The Volcanics Cluster – An On Line Learning Community

The Convergence of LearningThe Convergence of Learning

Courtesy of Derek Wenmoth – Core Education

Pedagogy

Student Needs Education Theory

Teacher Experienc

e

School Values, culture and

situation

Tools and ProcessesClustering

Shared

Other?NZC

What Drives our Teaching Practice (Pedagogy)?

eLearning – Student Centred and for the Digitally Minded

Tools

Professional Development

Pedagogy

Planning, Reflection, Review

Student Learning

Cri

tical

Critical

This Process is Not Sequential

how? Current practice

• How ICT can support school-based curriculum development?

• What is our vision ....for our students learning.....for our practice?

• Teaching as Inquiry..Does this cycle describe our own practice?

• Inquiry as a disposition

It’s about Student Learning

Courtesy of Helen Cooper

Planning, Reflection, Review

Cri

tical

Critical

AppraisalEducational Positioning

System (EPS)

Updating Schemes / Units

of Work

Communities of Practice (internal &

cluster)

Teaching as Inquiry

Tools

Hardware

Software and the Internet

Effective use of software and the

internet is hardware dependent

Video Conferencing

Internet and Web 2.0 tools

VC classes

Curriculum Groups

LMS/SMS

Digital Portfolios

Special Interest Groups

E-Asttle and Enrol

Web 2.0 tools

National VC Opportunities

Tools – Hardware dependent

(Infrastructure)

VC classes

Subject Classes

Scholarship Mentoring (under investigation for

2009/2010)

Gifted and Talented (trial

over 2009)

Successful Learning

dependent upon Certain CSF

Collaboration

Curriculum Groups

Special Interest Groups

National VC Opportunities

E.g. Inquiry Learning, Literacy, Maori achievement, behaviour mgmnt,

E.g. Maths, English, Science, PE,

Commerce, ICT

E.g. National Library, TKI, CWA Media, Book Council, Te

Papa, VLN

Can use either VC or Adobe Connect

to conference

Internet and Web 2.0 tools

Differentiated Teaching /

Personalising Learning

Inquiry Learning

Collaborative LearningLiteracy

Numeracy

Blended Learning

Environment

Internet and Web 2.0 tools

LMS/SMS

Interoperability. Teacher PD. Student PDParent PD

Digital Portfolios

Online CV. Record of

student work

Portability an issue at the

moment

Web 2.0 tools

Blogs, Wikis, Flickr, freeware tools, e.g.

hot potatoes, Content Generator

E-Asttle and Enrol

Coming to a school near you??

Interoperable?

What should we be doing?

ICT Committee

Learning Vision

Strategic plan

Lead teachers – accelerated Learning

Focus on 2 to 3 ICT

goalsBuddy system

Action plan

Some ideas

• eTeachers actively using LMS to support online course. All have online presence. Grow their ePedagogy.

• Work with two to three teachers per school to actively integrate ICT into their lessons.

• Effective buddy support systems set up in each school to teach and share basic skills to all teachers. E.g. good file management, backups, effective use of email, etc.

• Something to think about?? (Next slide)

Trevor Storr – Nov 2008

Integration of ICT into lessons

Identify Learning needs at

departmental /subject level

Examples of integration

specific to a subject area

PD provided

May be a teacher in your school, in your cluster, or someone who the subject advisor has suggested.

Your Thoughts!!!