shifting learning - #rscon4 presentation

Shifting Learning:What did You Learn at School Today?

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http://2di.me/SortOfDunno

By David Truss @datrusshttp://DavidTruss.com http://2di.me/2dimes


https://twitter.com/datruss


http://davidtruss.com/

http://2di.me/2dimes

How do you want students to respond to… What did You Learn at School Today?

Should their answers come from here?



- What do you want your students to say?

What did You Learn at School Today?




(Share your thoughts)



Based on: Challenging the Status Quo: http://2di.me/ChallengeSQ

http://2di.me/ChallengeSQ



- What questions can you ask?- What is important to you?

(What do you value?)- What do you want students to share?


(We’ll get back to these questions)




About me and School District 43:

Vice Principal of Coquitlam Open Learning - servicing online and blended courses to about 4,000 school aged and adult students.

http://online.sd43.bc.ca

http://online.sd43.bc.ca/

About me and SD43:

Lead Administrator for Inquiry Hub Secondary School which provides students with: • Blended instruction

• Reduced timetable structure

• A student-driven inquiry approach to learning

http://inquiryhub.org

About me and School District 43:

http://inquiryhub.org/


• Topical workshops instead of daily classes

So what does iHub look like?


• Use of extensive online learning resources



• Flexible assessment which allows for a variety of ways to represent learning



• Small school, learning commons environment



• Dedicated Inquiry Time!



But my school doesn’t look like that!

But my school doesn’t look like that!

What can I do in my classroom?

An inquiry-driven, collaborative, and engaging learning environment that incorporates these aspects:

What do we want to create?

7 Ways to Transform Your Classroom http://2di.me/7trans4m

http://2di.me/7trans4m

When students get to choose their own topics, with guidance and support from their teachers, peers and

community members, these learners will produce thoughtful, rich and compelling answers.

http://2di.me/1inquire


When students get to choose their own topics, with guidance and support from their teachers, peers and

community members, these learners will produce thoughtful, rich and compelling answers.

Which of these resources will you use to help

you develop some inquiry based projects?



Empower students to have choice…What (and sometimes when) do the learn?

How will they be assessed?

http://2di.me/2voice

Neon Mic by fensterbme



Empower students to have choice…What (and sometimes when) do the learn?

How will they be assessed?

http://2di.me/2voice Do my students own their own: (Learning)

• learning process • learning environment• learning products • learning assessment

Neon Mic by fensterbme



An important skill to learn is how to ‘write to a specific audience’,

and there is no better way to promote this than to give learners a legitimate audience for their work.

http://2di.me/3audience


An important skill to learn is how to ‘write to a specific audience’,

and there is no better way to promote this than to give learners a legitimate audience for their work.

What can you do to increase the audience of your students’ work beyond the class

or just you, their teacher?



Collaboration is a learned skill that is essential in today’s world. Have students

collaborate on projects that matter, in many different communities.

http://2di.me/4collaboration



Collaboration is a learned skill that is essential in today’s world. Have students

collaborate on projects that matter, in many different communities.

http://2di.me/4collaborationWho do you know in your community

(or your online network) that can share their expertise with your students?



Provided students with many opportunities to be designers, stewards and teachers.

Every student has the potential to lead!

http://2di.me/5leadership


Provided students with many opportunities to be designers, stewards and teachers.

Every student has the potential to lead!

How can you create more authentic leadership opportunities for your students in your class?



Play promotes discovery and invites the idea that we can have fun learning, even from our mistakes.

Ingenuity and creativity are both sparked from an environment that incorporates play into learning.

http://2di.me/6gamesengage



Play promotes discovery and invites the idea that we can have fun learning, even from our mistakes.

Ingenuity and creativity are both sparked from an environment that incorporates play into learning.

How can you embed ‘Game Design’into your lessons?




A key principle in the new learning theory, Connectivism, considers networks to be a central

metaphor for learning. Expose students to a multitude of learning networks.

http://2di.me/7networks


A key principle in the new learning theory, Connectivism, considers networks to be a central

metaphor for learning. Expose students to a multitude of learning networks.

What tools can you use to connect

students to learning that’s happening in other physical and digital learning spaces?



Inquiry learning is ‘active’ learning…

Student driven

Students are provided an opportunity explore and question on their own

(and also with the facilitation of a teacher).

Creating good questions and coming up with thoughtful,

rich and compelling answers.

“Inquiry is not about the pursuit of the perfect

question or the next exciting project. It is about being

open to new learning and taking informed action.”

Judy Halbert and Linda KaserInquiring learning environments:

New mindsets required, April 2012http://2di.me/HalbertKaser

http://2di.me/HalbertKaser

http://2di.me/HalbertKaser

What are our students doing?

http://2di.me/ihubgarden





Current inquiries include:• Designing 3D models to scale• Improving writing in different genres • Developing a commercial glass recycling program• Inventing a vortex water fountain• Studying game theory and human behavior• Creating a mural with community influence• Building a mirokernel (coding) • Constructing aquaponic and hydroponic gardens• Promoting healthy eating



Current inquiries include:• Designing 3D models to scale• Improving writing in different genres • Developing a commercial glass recycling program• Inventing a vortex water fountain• Studying game theory and human behavior• Constructing a mural with community influence• Building a mirokernel (coding) • Creating aquaponic and hydroponic gardens• Promoting healthy eating

And some of them will fail…

(Or at least I hope so!)


Because if none of them did…

(Or at least I hope so!)


Then we didn’t push them hard enough!

http://2di.me/fail2learn By David Truss

http://2di.me/fail2learn

http://2di.me/fail2learn

“To teach is to modeland demonstrate,

to learn is to practice and reflect.”

Stephen Downes

‘Push-ups’ by Ann Truss

http://2di.me/inquirypoints

http://2di.me/inquirypoints

(Students learning about learning.)

“We have been defining learning according to what is to be learned… while what learners in fact

want is not to learn per se but rather to do.”Stephen Downes

‘Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA 11 of 12’ by mikebaird on flickr


(Share your thoughts)



Extending the learning beyond the classroom…

How can you inform parents and get them to support what you do?

Do you want your answer from here?

Can parents ask better questions than…What did You Learn at School Today?

If they ONLY ask:



If they ONLY ask:

What mark did you get on your test?-or-

How much homework do you have?-or-

How did your team do in today’s game?



If they ONLY ask:

What mark did you get on your test?-or-

How much homework do you have?-or-

How did your team do in today’s game?

What are they telling their child is important?




What do your students ‘do’ at school?

What do students ‘do’ at school?

Learn how to learn?What was your biggest challenge today?

Show compassion? Who did you help today?

Enjoy learning? What was your favourite part of the day?

What questions did you ask today?

What do students ‘do’ at school?

Learn how to learn?What was your biggest challenge today?

Show compassion? Who did you help today?

http://2di.me/whodidyouhelp

Enjoy learning? What was your favourite part of the day?

What questions did you ask today?




Nothin’

Shifting Learning:What kind of answers do you want?




By David Truss @datrusshttp://DavidTruss.com http://2di.me/2dimes



http://davidtruss.com/

http://2di.me/2dimes

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