valleyschoolstaffmeeting
TRANSCRIPT
E-learning at
Pukekohe Valley School 2010-2012
(and beyond)
9 March 2010
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Did You Know?
Shift happens.
“The people to be worried about are those in a digital age but who are not learning these sophisticated information gathering and information-processing skills, or creating things of their own based on what they learn and sharing it with others.”Palfrey, J. and Gasser, U., p. 241 (New York, 2008)
who are growing up
Digital divides
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The Ministry have been working on this e-learning thing for a while
Ministry of Education, 2006
“Teachers can transform their teaching role throughthe deliberate and considered use of ICT.” p. 10
“E-learning can contribute directly to the developmentof all these competencies and increasingly thesecompetencies are applied in ICT rich contexts for allstudents.” p. 8
“It will require a culture of continuous enquiry, innovation and improvement, risk taking and entrepreneurship.” Steve Maharey, Minister of Education. p. 3
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“…(ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live.” p. 36
“Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.” p. 36
Key Competencies:
Thinking
Using language, symbols and texts
Managing self
Relating to others
Participating and contributing
And the official word from the current Minister of Education is…
“Hiding from, or ignoring e-learning is not an option.”
“It is time for schools to be seen as ICT leaders and to encourage innovation and development.”
Anne Tolley’s speech to delegates at Ulearn097 October 2009
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Social studies
Te ReoHealth
Phys Ed
Art Tech
LiteracyNumeracy
ScienceICT
The problem with the way it has always been…
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Social studies
Te ReoHealth
Phys Ed
Art Tech
LiteracyNumeracy
Science
The true status of e-learning
So what could e-learning look like in your class?
90 tools in 90 minutes….
Wikispace
Blog
Video sharing
Photo sharing
Micro blogging
Aggregating information
And then there is:Vocaroo Wall wisher Glogster Voicethread Wordle Sketch upTutpup OpenSim Google Earth/Maps/Streets/Wave
Etc…MOE DLOs, Te Ara, Digistore and EPIC
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Managing ICT resources in your class
Some basic e-learning maths…
1 ÷ 30 =2 ÷ 30 =4 ÷ 30 =
ChaosSlightly less chaosManageable chaos
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Limited equipment or timetabled accessCreates e-learning bottlenecks….
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Strategies to manage bottlenecks…
• Distributed tasks – peripherals• Class experts – distributed expertise• Drivers and navigators – nested LOs• Iterative workflow – cumulative tumble• Desk removal – fully integrated planning
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Online safety
• Policies – revision• Gatekeeper to the walled garden – two way mirror• Mis-information is safe information• Private lives of public servants – a teachers tale• Multiple e-mail accounts – spam filter
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Innovation, risk taking, entrepreneurship
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone.Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.
Tim McMahon
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