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=Overview = In this session, you will expore the role and benefits of online communities of practice (OCoPs) in supporting digital age educators at all levels. You will experience how OCoPs can help educators solve problems of practice. You will discover the potential a new national OCoP has for providing a dynamic environment for districts, schools and teachers to collaborate, share their expertise, and have access to resources to strengthen their ability to plan, implement, and sustain technology-enabled learning initiatives. =Goals = You will expand your understanding of how OCoPs can support educators in doing their work. You be introduced to new OCoP that will provide tools, resources, and access to experts to support educators serving in technology-enabled learning environment across the nation. =Outcomes = At the end of this session, you will be able to:
 * understand the important role OCoPs play in nurturing innovative educators serving in technology enabled environments;
 *  engage in dialogue with colleagues to better define OCoPs as they might pertain to your work;
 * articulate the potential OCoPs have for helping practitioners solve problems and receive support;
 * share and gain expertise for how epic-ed can support you in your role and work.

I. Welcome and Introductions
== **II** **. Let's Expose the Challenge **: Digital Transitions in Isolation – Hilary (5 min) ==

III. Let's Explore Possible Solutions: Online Communities of Practice (OCoPs) – Bobby (5 min)

 * Connected Educators (connectededucators.org)
 * Group brainstorm the benefits of OCoPs) with Bubbl.us

<span style="color: #f37122; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">IV. Let's Embrace a Solution: epic-ed (Empowering the digital transition) (15 min)
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Epic-ed is a national online community of practice (OCoP) will provide a dynamic environment for educators to collaborate, share their expertise, and have access to resources to strengthen their ability to plan, implement, and sustain technology-enabled learning initiatives. Community resources are organized around a process for planning and implementing technology-enabled environments like 1:1 computing, BYOT, and ubiquitous computing. Events, resources, discussions, and news support and are aggregated on the site around three main stages of planning and implementing technology-enabled environments: vision, planning, and implementation, with assessment integrated as an ongoing, formative and summative process. Community members can integrate into the community at any time to identify resources, discussions, and events to suit their current needs. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">To read epic-ed's mission please go to //: http://epiccommunity.wikispaces.com/Mission

** Part II: Who will benefit from epic-ed? - Lisa **
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Epic-ed will support the following audiences. Click on each audience icon to download the user case scenario for the corresponding EPIC audience in .pdf format.

** Part III: What is the theoretical framework for epic-ed? – Lisa **[[image:epictiwster2012.jpg align="right"]]
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">A robust theoretical framework will guide the development and stewardship of the epic-ed community: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">//To learn more please go to//: http://epiccommunity.wikispaces.com/Foundational+Framework

V. Let's Examine epic-ed's Organization and Features – Bobby (10 min)

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Big Picture [[file:epic_overview.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">epic-ed Onboarding: Click HERE to view Digital Transition Phases
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anticipated epic_ed launch

VI. How can I join the community today? – Lisa (5 min)

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Twitter <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Google Group

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presenters
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Lisa Hervey, NBCT - lisa_hervey@ncsu.edu <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr. Bobby Hobgood - behobgoo@ncsu.edu <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hilary LaMonte, M. Ed. - hlamonte@cosn.org

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