning in 20 years. Address it as follows:

In a comment to this post finish this sentence you may add other sentences to complete your message "When I think of Heritage learning in 20 years, I hope...

Identify your comment by using name/url to address your comment to someone like To: Mom, my daughter, my son's teacher

Activity 5 - Table Activity: Qualities and Ablilities of an Albertan in the 21st Century

Facilitator questions and directions to participants:

What qualities and abilities will an Albertan need in 2029? Note: It is not important to distinguish between “qualities” and “abilities.”

Put your group number in the name/url and then list as many qualities and abilities as desired separated by commas.

Optional Group Activity: What did we see in common? What common themes do we see?

Look at the comments for your group and develop themes for the comments. Next use name/url to identify your theme for a new comment and copy all the comments for that theme to the new comment.

Activity 5a - Table Activity: Characteristics of Heritage Education in the 21st Century

Facilitator questions and directions to participants:

List as many characteristics of heritage education in 2029 as you can think of (What would you like to see in heritage education.)

Put your group number in the name/url and then list as many characteristics as desired separated by commas.

Optional Group Activity: What did we see in common? What common themes do we see?

Look at the comments for your group and develop themes for the comments. Next use name/url to identify your theme for a new comment and copy all the comments for that theme to the new comment.

What were people most passionate about?

Optional: Make a comment for your group

What was the most important point or topic discussed?

Optional: Make a comment for your group

What was the most unexpected or surprising thing you heard?

Optional: Make a comment for your group

Additional comments

If you wish to include a summary of themes that emerged from the discussions, please include it here (optional):

Look at the themes for all comments and make comments.