connecting the unconnected

Joanna Norton

Connecting the UnconnectedUsing the community as a learning canvas

University of the Arts, London

MA Applied Imagination ‘How can we re-create canons of knowledge to include the

voices of the voiceless?’

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Diversity of student cohort

1. New analysis from the Demos Integration Hub shows that ethnic minority children now represent 26 per cent of all school students in England (Burgess, 2015).

2. 90% of teachers are white, middle class and predominately female (DfE, 2011)

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Knowing my students

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At the University of the Arts, I now teach the children of the super-rich.

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Connecting Thinking with Technology

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Your community as a resource

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How can we remove barriers between the school and the community to allow for the free movement of learning?

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Connecting the Unconnected

Make connections between concepts and contexts and consider how to

apply to practice.

A Morning of Inspiration

Walking Mathematically

Exploring connections between mathematics and

innovation.

Fashion’s Biological Future

Exploring human reproduction, wearable

technology & photography

Applied Creativity for Teachers and School Leaders

Use the community as a learning canvas. Drifting to engage with the

student voice.

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Task 1

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You will see images of four different projects.

Decide what the projects are and how you could use them in your own context?

Paris 2050

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A Surrogate Robot

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Drone Port Rwanda

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Learning outcome: photoshoot to showcase learning

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Turn to the person next to you.

Discuss activities/strategies you use for getting to know your students.

How often do you use getting to know you activities?

How well do you know your students?

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How do you get to school?

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Psychogeography and getting to know your students

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Let’s take a break

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Find an object. Close your eyes.

Compose your shot using sound rather than vision.You have two minutes.

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The Blind Photographer by Julian Rothenstein & Mel Gooding

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This work has been described as “an erotic visual poem, in which braille text is punched into monochrome images of bodies and faces” (Nigenda, 2015).

Left-field Questions

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How often do you ask your students left-field questions?

What are the benefits of such random questions?

How often does your research take you beyond the curriculum?

What do you see?

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The Geometry of Pasta by Jacob Kenedy & Caz Hilderbrand

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#poundlandpedagogy

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Geometry in the community

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Redesigning your house/community with FabLab

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Drone Port Rwanda

Local solutions to local challenges:

Concept designProduct designGraphic designEngineeringMathematicsArchitectureSketching/drawing

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The poetry of code

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Any questions?

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