Featured in St. Louis Post Dispatch article on EdHub Fellowship

Seen Here: https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/at-new-edhub-stl-startup-entrepreneurs-and-teachers-work-to/article_91a23220-15b9-52c9-83ca-574e11d2dddd.html

"Still, Chris McGee, an administrator in Affton School District and himself a self-proclaimed tech geek, heard about the Venture Café gatherings early on and decided to check them out.

“I remember going and being dumbfounded that people were sharing expertise,” said McGee, who was a classroom teacher for 11 years before moving into school administration. “Thursday night gatherings of Venture Café were my first entrance into what the world outside education was and could be.”

McGee wasn’t the only one who saw the promise that a dedicated collaborative space could hold for educators.

About a year ago, Mathews began speaking with researchers, school district personnel and community leaders about what would become Venture Café’s latest effort: EdHub STL.

“We wanted to see if what was being done in the entrepreneurial space could work in education space. It’s a place for people to use — not to tell them what to do, but to support and facilitate people who are already doing the programming,” he said."

Presenter: Annual Conference of the National Network for Educational Renewal

Presenter Annual Conference of the National Network for Educational Renewal

Shared: Link To Slide Deck

TITLE:
Bridging the Experience Gap Through Engaging Professional Learning Opportunity for Educational Leaders.

STORY:
School districts are silos. They are designed to look inward. They have a specific focus and work tirelessly, with little fanfare, to serve the students within their community. This often leads is to professional learning that is limited, isolating and uninspiring. Our organization seeks to create a new normal for professional learning. We seek partnerships, new and innovative ways of serving educators and in turn serve our community.

B. Purpose(s) or Objective(s) of the Presentation

• Share the story of Connected Learning. It’s growth, it’s origin and it’s mission
• Create bonds, connections and new possibilities with individuals and organizations in
• our community
• Strengthen the connected community across our region
• Seek opportunities to partner, grow and collaborate to better serve our educators and
• educational leaders

C. Major Content

• Sharing the story of Connected Learning
• Share our successes and failures
• Share items we’re still struggling with
• Share past learning opportunities and future learning opportunities
• Seek partnerships to better serve our community of learnings both student and adult.

Presentations for Spartanburg Technology in Two Conference

Below are the resources shared at the Spartanburg 2: Technology in Two conference held on June 2 at Boiling Springs Elementary School.

8:30 - 9:30

What Happens when they Google you?

 Presented by Dr. Chris McGee, Connected Learning

Have you ever Googled your own name? Most people have at some point, and there's a good chance your students, colleagues and future/past employers have Googled your name, too. Make sure what they find about you in Google is what you want them to find.  Whether this workshop is for you, or will serve as a unit plan for helping students create their own online presence you will learn these key facts:

1. SEARCH RESULTS. How do they work? How can I impact them?

2. SILENT DIALOGUES. What do people think when they see your results?

3. IMMEDIATE ACTION. Are people compelled to click and explore you further? How can they?

4. CONTACT. After people have Googled you, reacted and taken initial action, this is the crucial component.

It’s when you compound attraction with outreach. Because ideally, you’d like people to email, call or reach out to you in SOME way. Building an online brand is no longer an option in our digital generation, search results speak loudly, are yours saying the right thing?

Slides:


9:45 - 10:45

Last Year Called They Want Their Lesson Plans Back, Transitioning your Classroom into the 21st Century 

presented by Dr. Chris McGee, Connected Learning

As teachers we plan units.  We plan units because that's the way we've always packaged our learning.  What if we did it differently?  Let's identify the things that are the problems that confine us in our units, identify key ways we can rethink packaging learning and provide amazing, unique, innovative experiences where learning is the focus and students drive classroom experiences.  Come to this session expecting to participate, be pushed and tap into amazing resources.  Last year called, they want their lesson plan back.

Slides:


11 - 12

Character & Digital Citizenship in the Classroom 

presented by Dr. Chris McGee,

Character education is a learning process that enables students and adults in a school community to understand, care about and act on core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue and citizenship, and responsibility for self and others.  Often when we get behind a keyboard, those virtues disappear.  Let’s learn more about the online space and how to provide student opportunities to learn digital citizenship in settings that are supportive to learning.

Slides:

1 - 2

Tech Tools for School Leaders 

presented by Dr. Chris McGee, Connected Learning

School leaders have the difficult task of staying up to date with cutting edge learning technologies and systems, as well as leading a building.  At the core of those tasks is productivity.  This session will focus on increasing your productivity using tools and resources from the world’s top companies.  We’ll focus on managing your to-do list, email, funneling, tracking progress and the latest trends in educational technology.  Come ready to let go of old habits and build in new ideas to maximize your productivity.

Slides:

METC 16 Presentations

Updated Program and Presentation Page

Presented two sessions at the Midwest Educational Technology Conference (METC)

Creative Formative Assessments Using Technology.  Slides below:

@cmcgee200 @METCedplus Rockin' Formative Assessment with Dr. McGee! Full House! #METC16 pic.twitter.com/vn3iDCQP5i

— Kathy Hann (@hann4edu) February 9, 2016

Really enjoyed @cmcgee200's session on formative assessment. Very engaging and informative. #METC16

— Seth Hunziker (@MrHunziker) February 9, 2016

Thank you @cmcgee200 for a great session on formative assessment! #metc16

— KayThorn (@krv1415) February 9, 2016

Shared and IGNITE talk based on my blog post: http://coachinandout.blogspot.com/2011/09/tom-cruise-solves-americas-education.html

Prompt: What if education was more like.....

My idea, Jerry Maguire!

What if education was...care, mentors, focus, relationships @cmcgee200 #youmatter pic.twitter.com/cO97JnrTv8

— Kelly Lee (@yogagirly) February 9, 2016

Posted on Webster University School of Education Blog

Recognizing the Outstanding Alumnus from the School of Education

See the blog post here: http://webstersoe.blogspot.com/2015/05/meet-school-of-educations-2015.html


Webster University School of Education: Meet The School of Education's 2015 Outstanding Al...: Meet The School of Education's 2015 Outstanding Alumnus: Dr. Chris McGee by Dean Brenda Fyfe Saturday, May 9th was Webster's 9...

Updated Awards and Honors

Featured in St. Louis Magazine Excellence in Education award.

Featured in DESE's Generation Z Report

Featured in Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Generation Z report.

Media page: http://chrisrmcgee.com/p/media.html

Article: http://www.dese.mo.gov/documents/GenZ.pdf

Here's a highlight:

Updated Award/Honors: Peabody Energy Leader in Education

Updated awards and honors page.

Named a Peabody Energy "Leader in Education"

2013-2014 Award winners

Article posted on CBS news webpage: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/peabody-energy-leaders-in-education/

Article pasted below:

Local Educator Named Peabody Energy Leader in Education

St. Louis, Mo. November 7, 2013 – Dr. Chris McGee of Webster Groves School District in St. Louis was named a Peabody Energy Leader in Education for the 2013-14 school year, and awarded $1,000 for his dedication and commitment to students.

McGee’s philosophy of leadership in education is one that focuses on advocacy, enthusiasm and participation in order to ensure that everyone will succeed. As Webster Groves School District’s Curriculum Coordinator, McGee specializes in creating personalized learning for every classroom. He researches and provides effective instruction in order to create opportunities that are authentic and relevant to current events and that utilize the highest technologies available. McGee founded the nonprofit ConnectED Learning, which is designed to give teachers a completely free space to develop, share, learn and connect with other educators.

The Peabody Energy Leaders in Education program rewards dedicated education professionals—from teachers and coaches to librarians and counselors—who inspire and motivate youth to succeed. Award recipients are selected throughout the school year by a committee of top educators and business leaders.

“Outstanding educators like Chris McGee are the heroes who help students find their true potential to succeed,” said Greg Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peabody Energy. “We are pleased to honor Dr. McGee as a Peabody Energy Leader in Education, and we thank him for working diligently to transform the lives of his students.”

The Leaders program was developed in Missouri in 2009, and reflects Peabody’s commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where the company’s employees live and work by honoring those who inspire students. The 2013-2014 award program is continuing to accept nominations and is open to educational professionals of public, private and independent schools in designated communities where Peabody Energy employees live and work.

Honorees are selected from a diverse group of educators. They can range from veteran teachers to individuals in support staff roles such as administrators, coaches or counselors. Each 2013-2014 Leader in Education will be honored at an awards gala after this school year, where one will be named Educator of the Year and awarded $5,000.

Updated Programs and Presentations

Updated Programs/Presentations

Presented to Maryville University Advanced Communications class.  Doctorate Level EDL 711

Students completed form below to determine interest/need:


I used this presentation below to guide conversations:

Updated Awards/Honors

Featured in "Daily Edventures"

http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2013/03/12/mcgee/

Updated Programs and Presentations

Had the opportunity to teach a doctorate level course at Maryville university

Tech Tools for Administrators - EDL 771: Advanced Communications Maryville University

Updated Professional Associations

Became member of Science Teachers of Missouri

http://cmcgee200.blogspot.com/p/professional-associations-and.html

Updated Awards and Honors

Blog named Top 100 Teacher blogs worldwide by online degrees.org