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Guest Lecture at ACU, Brisbane Campus August 5 2014Pedagogy driven integration of ICTs in the classroom.
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“SMASHING” YOUR CLASSROOMSimon McKenzieAugust 5, 2014ACU Unit: EDFD220/260/270
WHO AM I?
33 years a classroom teacher of Senior History and English
Former Head of Department, Year Level Coordinator, Head of House, Dean of Students, Campus Coordinator and Assistant Principal
Currently, Learning Technologies Coordinator at Aquinas College, Gold Coast
Educational author for Australian Teacher Magazine and Fractus Learning
Regular Conference Presenter at EduTech, QHTA, ACEC and IWB
Tweeter, Blogger, Haiku Deck Guru, iAnnotate Power User, iPad tragic and self-styled “Technology Evangelist”
MY 4 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. TECHNOLGY IS A TOOL, NOT A LEARNING OUTCOME.
2. TECHNOLOGY WON’T REPLACE TEACHERS, BUT TEACHERS WHO USE TECHNOLOGY WILL REPLACE TEACHERS WHO DO NOT.
MY 4 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
3. TEACHERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADOPT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES OR THEY WILL INFRINGE THE DIGITAL RIGHTS OF STUDENTS.
4. “PEDAGOGY IS THE ENGINE, TECHNOLOGY IS THE ACCELEARATOR.” (via Michael Fullan)
http://www.fractuslearning.com/2014/06/03/digital-rights-of-students/
ACCELERATOR and ACCELERATING…
"We live in a time when kids have more information in their pockets than we can ever have in our heads.” Chris Lehmann
1981
CONSIDER:Around 700 million levels of Candy Crush are played each dayThe developers, King, earn $680,000 AUD per day
The first iPad appeared in 2010, only 4 years ago. What technological advances will occur if YOU teach for 33 years?
MIND = BLOWN
TIME TO “SMASH”
The Pre-Industrial school model continues to dominate in many schools because it is “familiar” (to teachers) but this no longer works for screenagers. SO, SMASH IT!
“The best resource in any classroom is still and always will be a great teacher.” SO, SMASH IT!
To be a “21st Century Teacher” is a matter of MINDSET not SKILL SET.
My Manifesto …https://www.haikudeck.com/the-new-mind-set-uncategorized-presentation-5FhGO9pYbD
YOU NEED TO BE 8 TEACHERS …
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com
BECOME …
THE ADAPTOR can take an “exam focused” curriculum and transform it into a dynamic learning experience. The adaptor can “change horses midstream” when a teachable moment arises. The adaptor can plan for and accommodate a wide range of learning styles.
THE COMMUNICATOR is “… fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration.” (Andrew Churches) The communicator is omnipresent.
BECOME …
THE (LEAD) LEARNER must be the teacher.
“Don’t just show kids what you know. Show them what you're learning, and how you're learning it.” Derek McQuiston
"You can't teach 21st century learners if you haven't learned anything new this century.” Gary Stager (…and most of my colleagues haven’t!)
THE VISIONARY sees the potential in technologies and learns how to manipulate them to suit a particular need.
BECOME …
THE LEADER doesn’t have to be in a leadership position in order to lead . The active “champion” of ICT is the most necessary leader going forward.
THE MODEL
“The 21st Century educator also models reflective practice, whether its the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning, or through reflective practice …these educators look both inwards and outwards.” Andrew Churches
*We’ll be coming back to this idea later.
BECOME …
THE COLLABORATOR
“…as an educator we must be able to leverage these collaborative tools to enhance and captivate our learners. We too, must be collaborators; sharing, contributing, adapting and inventing.” Andrew Churches
Leverage the tools that will allow you and your students to be collaborators.
THE RISK TAKER
In my view, both the most difficult and yet the most important … don’t fear ICT failure, or learning from your class.
THE 3 Cs are COLLABORATION, CREATION and CURATION
If you wish to succeed with learning technologies … you must teach above the line.
“A boring worksheet completed on an iPad is still a boring worksheet.”
THE “STARTER’S BUNDLE”10 WEB TOOLS, SITES AND APPS TO GET YOU STARTED
*All of these tools can be used across a range of platforms … no matter what you own or which devices you encounter on Practicum.*Many of them “play nicely together” that is, you can integrate or embed one within the other.*The first seven are tools for you to consider for your assessment task which specifies that you include “… at least one online student-centred learning resource.” I regularly use ALL these ICTs myself.*The remaining three tools are for your professional learning.
Educreations
A fully recordable online whiteboard tool for teachers to create digital content or for students to demonstrate learning. (A massive online gallery as well.)
Edmodo
Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content and access homework. Rapidly becoming the world’s leading LMS.
Today’s Meet
A Backchanneling tool which is essentially a temporary, secure, single use chat room. Great for capturing student reflections, ideas and questions.
Socrative
A student response system for polls, quizzes, educational games and ‘exit tickets.’ Socrative marks the tests and forwards you the results in Excel.
Haiku Deck
The ultimate presentation tool that will spell “Death to PowerPoint.” Highly visual and simple to use … never search for an image again!
Thing Link
ThingLink turns a static image into a “navigational surface” where you can embed a range of media including video, sound and music. Soon to be available for video as well.
QR Codes
Any number of QR code readers and generators are available. Codes have so many uses but you might want to try this “Treasure Hunt Generator.” Go to …http://www.classtools.net/QR/
Evernote
Evernote is now an entire suite of tools to help you curate material. As PSTs you need to start curating material now! A great tool also for building student e-portfolios. The Evernote motto is …“Remember Everything.”
AITSL Standards App
AITSL recently released an app which you can use to maintain a record of your professional learning. I strongly suggest that you also begin a reflective, professional blog; a blog is the resume of the future. LINK your blog posts to the AITSL standards.
Twitter is the ideal platform to work on building your “professional brand.” It offers immense benefits to teachers at all career stages.
LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
Around 200 billion tweets are sent each year. (That’s around 6000 per second.) Of these, an estimated 12-15% are education related.
*HOW TO BE “THE MODEL”
https://twitter.com/manuelherrera33
TWITTER IN EDUCATION
What might a truly visionary teacher do with Twitter?
I’M GLAD YOU ASKED …
THE #TweetingPompeii Project
Our project had students tweet in role in response to the events of Vesuvius’ eruption. We gained a worldwide following from museums, universities, authors and archaeologists.
“We live in an era of social media where there is no reason for student work to be seen only by their teacher.Dr. Justin Tarte
“ROCKSTARS” TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER
Matthew Esterman (@mesterman)
Tom Barrett (@tombarrett)
Steve Collis (@Steve_Collis)
Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz)
Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne)
Gary Stager (@garystager)
Dan Haesler (@danhaesler)
George Couros (@gcouros)
Dave Burgess (@burgessdave)
Simon McKenzie (@connectedtchr)
Now … Some More ICTs To Try
Fotobabble, Voice Thread, iAnnotate, Screen Chomp, Doodlecast Pro, Adobe Voice, Trading Cards, Skitch, …and more than 100,000 more educational
The Emerging Trends
APP SMASHING
AUGMENTED REALITY
CODING
DESIGN THINKING
GENIUS HOUR
GROWTH MINDSET
GREEN SCREENING
THEN THERE’S …
THE MAKER MOVEMENTRASPBERRY PI andVISIBLE LEARNING
MY CONTACTS and RESOURCES
EMAIL: [email protected]
BLOG: theconnectedteacher.edublogs.org
TWITTER: @connectedtchr
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT TASK
http://www.pinterest.com/simonm26/acu-managing-learning-environments/
A FINAL WORD
TEACH LIKE A PIRATE
Passion
Immersion
Rapport
Ask and Analyze
Transformation
EnthusiasmBurgess, D. Teach Like A Pirate, 2012 (Available on Amazon)
Created with Make Me Pirate
If you have more questions, or want more ICT suggestions… I will be on Twitter between 8:30 and 9:30 pm this Thursday, August 7. Just address questions to @connectedtchr and tag your tweets with #acuasks* A great way to experience Twitter first hand.
Image Credits
Title Slide http://williamackroydphotography.weebly.com/
Slide 3 http://www.eliteoutdoorgear.com.au
http://thisisgraeme.files.wordpress.com
Slide 4 http://jaimehurlock.weebly.com
http://www.speedwaymotors.com
Slide 5 http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/
www.inkman.com.au; www.uh.edu
Slide 6 http://mindblowngifs.tumblr.com
Image Credits
Slide 8 http://www.uni.edu/becker/strict-teacher.jpg
Slide 9 http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher
Slide 10 http://chicagoagentmagazine.com/
Slide 11 http://sentryair.com
Slide 12 www.realvesteffer.com
Slide 17 www.gettingsmart.com
Slide 20 QR Screenshot from http://www.classtools.net/QR/
www.startupactive.com
Image Credits
Slide 22 https://twitter.com/manuelherrera33
Slide 24 www.sabrinacompany.com
Slide 26 www.kaizo.co.uk
Slide 29 www.clipartpanda.com
www.news.com.au
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