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‘Do I have anything useful to say?’

‘Do I have anything useful to say?’. How can ‘learning technologies’ be about learning?. Daniel Mace Advanced Skills Teacher Langley Grammar School, Slough. Google Image Number 1. Nail in the coffin. Too much technology. Structures: plans to no avail.

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‘Do I have anything useful to say?’

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  1. ‘Do I have anything useful to say?’ How can ‘learning technologies’ be about learning? Daniel Mace Advanced Skills Teacher Langley Grammar School, Slough

  2. Google Image Number 1 Nail in the coffin

  3. Too much technology

  4. Structures: plans to no avail

  5. Conferences: so many ideasno actual time

  6. Wordles – engagement?

  7. The teacher ‘fear’

  8. Synopsis • What is the spectrum of opinion about learning technologies? • Why do they create problems in the ‘classroom’? • How can we inspire Generation Y to positively impact their world?

  9. Why? Generation Y

  10. Things that have worked

  11. GoogleEarth

  12. Conceptboard

  13. What’s been hard? • Tutor group blog and homepage • A-level geography blog • No-one brings a tablet to school • Who’s on Twitter? • Better work on paper

  14. Teacher distrust of tech • Traditional teaching • Children might know more, can access more • Danger: • Perception of irrelevance • Not focused on learning pathways • Teacher is sole possessor – or thinks they are… High • Shared understanding and enthusiasm • VLE works and independent created? • Twitter can start and continue conversation with 24/7 learning • Collaboration is name of the game • Danger: • Technology drives learning, not thinking • Internet safety issues missed? Children’s confidence Teacher’s confidence High Low • Some can’t access the curriculum – cost / language / culture / family / confidence • Not knowing what to say • Frustration of teacher with students – less likely to try new things • Danger: • Time wasted • Disenchantment with technology • No differentiation • Strong emphasis on traditional learning – maybe excellent focus on thinking and essays writing • Nobody pressured (or allowed?) to use technology • Danger: • Misses 21st Century – e.g. N vs. S Korea Low

  15. Constructivist • Divergence • Open-mindedness • Fun • Enjoyment • Curiosity • Thinking • Creativity • Mastery-orientation • Love geography • Do well at exams

  16. Accelerated Learning Cycle

  17. Thinking Tools

  18. CTL / Intro X-word generators Windows Movie Maker quizzes Family Fortunes Electronic dominos Big Picture VLE – structure Freemind maps Engagements KS5 Blog Twitter Convos Pinterest Consolidation / HW Forums for P4C Videos on YouTube Minecraft Conceptboard Input of new ideas IWB Games PS work – flexibility with tablets YouTube videos Activity – making meaning IWB Decisions Visualisers to review ScanMouse Replicate But must add value

  19. RSA, Sept 2012 • Now, more than ever, we need young people to use their collaborative and technological skills to overcome economic challenges and help shape a more prosperous future (Adam Lent) • One-dimensional cultures or approaches are inflexible and prone to collapse

  20. Philosophy for Computing • 6 themes • Addiction • Viruses & Contagion • AI • Hacking • Censorship • GIS & Privacy

  21. Rice on chessboard • Contagion film • Fears • Mix-match viruses

  22. Kill the man • Circle of friends • Circle Game • P4C

  23. Have something useful to say • Do teachers know what active learning is – from beginning to end: lesson / topic / year • Are children confident and engaged with learning • Use technology to replicate those activities – to engage and prevent disaffection • Don’t try the other way around – using technology to engage with the ideas • Ultimately – the brain is the best learning technology available – need to do everything we can to promote them using that

  24. Big Picture • CTL (Knowledge recap) • Input – Active learning • Activity or Making Meaning • Homework and Consolidation – high level, creative and abstract • Engagement and social consciousness • Collaboration & Learning to learn • VLE – structure • Interactive crosswords • Tablets for Private Study work • E-textbooks • IWB for tools • Visualisers

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