The Future is Blended (Learning)

T H E F U T U R E I S B L E N D E D

WA R R I C K W YN N E

L INKS TO SOME RESOURCES

W W W. D I I G O. C OM/L I S T /WA R R I C KW/OXF OR D _ 2014

In this workshop the focus will be on blended learning and approaches that extend and enhance the classroom experience. The latest research tells us what we have always felt: that good teaching is critical to student learning and that feedback to students is also critical. New technologies provide teachers with powerful tools to organise, collaborate and give feedback and to re-envision the classroom for the 21st century learner.

• theory: a change is comin’ (or has already arrived)

• organising – just the start

• collaborate – the heart of the matter

• feedback – the most important thing

• re-envision – what’s next

T H E ORY

S I G N I F I C A N T T H I N G S …

• Feedback – 1.13

• Direction Instruction / Instructional quality - .82

• Student disposition to learn - .61

Studies show that more effective teachers are the key to producing higher performing students. Conservative estimates suggest that students with highly effective teachers l earn twice as much as students with a less effective teacher

Ben Jensen, Better teacher appraisal and feedback, Grattan Institute, 2012

W H I C H I S C LO S E S T T O YO U R M E TA PH O R F O R T E AC H I N G ?

• Coach

• Guide on the side

• Meddler in the middle

• Authority figure

• Sage on the stage

• Mentor

• Lecturer

• Expert practitioner

S OM E O U T RAG E O U S P R OP O S I T I O N S

• Every high school classroom should have an online presence that supports and enhances the business of the class

• Teachers should make themselves digital natives with a toolkit of technology strategies they can employ to support the learning of their students.

• It’s not about just engagement. It’s higher order than that.

http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/DomainOfTeaching/ProfessionalKnowledge/Standards

http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/VisibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThink-ing1.html

I U S E D T O T H I N K … BU T N O W I T H I N K …

• How has your personal vision (metaphor) for teaching and the role of the teacher changed over your teaching journey?

• TAGS:

• https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/hamlet

• https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/ipad

• Oxford Resources ( a list)

• https://www.diigo.com/list/warrickw/Oxford_2014

http://padlet.com/wall/psfuw9bw0t

A shared doc abut this presentation:https

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sharing

A simple survey about this presentation:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DLWW1wKLKWL9jEd7Zlqn1bzleYdIrZ6BvRWzamyVyEA/

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G I V E F E E D BAC K

• back-channels

• student surveys…

• screencasting

• blend with low-tech

https://todaysmeet.com/blendedlearningmelbourne

S C R E E N - C A S T I N G A S A T E A C H I N G A N D A S S E S S M E N T T O O L

• Some possibilities:

• JING (Free – 5 minutes max)

• SnagIt ($50)

• More here: https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/screencasting

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

R O C K I N G I T O L D S C H O O L

• Some analog approaches

Q U E S T I O N I N G

• No hands-up

• Wait-Time

• Randomised questioning

• Pose, Pause, Bounce, Pounce….

R E - E N V I S I O N

• where to next?

• re-envision our role

• re-envision what student ‘work’ looks like

T H I N K I N G R O U T I N E S

• THINK-PAIR-SHARE

• Think about some of the approaches explored here. Are there some that you’re already taking up? Are there some you’d like to explore?

• Share your ideas with the person next to you.

WA R R I C K W Y N N EWarrick Wynne is a teacher and writer with over twenty years experience teaching English, based in Melbourne. He is Director of Learning and Curriculum and teaches Literature at MLC, Melbourne.

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L I N KS TO R ES OURC ES A N D I D EA S F R OM T ODAY

W W W. D I I G O. C OM /L I S T /WA R R I C KW /OXF OR D _2014

Google DOC https://docs.google.com/document/d/

1wHfQN55IymYsG5YI3pSTZE0C05i_CyohBjonKvzWsiw/edit?usp=sharing