2013 GameOn - Mahitahi Storyboarding
Some of the Games we are working on are
- Dodgeball
- Knuckle Bones
- Man Hunt
- Go Home Stay Home
- Line Tag
- Last Man Standing
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Modern Learning Environments: Machines for Learning - Mark Osborne
Modern Learning Environments: Machines for Learning - Mark Osborne
Architect Le Corbusier famously described houses as ‘machines for living’, meaning every aspect of them should enhance the lives of the people who inhabit them. If he were alive today and designing schools, I’m sure he would describe today’s modern learning environments as ‘machines for learning’, with creativity, innovation and collaboration woven into their very fabric. These spaces are a far cry from the industrial-style buildings most schools are saddled with, but the good news is that there is an increasing awareness of the role that vision, curriculum and pedagogy can play in the design of learning spaces.
In this session, you’ll see examples of inspiring learning environments from around the country and around the world, explore the research into powerful learning that informs their design and (most importantly) see how you can begin using these ideas in your own classroom tomorrow.
Everything in your 'house' should enhance learning, every cog has a part to play.
doing the same thing at the same time - Classes of yesterday
doing the same thing at the same time was the same as the job you were going in to.
Industrial = Schools
Hooter - bells
Shifts - timetable
Batches - year levels
Division of Labour - subjects
Identical products - Qualifications
Uniforms - uniforms
Rules and Procedure
This was yesterday what does tomorrow look like
We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us "Winston Churchill"
ingenuity, innovation, creative - what does this look like?
A colour scheme is not a modern learning environment!
People remember stuff, but people need to do stuff with things they remember
If you dont offer something more effective, kids will go around us to learn
- MIT Online
- Kahn Academy
- Memrise
Any jobs the are routine are being replaced
Learn to Learn, Unlearn and Relearn
Our school were designed for teaching, imagine if they were designed for learning
Learning is a social, powerful and engaging when working with others
Educative Purpose
L2L2L
Connect
Create
Citizenship
Educative Purpose should drive what is important to us
Tutoring importance
Effect size massive - Cross age tutoring 0.79
How do we allocate teachers, students, resources and time to learn
Modern Learning Existing Environments
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Collaboration, Innovation and enhancing teaching and learning. - Alexandra Primary
Collaboration, Innovation and enhancing teaching and learning.
http://www.alexprim.school.nz/
Alexandra Primary's journey so far...
Adele Gott, Angela Scoullar and Simon Bell
Creating a 21st century learning environment has been one of the major focuses of Alexandra Primary School over the past three years. Enabling, empowering and engaging our students have been key aspects of our curriculum development for 21st century learners.
Alexandra Primary School promotes a culture of anywhere, anytime learning where learning is a 24/7 disposition. Using personalised learning plans and flipped instruction we cater and engage a diverse range of students to reach their potential through a variety of contexts.
Over the past three years engagement has been a major focus within the school. Through research and data based decision making we decided to implement BYOD to increase student achievement and engagement.
Our results are showing that by engaging students in their learning by using a personal device and providing them with meaningful learning experiences then their intrinsic motivation to learn becomes increased.
Differentiation learning collaboration learning, personalised, connectedness, 24/7
Open learning, free, creative, global
Be prepared to be learners
Supportive staff, all working towards same vision
Justify and reassure to parent about the process - education of parents
BYOB - Browser driven
1 to 1 personalised learning and gives agency
How is your school doing Professional learning?
Teckie Breakie - Resources added to google site
Staff had to present snippets of their learning from PD (L@S)
Parent teacher walk throughs - viewing education in action
Had to meet at office and sign in
Offer this every term for parents to view the school
Managing Change
Public meetings
eClass - opportunities for certain children that needed differentiation
Understand and know your community - support and guidance
What was the vision of doing this, be strong and stick by your guns
Personalised learning
Parents bring their device
Put he parents in control of their knowledge
Parents getting something out of the change
Kids showing learning links
Kids presenting to parents
Making movies, sharing learning together
NO PUBLISHING on paper - Changing where you put work
Audience is much bigger
PD = Learning to Learn
Staff look at their own practice and create their own inquiry around their need
Staff using VLN to source information and networks
Collaborative appraisal documents
Accountability to Appraisers with information shared and gathered and journal entries
Staff can view all appraisal documents and view development
Personalised learning with Staff
Meetings
Integrating elearning PD and staff meeting
BOT bought an ipad for each staff so staff are all working on the same platform
Swoop
Management does spot check in classes. Hands off devices. Double click and see open apps
Come down hard on inappropriate use.
Personalised behaviour plans based on School Values
http://www.alexprim.school.nz/
Alexandra Primary's journey so far...
Adele Gott, Angela Scoullar and Simon Bell
Creating a 21st century learning environment has been one of the major focuses of Alexandra Primary School over the past three years. Enabling, empowering and engaging our students have been key aspects of our curriculum development for 21st century learners.
Alexandra Primary School promotes a culture of anywhere, anytime learning where learning is a 24/7 disposition. Using personalised learning plans and flipped instruction we cater and engage a diverse range of students to reach their potential through a variety of contexts.
Over the past three years engagement has been a major focus within the school. Through research and data based decision making we decided to implement BYOD to increase student achievement and engagement.
Our results are showing that by engaging students in their learning by using a personal device and providing them with meaningful learning experiences then their intrinsic motivation to learn becomes increased.
Differentiation learning collaboration learning, personalised, connectedness, 24/7
Open learning, free, creative, global
Be prepared to be learners
Supportive staff, all working towards same vision
Justify and reassure to parent about the process - education of parents
BYOB - Browser driven
1 to 1 personalised learning and gives agency
How is your school doing Professional learning?
Teckie Breakie - Resources added to google site
Staff had to present snippets of their learning from PD (L@S)
Parent teacher walk throughs - viewing education in action
Had to meet at office and sign in
Offer this every term for parents to view the school
Managing Change
Public meetings
eClass - opportunities for certain children that needed differentiation
Understand and know your community - support and guidance
What was the vision of doing this, be strong and stick by your guns
Personalised learning
Parents bring their device
Put he parents in control of their knowledge
Parents getting something out of the change
Kids showing learning links
Kids presenting to parents
Making movies, sharing learning together
NO PUBLISHING on paper - Changing where you put work
Audience is much bigger
PD = Learning to Learn
Staff look at their own practice and create their own inquiry around their need
Staff using VLN to source information and networks
Collaborative appraisal documents
Accountability to Appraisers with information shared and gathered and journal entries
Staff can view all appraisal documents and view development
Personalised learning with Staff
Meetings
Integrating elearning PD and staff meeting
BOT bought an ipad for each staff so staff are all working on the same platform
Swoop
Management does spot check in classes. Hands off devices. Double click and see open apps
Come down hard on inappropriate use.
Personalised behaviour plans based on School Values
Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher Academy 2013
Some amazing ideas and innovations shared at Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher Academy 2013
Open Learning Spaces
Working from spaces
Children then complete learning from the range of places
Children have range of groups - Home Group, Literacy Group, Maths Group
Rational - More flexibility to meet he needs of specific learners and groups of learners in order to lift achievement
Flexible learn with flexible learning spaces
Everybody has access to every bodies learning
Sharing the load of the teaching - Shared Care
Children needed to learn to be a successful learner - Teaching Key Comps
Challenges:
Available space
Open Door Policy
Engagement
Open Access to learning and teaching - Planning
Reporting and assessment practices collectively agreed on
Structures around pedagogy
Co teaching vs Collaboration
Benefits:
Flexible spaces
Flexible teaching opportunities
Village effect
Real life connections
Motivation
Shared responsibility
Learning and support
Flexibility in teaching accountablity
Learners Ownership and Accountability
Motivation of learners important
Control = less creativity
Independent creativity timetabled (with guidelines, expectations and sharing)
Grouping accounting to Key Competencies
Kids Driving Change, Creation Time
Weekly Word e.g. Happy, passion, Love
Share this word in anyway you want, how every you want.
Share at the end of the week what you did and how you achieved it
Cognitive engagement
Powerful learning and sharing
Impact on other children was positive
Reflection
Too many lions
Are the children aware of the learning
Ongoing reflection throughout the process
How were you contributing to the group and how your learning was developing
Honest reflection
Assessment as learning - kids confidently aware
Passion to learn
Open Learning Spaces
Working from spaces
Children then complete learning from the range of places
Children have range of groups - Home Group, Literacy Group, Maths Group
Rational - More flexibility to meet he needs of specific learners and groups of learners in order to lift achievement
Flexible learn with flexible learning spaces
Everybody has access to every bodies learning
Sharing the load of the teaching - Shared Care
Children needed to learn to be a successful learner - Teaching Key Comps
Challenges:
Available space
Open Door Policy
Engagement
Open Access to learning and teaching - Planning
Reporting and assessment practices collectively agreed on
Structures around pedagogy
Co teaching vs Collaboration
Benefits:
Flexible spaces
Flexible teaching opportunities
Village effect
Real life connections
Motivation
Shared responsibility
Learning and support
Flexibility in teaching accountablity
Learners Ownership and Accountability
Motivation of learners important
Control = less creativity
Independent creativity timetabled (with guidelines, expectations and sharing)
Grouping accounting to Key Competencies
Kids Driving Change, Creation Time
Weekly Word e.g. Happy, passion, Love
Share this word in anyway you want, how every you want.
Share at the end of the week what you did and how you achieved it
Cognitive engagement
Powerful learning and sharing
Impact on other children was positive
Reflection
Too many lions
Are the children aware of the learning
Ongoing reflection throughout the process
How were you contributing to the group and how your learning was developing
Honest reflection
Assessment as learning - kids confidently aware
Passion to learn
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Leadership for Innovation - Mark Osborne
“A leader is someone who grows other leaders around them while growing themselves”.
This session is a condensed look at ‘the missing Swiss-army knife’ of leadership: a set of tools that make leading (and growing leaders) easier. It will look at adaptive leadership and developing a culture of innovation, change leadership, strengths-based, servant and distributed leadership. Based on research into what makes organisations highly effective, there are a number of concrete things you can begin doing tomorrow that will help you to unlock the ‘change agent’ in yourself, your staff and your students to create a culture which encourages everyone to initiate change and innovation.
Themes
This session is a condensed look at ‘the missing Swiss-army knife’ of leadership: a set of tools that make leading (and growing leaders) easier. It will look at adaptive leadership and developing a culture of innovation, change leadership, strengths-based, servant and distributed leadership. Based on research into what makes organisations highly effective, there are a number of concrete things you can begin doing tomorrow that will help you to unlock the ‘change agent’ in yourself, your staff and your students to create a culture which encourages everyone to initiate change and innovation.
Themes
- Collaborate - Connecting and developing relationships
- Innovate - Innovation and sustainability
- Educate - Learning
Monday, October 7, 2013
Engagement with Mobile Devices - Karen Melhuish Spencer
How to Engage Learners with Mobile Devices
http://shift2learn.blogspot.co.nz/
How will we engage those hard to reach learners
How will we use devices to assist learning pathways
What are the capabilities of the devices we have
Golden Circle Simon Sinek
Adaption by Karen Melhuish Spencer Remember the WHO
Maximises Learning for all students
Curriculum Design - using ramps for people the need them.
Flexible Curriculum that workd for everyone
What do we care about
Show info in different ways
Options and choice for children
What are the barriers, how can you eliminate them
UDL creates flexible pathways
Scaffolds support for new concepts
Multimedia as forms of support
Express what they know
Multiple means of engagement (not just one way)
= learning opportunities for all!
What can we access to support learning:
http://shift2learn.blogspot.co.nz/
How will we engage those hard to reach learners
How will we use devices to assist learning pathways
What are the capabilities of the devices we have
Golden Circle Simon Sinek
Adaption by Karen Melhuish Spencer Remember the WHO
Universal Design for Learning is about creating learning options that cater for everyone at the beginning. It's about:
- avoiding retro fitting and unnecessary differentiation
- recognising the invisible barriers that bury talent,
- proactively getting to know students and each other and then using that knowledge to create learning opportunities and environments,
- welcoming diversity and using it as a springboard to innovate,
- designing from the edges - planning from the diversest needs rather than from the mythical middle.
Maximises Learning for all students
Curriculum Design - using ramps for people the need them.
Flexible Curriculum that workd for everyone
What do we care about
Show info in different ways
Options and choice for children
What are the barriers, how can you eliminate them
UDL creates flexible pathways
Scaffolds support for new concepts
Multimedia as forms of support
Express what they know
Multiple means of engagement (not just one way)
= learning opportunities for all!
"Help me find my Doorway"
What can we access to support learning:
- Mobile devices
- Web based Apps
- Ubiquitous connection
- Shared and personal spaces
- Networks
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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