implementing 1:1 laptops
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St Mary Star of the Sea College Wollongong is a 1:1 laptop high school for girls. How did we move from a traditional pedagogy to ICT rich, laptop mediated learning? Carefully.TRANSCRIPT
If laptops are the answer….
What is the question?
Implementing 1:1
The reality and the challenges
Where is the digital revolution?
• The promise:– high engagement– deep learning– real world connections– critical thinking– powerful networks
• The reality:– slow uptake– hardware hassles– safety concerns– diluted learning– significant expense
• Baby-boomers– technology as a necessary evil– learn via instruction and following patterns– grew up in an era when people asked “do you
have the phone on at home?”– rule followers, not rule breakers– they ask “what was wrong with the way we were
doing things?”
Who is delivering tech-mediated learning?
• Generation Y– no such thing as technology– learn via goal-directed play and via relationships– grew up in an era when people asked “why do you
have the phone on at home?”– Only follow the rules they can rationalise– they ask “why should I do it your way?”
Who is receiving tech-mediated learning?
How can we be ready for Gen Z?
Class was dismissed, but Amy wasn’t finished.I found her in a stairwell, sending her work to her teacher.
Quiet Quiet ≠ ≠
LearningLearning
relationships or nothing
WHERE ARE THE TEACHERS?
1. Teacher self-concept2. Real student engagement3. Managing the reality of hardware4. Managing the risks5. Training time, training budget6. A good reason for using ICT
The issues
• Build clever teams:Build clever teams:– Project focused, mixed ability, Project focused, mixed ability,
well resourced, clear parameterswell resourced, clear parameters
• Celebrate small successesCelebrate small successes• Show and tellShow and tell• CertificatesCertificates• FoodFood
1. Teacher self-concept
2. Real student engagement
• Gen Y approach– Real world problem with a clear rationale– Range of tools available– Quality, ethical instruction– Working together– Goal-oriented play– Fast, colourful with built-in rewards– - let them create the media
2. Real Student Engagement
• Nothing is simple• Nothing is cheap• Every decision must move the school towards
its strategic goal• Use the support available• Under promise and over deliver
3. Managing the reality of Hardware
• Acceptable Use Procedures!! Test and review• Communicate with parents regularly• Educate parents and teachers• Change classroom teacher behaviour
4. Managing the risks
What must teachers change?
• Classroom management• Teacher supervision• Lesson preparation• Resource development
Most teachers Most teachers lovelove change change
What we need to unlearn
• We need to unlearn the premise that we know more than our kids, because in many cases, they can now be our teachers as well.
What we need to unlearn
• We need to unlearn our fear of putting ourselves and our students "out there" for we've proven we can do it in safe, relevant and effective ways.
What we need to unlearn
• We need to unlearn the idea that students needs and world-views are the same now as when we trained to be teacher s.
• Never enough time! • Project based or not at all• In house experts• Give and take• iPods – anywhere – anytime• Delicious (smc_professional)
5. Training Time – Training Budget
• Match strategies to outcomes and to kids• Don’t shift delivery methods – shift thinking• Broader audience for review and affirmation• Collaboration with experts (skype, blog)• Critical writing and response (interschool blog)• Quality research (not google search)• Manage learning over time (google
docs, del.icio.us, wiki, e-portfolio)
6. A good reason
There is a gulf which is widening between teachers and their students as their worlds drift apart. Situating learning and assessment within a student’s world is a first step to bridging that gulf. Presenting a research task as a PowerPoint show is not part of the answer.
6. A good reason
DO NOT treat laptops as if they were weapons-grade plutonium
DO NOT spend hours designing something your students could create in minutes
DO NOT attempt to perfect or master anything but learning and teaching
DO NOT forget the teacher next door
GREG ELLIOTTSt Mary Star of the Sea College Wollongong