Qt conference2011

Classrooms without Walls.... social, networked, connected learning

Lena Arena Project

Coordinator DER-NSW Sydney

Region

Ariane Skapetis R/ICT Consultant Sydney Region

Communicate

• Share your thoughts about the conference on Maang

https://www.maang.nsw.edu.au/st/group/817

Our future students…

Our future students…

Emerging Technologies

• Allows education and the power of learning to be in the hands of students.

• Students now have power to learn what they want, when they want and where they want.

• Ability to personalise learning. • Interact, connect and collaborate with

many more choices of tools.• Be more engaging and creative.

Horizon Report

Electronic Books

Mobile Technologies

Augmented Reality

Game Based

Learning

Gesture-based

Computing

Learning Analytics

http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Report.pdfhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHUufQm_gdA&feature=relmfu

New ways of learning

Mobile learning

Collaborative

Curators of information E-learning

Social Media

Why?

•Our world is becoming increasingly flat – commerce, education, socialisation, politics, virtual citizens etc

•Business is becoming increasingly globalised• Students need to understand their role in world

communities• Students should know how to work through

issues collaboratively• Students need to learn how to connect,

communicate, collaborate and create in virtual teams.

Why?

• Facilitate critical analysis and participation in publishing

• Allow the creation of educational communities to store and share knowledge

• Enables student reflection on learning• Allows celebration of student success• Increased motivation of students with a wider

audience• Enables higher order thinking skills, problem

solving – necessary traits in this global world.

What do you think?

• What skills do you think students need as 21st century citizens?

• http://www.stixy.com/guest/134908

21st century learners

Technology literate and adept

Media savvy

Flexible and dynamic

Great at multi tasking

Communicators and Collaborators

Interactive and Networked

Reflective and Critical

The 4 C’s in the 21st Century Classroom

• Connect • Communicate • Collaborate• Create

on a local, national and global scale

21st Century Skills

Critical thinking/problem solving

Oral/written communication

Teamwork/collaboration

Creativity/innovation

Life long learning/self direction

Leadership

21st Century Learning Tools

• Blogs • Wikis• Nings• Google applications• Social Media• Mobile technologies• Web 2.0 tools

21st Century Learning Tools

•Videoconferencing •Virtual worlds•SuperclubsPLUS•Global projects e.g. Flat Classrooms• Personal learning networks (PLN)

Blogs

• “Blogging made us all potential publishers. It changed the shape of information. Individuals can observe their experience, reflect on their experience, report it in their blog, and even make a living with advertising.”

David Warlick, 2011

Examples

• http://teachingictk12.wikispaces.com

Create

Create

Connect….Communicate…Collaborate

Hands on time

• What are your favourite tools?• http://bit.ly/peivlQ• What tools do you use?• http://bitly.com/peTp3s

The Facts

• Social media/networking sites in Australia (April 2011)– Facebook – 12 million Unique Australian

Visitors (UAVs) per month– Youtube – 10 million UAVs / month– Blogspot – 4.5 UAVs / month– WordPress – 2.4 million UAVs / month– Twitter – 2 million UAVs / month

Source: http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/category/australia/

Communicate

• Micro-blogging:– Twitter

• www.twitter.com

– Maang• DEC Portal

• Social networks:– Facebook

• www.facebook.com

– LinkedIn• http://www.linkedin.com/

Maang

DEC online communities

Considerations

• Departmental policies including Code of Conduct

• Digital Citizenship• Digital Reputation• On-line behaviour• Rights and responsibilities

Examples

• Ulladulla High School– http://web2.ulladulla-h.schools.nsw.edu.a

u/moodle/

• Richmond High School– http://

www.facebook.com/richmondhighschool

• Evans High School– http://

www.facebook.com/EvansHighSchool

In the classroom

• Teachers and students can:– Develop technology skills– Develop creativity– Appreciate new or diverse views – Enhance communication skills– Edit and customise content– Refine online design and layout– Share creative original work e.g. poetry and film– Practice safe and responsible use of information

and technology– Gain 21st century skills– Join the conversation!

A comment…

“This isn’t new, this desire to share. We’re just documenting our lives in different ways. Instead of diaries or scrapbooks or photo albums, we post pictures and blog and tweet.

Social media is the modern version of cave paintings. The key difference is the scalability. Unlike the physical and geographic limitations of scrapbooks and caves, anyone anywhere can hop online. In fact, that’s the point. The more friends, followers, readers, the better.

That’s how social media works.

The town square never shuts down in 2011.”

Mia Freedman, http://www.mamamia.com.au/weblog/2011/05/you-have-the-right-to-privacy-oh-wait.html/comment-page-1

Flat Classrooms

• Co-founded by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis http://www.flatclassroomproject.org

• Students work beyond their classroom walls in small groups made up of 4 or 5 students usually all from other countries

• 10 week curriculum program at the breaking edge of technology

• Students involved from Middle East, Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America

What needs to change?

• Learning spaces, virtual groups, mobile technology, • Integrated subject areas• Team and small group work• Cross age groups• Personalised learning• Mobile learning• Flexible timetables, learning spaces• Learning should be 24/7/365 • International team teaching• Permission to both publish and work online in

virtual spaces.

Learning Spaces

• Physical classroom spaces– Create a space for shared thinking and

practice

• Online spaces• Virtual classrooms• Virtual worlds- Second Life, Quest

Atlantis, Reaction Grid• University of Melbourne-innovative

physical learning spaces http://axel.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/chem_qtvr/qtvr02.html

What will a 21st Century school look like?

What will a 21st Century school look like?

“I never teach my pupils, I onlyprovide the conditions in which they can learn”

Albert Einstein

Innovative and collaborative

• Examples of collaborative classrooms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZcEySYq4s8

Goals with Digital Tools

• Teach students how to communicate.

• Demonstrate how to use social media responsibly.

• Make myself and course more open and usable.

• Encourage students to participate in learning outside of classroom.

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

Crea

ting

Evalu

ating

Analy

sing

Appl

ying

Under

stand

ing

Remembering

Literacies for the 21st century student

• Digital• Imagery• Animations• Media (multi)• Voice and oral communication• Videoconferencing• Attention

A New Generation...Meet the Alphas

• Born between 2010 and 2024• Educated to a higher level• Have at least five careers in their lifetime• “...updating skills will become increasingly easy

with the rise of technology”• Likely jobs:

– Genetic counsellor– Sustainability officer– Cyber-security professional– Retirement services agent– Virtual assistant

Mark McCrindle, Demographer (2011)

Future Education and lifelong learning?

• “The nature of education will change, it will be much more electronic compared to sitting in a classroom or attending lectures, this will allow people to educate themselves continuously throughout their lives.”

Peter McDonald, Professor of Demography

Australian National University (2011)

Reflection...

“Our children are a different species. They have magical powers that would have seemed alien to us.They can see through walls. They can hear through walls. With their mobile phones, Internet-connected games systems, computers and text-messages, they can connect to people regardless distance.Walls do not mean the same thing to them that they meant to us! They have tentacles.”

David Warlick

Reflection...

“But when they enter our classrooms, we chop those tentacles off. Because we want our children to be...the students we want to teach!

Rather than teaching the children that they are...”

David Warlick

Future Technologies what to expect?

• Microsoft’s vision for the future

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9JBSEBu2q8

Interactive resources for teachersI’ve created 2 google docs for Thursday

The links are here:

Web 2.0 tools list: http://bit.ly/peivlQ

Web 2.0 survey: http://bitly.com/peTp3sI’ve also created a presentation using google docs to demonstrate to teachers how easy it is to create a presentation

on the fly: http://bit.ly/r8KpRj

The maang group I’ve created is ideal for backchannel and structured discussion during the session: they can possibly contribute their thoughts to this, do we need to email link prior to conference.

Direct link is: https://www.maang.nsw.edu.au/st/group/817

I’ve added content to slide 3- hope that is ok.

Suggestions-images of change in physical environment not just virtual future schools and collaborative furniture would be ideal in this presentation- I’ve located some great resources for that topic

This youtube video highlights need for change in our physical environment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGvl5dg3l2M&feature=player_embedded#at=67

And how important it is to change seating arrangements in classrooms.