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Leading Change for 21st Century Learning
Mentoring for whole school change toward a paradigm shift & QT
Outcome of this session
I have not got the answers, just the questions.
There is more than one way….to skin a cat….
The collective is the most powerful item in the room
Its about the people, not the technology!
Using technology is a mindset, not a skill set……
What are we really doing
about student engagement?
http://deniselofts64.edublogs.org/2010/05/16/teacher-engagement-is-that-the-first-step/
What our data told us. We conducted Surveys… simple.. using survey
Monkey.
http://litehouse4skools.wikispaces.com/file/view/SurveySummary_03072010-2.pdf
The Students Teachers were generally not doing a lot of
things differently ( Although spikes in classrooms existed).
Work was limited to desktop word processing, web searches, (Lower order), 1:1 communication. Teachers indicated limited experience in online collaborative learning, both synchronous and asynchronous. Time or interest low.
Teachers perceived that the hardware ..ie computer =engagement.
Teaching from the back of the room was not evident.
The teachers Teachers indicated limited experience in
online collaborative learning, both synchronous and asynchronous. Time or interest low.
Teachers did not have experiences beyond email, desk top publishing and 1 : 30 communication. Videos were used. NO sense of PLE and PLN.. Personal learning networks and shared learning environments. Letting go of control….
Limited experience in collaborative learning, mainly relied on demonstration instruction ( Always 42.5 %),Sometimes group work was used (50%), Interestingly, students worked often on individual projects,54%, however only sometimes presented individual work to the class 48 %.
‘Teachers vital KEY’ Facilitator
Moderator
Coach
Manager
……Vital to effective learning….
We understand learning….
We have the framework… but how should it look..
http://edutweet.wikispaces.com/05.+Design+Elements
Do we need a paradigm shift?
What is a Paradigm shift?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cp6pEzx3uw&feature=player_embedded
Initial stages with leadership from the top with emerging technologies.
Confronting for many:
Students as mentors, in the initial stages.
“Everyone is the architect of their own learning.” — Appius Claudius, Roman Politician via @etalbert7:23 PM Apr 29th from twhirl.
3 key factors Champions as mentors…
‘Community of Practice’ –personal learning environments and networks
Connectivism
What are the underpinning theories?
MENTORS & CHAMPIONS
The impact of e-learning champions on embedding e-learning- in organisations, industry & communities.
From the Australian Flexible learning framework.
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/
Champions, Communities of
practice & Connectivity
‘Community of Practice’ (Wenger 1999)
http://edutweet.wikispaces.com/02.+Key+Features
http://edutweet.wikispaces.com/06.+The+Blue+Print+for+edutweet
Connectivist Theory
Modeling and building a foundation for an elearning community that underpins the complex interactions between the individual, their behaviour and the environment.
(Downes, 2006 & Siemens 2004)
Overview structure
QTF
TOOLS
Team formulate teaching Strategies
Mentoring Champions
Back mapping from Syllabus
Reflect Back to the Data
HT’s are the Catalysts in leading change! Leadership behaviours of successful middle
managers.
1.A focus on learning
2.Consistency
3.Care
4.Commitment
5.High Expectations
Strategies to achieve this:
Modeling: “Walk the talk”
Monitoring: Leadership is strong when informed by data.
Dialogue: Use conversation to develop everyone’s understanding about learning.
Structures and systems: the work of the team is clear, explicit. Not autocratic, rather the consolidation and formalisation of agreed strategies.
Setting the Scene Learner ( teacher ) readiness
Motivation to join the movement
Comfort and feeling of support
Support in classroom (HTs & Mentors)
Ongoing support from systems, dialogue, individual and group.
Already existing collaborative space to support the hardware….so that the learning can begin.
http://rbscsupport4ict.wikispaces.com/
Mentoring at RBSC
Collaborative Spaces http://litehouse4skools.wikispaces.com/
http://rbscsupport4ict.wikispaces.com/
Before we begin ‘know our students’
STEP 1. Lets Join EDMODO.& the Group “HT'sLeadingChange : code to access this group is: pa4r5o…..
To finish Communities of Practice (Wenger 1999)
"Communities are human systems given form by conversations of relatedness." (Block, 2008)
http://edutweet.wikispaces.com/07.+An+Executive+Summary
Personal learning networks and communities of practice
http://www.slideshare.net/GrahamAttwell/personal-learning-environments-46423
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