New Media, New Kids - New Literacies, New Citizens -- transforming learning through digital creativity
jasonohler.com - can download presentation
Open doors for students - find what makes them tick, their passions - be a door opener - students will show you what they know if you let them... Let them in with their digital technology, some students lead non digital lives at school and rich digital lives outside of school, BYOD the way to go... Let them use the software they want to use, customised workspaces, make sure to turn BYOD off and talk to each other! We're mobile and connected, our students more so...
Who's teaching whom? Students more than capable of teach each other...
Text to media collage shift, art has a place to play in literacy now, new foundation is media collage, shift from "black squiggles on paper" aka writing, language of pictures, movement, colour, design
Digital citizenship
Screasel - screen + easel, paint traditionally and in digital format, in digital format can erase easily
Our students need to be literate digitally... Shift from words to visual presentation
Is writing best approach for what you're trying to achieve? Maybe video is a better approach to get message across...
Value writing more then ever, good media is based on good research and good writing...
jasonohler.com/nextr
21C Literacies - reading, writing, maths, art
Hans Roslings youtube clip - 200 countries, 200 years
Give kids the maths to be entrepreneurs...
In 21C, the degree to which you enjoy learning determines how smart you are...
Students are teaching themselves visual and digital literacies
In a period of exponential change at present...
Character education for digital kids - want kids to understand technology connects and disconnects
Encourage students to be problem finders not just problem solvers...
Leave positive digital footprints
Storytelling, stories stick in memory! Has to be a problem to make it memorable, rather than just list or sharing knowledge and formulas (rolling ball story)
Give students a focus question when watching any media, encourage them to make notes
Be a discriminating consumer of literacy
A concern is a negatively stated goal!
Don't let anyone stop your students from getting the education they deserve...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
gafe summit 2012
Session 1 - Teacher Dashboard - Manage your room with Google Apps http://hapara.com/
Definitely need this to try using Google Apps with Year 5/6 students... see all your students docs, presentations, forms, sites and email at a glance....
Session 2 - Year 5 Point England - Where classrooms are run on Google Apps (and a few other things)
using google for 4-5 years
http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=3
Room 13 Pt England School - http://pesking.blogspot.co.nz/
everything is done in google environment
solid base of expectations - pedagogy - learn, create, share - via blog, google site, TV channel
sharing is the motivator
values based culture - knowledge of how to behave - term 1 of every year teach behaviour “the point england way”, based around positive statements
content knowledge - upskilling teachers - teachers have to know “stuff” - PD
pedagogical knowledge - buy in to school pedagogy
evaluative capacity - formative and summative assessment to guide teaching
blended learning - paper and pencils shared (didn’t buy stationery at the start of the year), do science experiments, read books etc.
creating - podcasting, blogs, in school TV station, animation (skills learned from year 1)
families pay $3.50 a week for netbook, families also receive PD in netbooks
netbook belongs to family - community wireless being built, every house within Manaiakalani cluster will be able to access in afternoons, linked to device that family owns
6-8 imacs plus ipads in year 1-4 classrooms, year 5 up 1:1 netbooks (chromebooks from 2013)
google sites - used for inquiry units
classroom sites - links to docs, presentations, blog posts, rubrics - open to the world! https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/room-13-2012/home
cybersmart - leaving a positive digital footprint - starts in year 0/1 - making students aware that they are visible, cybersmart curriculum is deliberately taught, outcomes and rubrics etc. smart footprint, smart surfing, smart relationships, smart media (verifying sources etc.), smart and legal (e.g. not downloading music illegally), smart learners, students need to know how to behave in a digital/cyber environment
learn shortcuts when making animations, no need to teach keyboarding skills in isolation, develop skills through daily use
pay attention to/monitor time spent on devices, looking at screens etc.
google sites has changed way the teachers teach and the way students interact with their learning intentions etc. - pedagogical shift
blogging is getting kids writing - purpose - audience
Session 3 - Google Apps for Work and Play
https://sites.google.com/a/core-ed.ac.nz/breakfasts-core/google-apps/ulearn12-presentation
more ideas for integrating Google Apps into classroom programmes - docs, sites, presentations, blogger
Challenges - internet connectivity, online safety
Pedagogy - collaboration is everything
Session 4 - Using YouTube - Jim Sill
very funny guy :o)
mistersill.com
bit.ly/youtubeintheclassroom
create - collaborate - publish
"Is my stuff good enough to publish on youtube?" Becomes intrinsic when they start publishing work on youtube... Start working to a higher standard...
Hidden narrative - what happens when camera stops recording?
Cool channels to search for:
CGP Grey
Crash course world history
Minute physics
TED
www.youtube.com/teachers
make playlists
Uploading - locked down, link or open to public
YouTube offers unlimited storage for video
YouTube.com/create
YouTube.com/editor
Bottom right turn safety on to get rid of comments
Chrome browser - turn out the lights or youtube options for google chrome extension (removes everything, replay button only!)
Youtube.com/schools - filter code - automatically loads youtube for education site, can't override, then create a playlist available to kids
Definitely need this to try using Google Apps with Year 5/6 students... see all your students docs, presentations, forms, sites and email at a glance....
Session 2 - Year 5 Point England - Where classrooms are run on Google Apps (and a few other things)
using google for 4-5 years
http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=3
Room 13 Pt England School - http://pesking.blogspot.co.nz/
everything is done in google environment
solid base of expectations - pedagogy - learn, create, share - via blog, google site, TV channel
sharing is the motivator
values based culture - knowledge of how to behave - term 1 of every year teach behaviour “the point england way”, based around positive statements
content knowledge - upskilling teachers - teachers have to know “stuff” - PD
pedagogical knowledge - buy in to school pedagogy
evaluative capacity - formative and summative assessment to guide teaching
blended learning - paper and pencils shared (didn’t buy stationery at the start of the year), do science experiments, read books etc.
creating - podcasting, blogs, in school TV station, animation (skills learned from year 1)
families pay $3.50 a week for netbook, families also receive PD in netbooks
netbook belongs to family - community wireless being built, every house within Manaiakalani cluster will be able to access in afternoons, linked to device that family owns
6-8 imacs plus ipads in year 1-4 classrooms, year 5 up 1:1 netbooks (chromebooks from 2013)
google sites - used for inquiry units
classroom sites - links to docs, presentations, blog posts, rubrics - open to the world! https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/room-13-2012/home
cybersmart - leaving a positive digital footprint - starts in year 0/1 - making students aware that they are visible, cybersmart curriculum is deliberately taught, outcomes and rubrics etc. smart footprint, smart surfing, smart relationships, smart media (verifying sources etc.), smart and legal (e.g. not downloading music illegally), smart learners, students need to know how to behave in a digital/cyber environment
learn shortcuts when making animations, no need to teach keyboarding skills in isolation, develop skills through daily use
pay attention to/monitor time spent on devices, looking at screens etc.
google sites has changed way the teachers teach and the way students interact with their learning intentions etc. - pedagogical shift
blogging is getting kids writing - purpose - audience
Session 3 - Google Apps for Work and Play
https://sites.google.com/a/core-ed.ac.nz/breakfasts-core/google-apps/ulearn12-presentation
more ideas for integrating Google Apps into classroom programmes - docs, sites, presentations, blogger
Challenges - internet connectivity, online safety
Pedagogy - collaboration is everything
Session 4 - Using YouTube - Jim Sill
very funny guy :o)
mistersill.com
bit.ly/youtubeintheclassroom
create - collaborate - publish
"Is my stuff good enough to publish on youtube?" Becomes intrinsic when they start publishing work on youtube... Start working to a higher standard...
Hidden narrative - what happens when camera stops recording?
Cool channels to search for:
CGP Grey
Crash course world history
Minute physics
TED
www.youtube.com/teachers
make playlists
Uploading - locked down, link or open to public
YouTube offers unlimited storage for video
YouTube.com/create
YouTube.com/editor
Bottom right turn safety on to get rid of comments
Chrome browser - turn out the lights or youtube options for google chrome extension (removes everything, replay button only!)
Youtube.com/schools - filter code - automatically loads youtube for education site, can't override, then create a playlist available to kids
Monday, October 8, 2012
gafe summit 2012 Keynote - Suan Yeo
how we learned is not how our students learn
technology is not new if you are born into it
we need to prepare our students for a world we can’t see...
we are starting to see the web as a learning platform - go to the web to learn, find info...
learning should be open, free and easily accessible - is what you’re putting in place encouraging students to learn outside the classroom?
learning analytics is the next BIG thing
http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/
the value of great teachers
evaluating your use of technology in the classroom - is it facilitating learning inside and outside the classroom? collaboration in education
technology is just a tool....
become a 21st Century Teacher: Teach with technology not teach technology
build your personal learning (social) network
teach how to use not BAN - digital citizenship
managing technology - innovation
innovation to make things better
technology is not new if you are born into it
we need to prepare our students for a world we can’t see...
we are starting to see the web as a learning platform - go to the web to learn, find info...
education is taking advantage of new learning models
learning should be open, free and easily accessible - is what you’re putting in place encouraging students to learn outside the classroom?
learning analytics is the next BIG thing
http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/
the value of great teachers
evaluating your use of technology in the classroom - is it facilitating learning inside and outside the classroom? collaboration in education
technology is just a tool....
become a 21st Century Teacher: Teach with technology not teach technology
build your personal learning (social) network
teach how to use not BAN - digital citizenship
managing technology - innovation
innovation to make things better
http://www.google.com/campaigns/gonegoogle/index.html
tools you can use anywhere and on anything - google.com/a/edu
browser = desktop of the future, regardless of device
google.com/edu
CTRL F - find box - shortcuts http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/only-one-in-10-know-what-ctrlf-does--here-are-shortcuts-you-should-know-20111130-1o69d.html
youtube - can set up own educators channel
project glass - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4
“learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it”
tools you can use anywhere and on anything - google.com/a/edu
browser = desktop of the future, regardless of device
google.com/edu
CTRL F - find box - shortcuts http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/only-one-in-10-know-what-ctrlf-does--here-are-shortcuts-you-should-know-20111130-1o69d.html
youtube - can set up own educators channel
project glass - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4
“learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it”
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Lead Teacher Workshop 2
Another lead teacher day catching up with the girls from Elm Park and Botany Downs.
Smackdown links worth checking out....
Olympics education http://www.olympic.org.nz/education/home#
Special Needs Website http://www.senteacher.org/Home/
Free resources for teachers http://www.pepnonprofit.org/free-downloads.html
YouTube for teachers http://www.youtube.com/teachers
Digital Skills Every Educator Should Have http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html
Awesome wireless headphones (only available online from America at the moment) http://www.logitech.com/en-nz/tablet-accessories/headsets/8452
Mutt Maker http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/mutt-maker/mutt-maker.html
Build Your Wildself http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/mutt-maker/mutt-maker.html
Reading Eggs website (free trial then have to pay) www.readingeggs.co.nz
Maths wiki mathzlinks.wikispaces.com
Elm Park shared some of the work classes are doing using ipads and ipod touches to support learning.
Smackdown links worth checking out....
Olympics education http://www.olympic.org.nz/education/home#
Special Needs Website http://www.senteacher.org/Home/
Free resources for teachers http://www.pepnonprofit.org/free-downloads.html
YouTube for teachers http://www.youtube.com/teachers
Digital Skills Every Educator Should Have http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html
Awesome wireless headphones (only available online from America at the moment) http://www.logitech.com/en-nz/tablet-accessories/headsets/8452
Mutt Maker http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/mutt-maker/mutt-maker.html
Build Your Wildself http://animal.discovery.com/pet-planet/mutt-maker/mutt-maker.html
Reading Eggs website (free trial then have to pay) www.readingeggs.co.nz
Maths wiki mathzlinks.wikispaces.com
Elm Park shared some of the work classes are doing using ipads and ipod touches to support learning.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Lead teachers reconnecting!
Today was the first lead teacher day for 2012. We visited Stonefields School to look at eLearning and modern learning spaces. So different to a "traditional" school environment... very open spaces with smaller "cave" like areas and breakaway spaces that can be closed off with large glass doors, collaborative teaching teams (3 teachers, 1 group of children) who plan collaboratively using google docs, variety of eLearning tools (Apple, Windows and Linux platforms), loads of storage, furniture that can be put together in a variety of ways, large teaching stations with LCD screens that teacher laptops plug into for display, Breakthrough inquiry learning sessions where students follow their interests and passions and a clear and consistent emphasis on learning and collaborating.
Photos to follow!
Photos to follow!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Changes... what lies ahead...
Last lead teacher workshop for the year and what a year it has been! So tired and overwhelmed by things to do this year with little support as the lone schoolwide elearning lead teacher. Really looking forward to having 2 terms with no class of my own to enable me to get into classrooms across the school to develop elearning best practice further.
Lots more sharing of ideas and websites today. Check out these links....
International Children's Digital Library
web 2.0 tools wiki
Rotorua East Lakes Learning Community wiki
www.xtramath.org
Which famous author do you write like?
shoutlearning.org - connecting students to take action on global issues
http://e-learningforkids.org/
http://www.topicbox.org.uk/ - useful links for teachers sorted into categories
http://www.northpole.com/ - fun Christmas website for little learners
Lots more sharing of ideas and websites today. Check out these links....
International Children's Digital Library
web 2.0 tools wiki
Rotorua East Lakes Learning Community wiki
www.xtramath.org
Which famous author do you write like?
shoutlearning.org - connecting students to take action on global issues
http://e-learningforkids.org/
http://www.topicbox.org.uk/ - useful links for teachers sorted into categories
http://www.northpole.com/ - fun Christmas website for little learners
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Term 3 - onwards
So here we are again... I really should blog more often!! Another lead teacher workshop to reinvigorate eLearning at SPS. Term 2 was lllllooooonnnnnnngggggg and tiring with some intense PD and other pressures leading to a definite drop off in the use of ICT tools and practices in my classroom (despite my Term 2 goals!!) Every spare minute that I used to grab for blogging, using web 2.0 tools, KidPix modelling etc. is now taken up working with "below expectation" children trying to move them forward. Not sure if this is adding "value for time expended" and maybe those below expectation children would find some of the web 2.0 tools more engaging!!
Had fun today playing with some new websites and ideas...
http://toonlet.com/ for making cartoons (similar to ToonDoo)
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ lots of links to web 2.0 tools
http://mathzlinks.wikispaces.com/home awesome wiki set up by a teacher on sabbatical, set up in numeracy stages then split into knowledge and strategy
http://www.snacktools.com/ make slideshows and flip books plus more
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au./countmein/children.html links to lots of maths tools and activities suitable for years 1-3
http://www.learningchocolate.com/?st_lang=en vocabulary website for ESOL students
Had fun today playing with some new websites and ideas...
http://toonlet.com/ for making cartoons (similar to ToonDoo)
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ lots of links to web 2.0 tools
http://mathzlinks.wikispaces.com/home awesome wiki set up by a teacher on sabbatical, set up in numeracy stages then split into knowledge and strategy
http://www.snacktools.com/ make slideshows and flip books plus more
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au./countmein/children.html links to lots of maths tools and activities suitable for years 1-3
http://www.learningchocolate.com/?st_lang=en vocabulary website for ESOL students
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