The future, change

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The future, change being professional
learners
Rob Clarke, Fendalton School www.fendalton.school.
nz/team14/
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Some observations

1. Critical mass more momentum
2. IcTs more about learning than ICT
3. The technology of change
4. Reflection is a tool
5. Importance of constructivist approaches
6. cost and speed are limitations
7. Curriculum design is in our hands
8. Evidence based practice- technology supported?
9. A new digital divide

gtgt Reflect
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What would you do differently?
You as a learner
Reflect
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the deeper our conceptions of learning the more
able we are to improve learning...Guy Claxton,
quoting from the UK national school improvement
network
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The age of learning
Immersive, engaging and creative Collaborative
and information rich School-home-leisure-work
lines blurred Is creation more important than
acquisition?
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Digital native or great learner?
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Like air and drinking water, being digital will
be noticed only by its absence, not its
presence." Nicholas Negroponte, on the future
of being digital
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What is required for the future?
For students and teachers? ICT - learning -
learning-design What are we doing right now to
get what we want?
Reflect
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Live cooking demo

• Some things you could try tomorrow
• Set up a blog
• Play with flickr
• Try podcasting

What are the implications for learning if you try
this? What are the implications for learning if
you dont?
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The challenge of change
Beliefs change slowly and stick Control using
ICT inquiry The power of mistakes Change
takes time- how long? Move from learn more, to
learning better TOWARDS cultivating better
learners
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Building Professional excellence
Decreasing phobias Teacher inquirers Change the
conversations Modeling these attributes Become
a better learner
of all the factors a school can control, it is
the quality of the pedagogy that most directly
and powerfully affects the learning and
achievement of students. www.plotpd.com
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Moving beyond today
Do a brainstorm of the things you'd like to
learn ..how you might go about learning
them ..and prioritise them across next term or
over the coming year How will you share this
learning?
Reflect
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Thanks!
Any feedback you can provide would be greatly
appreciated. References, ideas, downloads and
this presentation is available off my class web
sitee rob.clarke_at_fendalton.school.nzw
www.fendalton.school.nz/team14/ict/
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Two models
John Holts 4 Worlds

1. Unconscious incompetence
2. Conscious incompetence
3. Conscious competence
4. Unconscious competence

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Habits of mind for teachers?
Priority How you would improve this aspect when using ICT or inquiry What it would look like in your classroom, team or school
Persisting
Managing Impulsivity
Listening with understanding and empathy
Thinking flexibly
Thinking about thinking
Striving for accuracy and precision
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Gathering data through all the senses
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Creating, imagining and innovating
Responding with wonderment and awe
Taking responsible risks
Finding humour
Thinking interdependently
Learning continuously
Reflect
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Meet Team 14

• What do teachers need to be great at helping kids
  in the future?
• In terms of ICT?
• In terms of inquiry teaching skills?