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ENGAGE!
To boldly go where no one has gone before
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Let it go, let it go! Can't hold it back any more.
Let it go, let it go! Turn away and slam the door.
I don't care what they're going to say.
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“Change will not come if we
wait for some other person
or some other time. We are
the ones we’ve been waiting
for. We are the change that
we seek.” - US President, Barack Obama
"Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.“
- Economist, Theodore Levitt
TAKE ACTION!
Take creative risks
We cannot be afraid to fail. If failure is never an option,
you can never innovate. - Matthew Power
Knowledgeable
Knowledge-Able
Apple’s New Screw
http://gizmodo.com/5738887/apples-‐new-‐screws-‐make-‐it-‐impossible-‐to-‐open-‐up-‐your-‐iphone
http://www.cultofmac.com/183415/apple-‐may-‐be-‐working-‐on-‐a-‐top-‐secret-‐assymetric-‐screw-‐to-‐lock-‐you-‐out-‐of-‐your-‐devices-‐forever-‐rumor/
http://www.theworld.org/2012/08/iphone-‐5-‐screw-‐rumor-‐goes-‐viral-‐shows-‐gullibility-‐of-‐tech-‐press/
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/press-‐here/Apples-‐New-‐Screw-‐Reports-‐Were-‐Loose-‐166111706.html
http://www.macworld.com.au/blogs/iphone-‐5-‐rumour-‐roundup-‐for-‐the-‐week-‐3-‐69107/
Apple’s New Screw
“Finally, we just want to say sorry to you who feel cheated, but the meaning behind the experiment may provide longer-term results, that we become more thoughtful about things we see on the Internet.” - Day4
Apple’s New Screw
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/08/13/confirmed-‐apples-‐new-‐asymmetric-‐screw-‐fake-‐created-‐swedish-‐production-‐company/
Let’s Take A Look At Relevant Learning
Let’s take a look at relevant learning
Student-centred not teacher-centred
Multiple sources of info not single textbooks
Interdisciplinary studynot “silo subjects”
Learning for lifenot for year-end exams
Critical Thinking
Communication
Collaboration
Creation
PRODUCER
PUBLISHER
PARTICIPANT
PEER-REVIEWER
Video and audio captured on mobile phones, cameras
Video blog uploaded to internet
Pupil tweets about their upload
Contributor to content available online – from consumer to producer
Audience of one to an audience of many
Peer reviews received and given
Building knowledgeTraditional school activity –
School outing
Multiple Means of Engaging
• Tap into learners’ interests • Offer appropriate challenges • Increase motivation to learn
Multiple Means of Learning
Give learners different ways of acquiring information, knowledge and skills
Multiple Means of Assessing
Give learners different ways of demonstrating what they know, how they can
use information and mastery of core skills
Its not the Space Shuttle which excites me as much as the possibilities it represents.
- former Shuttle astronaut
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