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Staff development day. Priority areas and then goals of what we want to achieve for the day. Prayer 8.30-8.45. Session 1 differentiation and it 8.45-9.45. Where have we come from?
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Staff development day Priority areas and then goals of what we want to achieve for the day.
Where have we come from? • "Differentiation is the process of recognizing and providing instruction for students who learn in different ways, at different rates and who bring to school different talents and interests." • (Tomlinson, 1999) • Focus was on tiering amongst others
Melbourne Declaration In the preamble on pg 4, Rapid and continuing advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) are changing the ways people share, use, develop and process information and technology. In this digital age, young people need to be highly skilled in the use of ICT. While schools already employ these technologies in learning, there is a need to increase their effectiveness significantly over the next decade.
Melbourne Declaration • Goal 2: • All young Australians become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens have the essential skills in literacy and numeracy and are creative and productive users of technology, especially ICT, as a foundation for success in all learning areas are responsible global and local citizens. As a foundation for further learning and adult life the curriculum will include practical knowledge and skills development in areas such as ICT and design and technology, which are central to Australia’s skilled economy and provide crucial pathways to post-school success. p13
KLA Annual Plan • Priority Area 3 : Support best practice teaching incorporating standards of the Australian Institute of Teachers, development of ICT and implementation of the new Board of Studies syllabuses (incorporating the Australian Curriculum)
KLA Annual Plan • Priority Area 2: Continue to strengthen the academic reputation of the College with a commitment to the best of contemporary educational thinking- in this case we are using differentiation.
Differentiation is essential in ensuring that all learners are adequately challenged and make continuous progress – including gifted students. A differentiated classroom offers multiple ways for all students to access content, to process and make sense of the concepts and skills, and to develop products that demonstrate their learning (Tomlinson, 2001) at an appropriate level. Technology supports classroom strategies by creating new routes to learning, addressing multiple learning needs, and providing forums for individualized access to content. Also, 21st century learning tools offer a variety of means of expression and endless opportunities for students to collaborate with intellectual peers.
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/activating-your-di-iq • Use a revision tool
What is elearning • Elearning is the use of technology to support learning. This may include a fully online course or online communication to support students, and many variations in between. Elearning can also include the use of multimedia available on CD-Rom plus the use of communication tools elearning and collaboration. • Many elearning solutions use a blended approach where face-to-face interaction and online tools are combined to suit the context. This can be very effective for increased discussion or information access. • Taken from TAFE Tasmania
Why the focus on ICT • Skills test how much students use and teachers use.
http://eport.education.illinois.edu/view/view.php?id=161 • http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Differentiated_learning_and_web_2.0_technologies • http://www.asd4.org/links/Differentiation_Technology1.htm • http://4teachers.org
What is the place of technology in differentiation • http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Gardners+Multiple+Intelligences+an • http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/
Key questions for task design • Are our tasks robust and engaging? • Do they achieve a specific and achievable learning goal? • Is it a task students cannot have done without current technology? • Does the task connect to their lives outside of the classroom? AIM: That ONE assessment task
Presentations- 10 minutes each • Groups will be set up and staff wander around • Matt Esterman- L6 for everyone 15 minutes • Smaller groups- • Rosemary Burton on Flipped classrooms and CEO day- Meeting room 1 • Vicki armstrongEdmodo- staff lunchroom • Liz on wiki use- J16 • Mikhaela CEO feedback S10 • Adrian Google docs S5
Slides on differentiation and showing the wiki of how we can use ICT to supplement teaching and learning
10.40-11.00 • Look at samples program- then program with differentiation and then how Ict may be implemented • We show a sample lesson with no differentiation then with and then with ict
11.00-11.30 morning tea • 11.30-12.00 look at five lesson sequence • Then 12.00-12.45 Kla time • 12.45-1.30 lunch • 1.30-3.00 kla time