Well, now I do :)
What follows is a jumble of notes taken from a Word doc I was using. Further editing to follow...
ULearn09
Opening Presentation
Greetings and intro
Gary Stager www.stager.org.nz/ulearn
A very engaging speaker (and one of many who were less than in love with the concept of National Standards ("it's failed everywhere else in the world it's been tried").
I look forward to hearing him again during the breakouts.
Breakout 1: Engaging Screenagers
What is worth knowing and understanding?
How do we design learning for deep understanding?
How do we teach so students want to enquire deeper?
Lots of video work.
Zone of proximal dvpt
Beginning: Digital Stories (posted to Ning site for peer feedback outside of class time)
Show high quality exemplars, then co-creating assessment criteria (students work on top and bottom criteria, teacher does middle levels)
After each section of project completed, multiple opportunities for feedback loops (using assessment criteria as foundation/basis)
- Self reflection
- Whole class feedback
- One on one peer feedback
- Computer feedback (spell check etc)
- Parent feedback
- Teacher feedback
Feedback improves learning (approx 0.7, 7mths-1.5yrs)
But only In the presence of an authentic task AND clear co-created criteria
Use TEAM work NOT just group work.
Take the time to develop CONSTRUCTIVE criticism before beginning peer feedback (helpful (not benign!) vs. hurtful)
Make your thinking processes public in the classroom.
Q&A:
Some challenges:
- Technical
- Political
- Teaching respect (respecting others during peer reviews etc) and ethics (use of original/open source material, doing something right BECAUSE it’s the right thing to do etc)
- Parents had access throughout entire project
- Full buy-in thanks to choice of topics available
- Brainstormed topics, then kids chose topics and work team based on those topics (along with teacher “guidance” in cases difficult combinations)
Breakout 2a: Total immersion ICT – Susanne Wilson
No books – use blogs
Brainstorming software; homework on Wiki
Use computer labs (!)
YouTube – Did you know…? (version?)
All students have laptops (equity of access issue: challenge for low socio-economic groups!! – total immersion for those that can afford it).
Individual blogs
– teacher marks via RSS feed.
- provides opportunities for learning/teaching online safety
Google pages – better look and feel than wiki
How do you achieve total immersion?
- Decide your style – blogs/wikis/google pages?
- Decide what works for your subject
- Look at barriers
- Analyse your community – what is achievable? How will they react? May be best to start slowly (i.e. blogs only to begin with).
- Use RSS feeds
Sites.google.com/site/wgpcmedia/home
Breakout 2b: CyberSafety
Global (online) citizen – what is a global citizen?
Online bullying
Safety = NAG5 (?)
How to improve cybersafety
- Talk to students
- Use school newsletter
- Run cybersafety meetings for parents/community
- Use Guidance in the school
- Create active support group
- Use YouTube
- Worksheets
- Internet treasure hunts
- Class/grp discussions
- Virtual Global Taskforce
Work with resources already out there
- Talk to the kids
- Aim to reach the community and its needs
- Don’t overcomplicate things
- Don’t scare people
- Make learning ‘incidental’
“Think before you post” & other cyberbullying videos on YouTube
- resources were also shared on USB
Breakout 3: Building a community through a blog
Blogging from ULearn09 - during a breakout session on blogging! :D
Had some interesting sessions (and some not so interesting sessions), lots of free stuff too.
Building community through blogging
- growing your site/content etc
- Cybersafety issues (netsafe.org.nz)
- Permissions/copyright/IP
- Content = individual learning stories; indiv/grp movies; centre events; community events
Benefits of blogging:
- provides an authentic audience
- builds relationships with wider families (incl. global)
- learning opps for world/Geography/people
- storytelling opps
- global conversations
- builds connections with community
more to follow...
Communication, collaboration, community
Breakout 6 – see Mr B Goes Global (blog)
Breakout 7
Spotlight - Leading with ICT as a change agent (Niki Davis)
- We are change agents in a global arena
- We work in interconnected ecosystems
- We (teachers) are the keystone species
1. An ecosystem occurs anywhere there is interaction between organisms and their environment (e.g. classroom)
2. Individuals select behaviour to fit the ecosystem
3. Ecosystems interlink
4. Ecozone is a group of similar ecosystems
5. Keystone species in education is the teacher.
Commitments:
To explore Open Source
To explore options for communication with the community
Upcoming conferences:
Learning at School
Why do (most) keynote presentations have to be sooooooooooo boring!?
KeyNote 1
Presenter name(s)
Dr Gary Stager
Session title
Ten Things To do With a Laptop
Material description
Ten Things To Do With A laptop
- Write a Novel
- Share Your Knowledge
- Answer Tough Questions
- Make Sense of Data
- Design a Video Game
- Build a Killer Robot
- Lose Weight
- Direct a Blockbuster
- Compose a Symphony
- Change the World
- Be a mathematician musician
http://19voices.wikispaces.com/
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