Powerful Learning

"Since we cannot know what knowledge will be most needed in

the future, it is senseless to try to

teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
~ John Holt

Last Week Desired Outcome

More ways to keep kids motivated & learning
Greater confidence to try new things/activities using ICT

Learning new info on what you know

Any new learning or challenges you give.

How Successful Were We?

Reflection: Your Thoughts

Whats Going Well This Year? Positive, Co-operative Atmosphere In Class Good Kids Routines starting to happen Knowing a key factor to what weve done well in 2010 that contributed to excellent attitudes towards learning and working with each other.

Inquiry Trail Last Week

Celebrating Powerful Learning
Being Nick Young (Role Play)

Starting of S.O.A.P. reflections

Working through Gods Word They know they are the kings kids princes

and princesses

Inquiry Trail Last Week

Identifying Powerful Learning Factors
Doing

Letter sent by the King acknowledging self and

others as a prince/princess Engaged Learning, Prior Knowledge,

Confidence in Social interaction

Inquiry Trail Last Week

How Am I Using ICTs in & Out of School?
Songs, Assessment, Prep, Personal Relaxation

Emails, Trade Me, Movies, Downloads,

PaperWork Internet, Emails, Research, Facebook, Banking,

News, YouTube.

Inquiry Trail Last Week

Students Use of ICTs In/Out of School?
Publishing, Mathletics, Research, YouTube,

Scanner ALL ALL

Numeracy, Literacy, Music, U Tube, MOST MOST.

Mathletics, Publishing, Games, Most Access,

Most - Access

Your Thoughts Re Quote:

Thinking about our work and improving what we do
these things are professional development. So is collegiality - teachers talking about their practice and how to make it better.
There is no destination in learning

It's a big mistake to think that

teaching is what we do every day

and professional development

Thinking about. Like it

is an occasional seminar or workshop or institute.

I actually realise now that P.D. is in Anthony Alvarado 1998, p23 every learning/teaching experience. It is whether I am open/willing to the new learning I am experiencing

Digging Deeper
How We Utilise ICTs For Learning Needs To Reflect Our Shared Understanding And Belief About Learning.
Powerful Learning
Establishing Common Understandings About:

Digging Deeper
Effective Learning Communities Have At Their Heart A Shared Understanding And

Belief About Their Core Business.

 Think / Pair / Share

Quietly.
Individually Think: 3 minutes
Think of a P.L. Experience in your own life
What Did You Learn? When Was It? Quietly Relive Your Experience

Jottings / Handout
What factors seemed critical in making this a powerful learning experience? How do you know when you have learnt something powerfully?
Identify what helped the successful outcome

Think / Pair / Share 2. In Pairs

a) Powerful Learning is Promoted by....
We dont need intimate details of events.
Timer: 3 - 5 mins each

b) With a partner, list the critical factors which contributed to making this a powerful learning experience

Share...
Join with another pair. Share lists, adding new ones Clarify if need be
Categorise the brainstorm Can any be grouped under headings?

Wordle

What Do Others Say?

The Impact Of Aspects Of Motivation On The Nature Of Learning

Julia Atkin
Deep Personal Meaning

High Personal Desire

High Intrinsic Worth

EDUCATING

LOW NEED

Engagement Functional Learning

HIGH NEED TEACHING AS TRAINING

Low Personal Desire

Low Intrinsic Worth

Adapted from discussions with participants in the Principles of Effective Learning & Teaching Workshop Apple Innovative Technology Schools Conference. Wollongong. 1998

John West Burnham

NZC
1. Vision 2. Principles 3. Values
NZC

AllEffective Pedagogy

How Are The Tools Influencing Learning?

3 Stages Of Learning
Reception
Low Level response driven by computer

Construction
Individual learning develops, building upon learners prior knowledge

Co-Construction
Computer is used to mediate new social learning interactions between people and networks.

ICT Impact Into Powerful Lng

ICT Impact In Powerful Lng

To Ponder....

By three methods we may learn wisdom:

First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest;

and

Blogs

Third by experience, which is the bitterest.

~ Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) Chinese Philosopher
Philipas Google Docs

Tricias

The emerging life of the digital native

Today, when a student is motivated to

learn something, they have the tools to go

further in their learning than ever before

far beyond their teachers ability and

knowledge, and far beyond what even adults could have done in the past.
Mark Prensky 2004

Using Online Tools To Collaborate

Pick A Path Going Beyond Tchr Blog Authentic Reason Wiki Challenges Surveys Building Community Weebly JIT Interdependent / Indep Polls Student Voice, Lnr Needs

Compare Publishing
Submit writing for response and feedback, interacting with an authentic audience
Use online tools to extend story telling. (e.g. Storybird, Pick a Path) Awareness of authentic audience more reflective process Use multimedia to collaborate and creatively develop story telling skills e.g. Group work from script to movie Use e-tools to refine, collaborate and construct a shared story e.g. Easispeak, audacity Draft straight on to computer. Use the editing tools to revise and develop Draft in book Use computer to publish only

Publishing cf Blogging
Formal

Informal

It isn't the tool which contains the e-learning life force. It is the teacher!!

ICT tools sustain the power.

It is the teacher that engages it, snares the learning opportunity and directs it to

the greatest learning source.

Good Theory Evolves

1.
2. 3.

Instructivist Behaviourist e.g. Drill & Practice

Thorndike Skinner

Constructivist e.g. Logo

Papert & Bruner Sprang from ideas of Piaget

Cognitive / Meta-cognitive
Gagne Flavell

4.
5.

Socio-Cultural/Dialogical e.g. 3 way

Vygotsky

Connectivism: Meta-learning, Co- constructivist

Seimmens

As Does Effective Teaching and Learning Practices

Taylors (1980) Framework for Educational Computing

TUTOR TUTEE
Computer Instructs The Learner e.g. Maths Blaster Learner Learns From The Computer Learner Teaches the Computer e.g. Logo Learner increases understanding of material. Learners gain new insights into the way they think Computer Used To Complete Tasks More Efficiently Learner learns with the computer e.g. Graphs, movie-making Learner learns about the computer, s/w & impact e.g. How To Learner plays with the computer for edutainment

TOOL TOPIC TOY

Cognitive Perspective

Behaviourist Perspective

TOOL

Role of The Computer:

TUTEE

TUTOR

With
Intrinsic High Deep High Learner High

Learning Continuum
...Type of Motivation... ...Social interaction... ...Style of Thinking... ...Level of Control... ...Goal Setter... ...Creativity...

From
Extrinsic Low Surface Low Computer Low

Process

...Emphasis...

Product

Connectivity!
Web 2.0 1st coined in 1999, resurfaced 2003 Connections + led to the need to development Led to Connectivism ~George Siemens & Stephen Downes Learning for the digital age. Learning communities on tap. New learning arises from and between the network New understandings beyond that contained by each of the parts

Learning is often just in time with a real purpose/problem to solve.

New knowledge is expanding, can have a life span, no longer contained within an extrinsically set structure

Need for Meta-learning.