I'm all about it Laura! I love finding new things to hook kids in and ways of making life easier. I find technology essential in my day to day. What about you?
I certainly use technology every day, but do I use it well? I don't think so. I think the activities I have the kids doing in here are engaging but they don't suit the new pedagogies of real life problem solving... lots to learn. I do believe we have some students at the school that will go on to achieve greatness and if we can foster that in any way I am all for it!
Some things I really like about this model are the fact that it is a shift from teacher directed tasks to student directed learning. Therefore the students will be more engaged in learning as it is something they WANT to learn not HAVE to learn. The use of technology to support learning, assessment and feedback not just using technology to type up a word document. In the new pedagogies students will see the relationship between what is being learnt and being able to apply this learning to real world situations. It is making students more confident and proactive learners. What do you think? Is this something we are doing at Swan Hill Primary or something we want to do at Swan Hill Primary?
Mastering the process of learning as opposed to mastering content! I think this should make us reflect on what we are doing. Don't get me wrong, mastery of content can be important, but so much of WHAT we learn becomes irrelevant, our skills and abilities to learn in different ways sets us up for the future. I think the most important thing is to think about Digital Technologies with a focus, not for technologies sake. Linking it to real life problem solving situations.
The focus is shifting from content based teaching, to teaching students how to learn. Teachers are becoming facilitators and guiders instead of knowledge machines. This sort of learning is more powerful and valuable for the students. The ideas need to come first and the technology second.
Deep Learning in regards to Design Thinking (Inquiry based learning)!! - Students need to be more curious! - We supply them with to many answers and not enough question time! - if the kids can Google a question and receive an answer so quickly are we providing them with deeper level thinking to discover the answer themselves or ask more questions in regards to the original question? - technology, a help or hinder to design thinking????
some comments from the "Notosh" website! the guys who ran our Inquiry PD!!
-Project-based learning has been let down in too many instances with “fake,” academic, theoretical problems that need solving. The learning processes involved are at best fuzzy for most educators: what is “collaboration,” “student-designed,” and “student-led” learning? What is the role of formative assessment in empowering students to learn about learning? - Every topic, every bit of learning has content that can be Googled, and we don't want teachers wasting precious enquiry time lecturing that content. We want students, instead, to be using class time to collaborate and debate around the questions that are Not Googleable, the rich higher order thinking to which neither the textbook nor the teacher know the answers -
The deep learning goals that students come up with could be incorporated with ICT and help promote that independence we want the students to have This can help the teacher access and accomplish the students goals as a partnership, and help create more goals for the future.
The quote 'irresistibly engaging to both teachers and students' is one we should be taking advantage of as much as possible given that close to every student we teach is tech savvy and very competent.
The idea of using technology more as a problem solving tool, rather than just helping master content is important for our students as learners in the future. Without this we are teaching them only how to source learning activities rather than developing their skills to use technology to solve problems. This may look like students using social networks to help discuss answers to questions/issues/problems, it may sound like students using the Internet as a way of seeking answers and it may feel like Smartboard activities are not just a time allocated in the curriculum to tick the ICT box but apart of everyday learning used whenever possible to help problems.
I think to a degree this task demonstrates the potential - Rather than teaching anyone to 'Blog' we provided the Blog as a way to discuss good teaching practice through this Pedagogical Model. The rich discussion that I am reading through everyone's comments is the important thing, not the Blog. However, the Blog is a tool to make it happen and there are so many out there that we need to utilise. Utilise them not for the sake of it, but rather as a way to collaborate, reflect and create.
2. include specific and precise success criteria that help both the teacher and student know how well their goals are being achieved.
ReplyDeleteThis line to me linked really well with how we have moved into doing WILF rather than TIB.
I also liked how it said technology should be 'irresistibly engaging to both teachers and students' I know this feeling!!!!
Do you find that technology is engaging Rach or do you find it a 'chore' to include in your teaching??
DeleteI'm all about it Laura! I love finding new things to hook kids in and ways of making life easier. I find technology essential in my day to day. What about you?
DeleteI certainly use technology every day, but do I use it well? I don't think so. I think the activities I have the kids doing in here are engaging but they don't suit the new pedagogies of real life problem solving... lots to learn. I do believe we have some students at the school that will go on to achieve greatness and if we can foster that in any way I am all for it!
DeleteI'm excited about where we are heading! I think I'm going to need to hold your hand along the way though, I'm a little bit nervous!
DeleteI will be here rach!!!
DeleteThe new Pedagogies for learning sounds like a great new way to enagage students and rule out boredom:-)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree Karina!
DeleteSome things I really like about this model are the fact that it is a shift from teacher directed tasks to student directed learning. Therefore the students will be more engaged in learning as it is something they WANT to learn not HAVE to learn. The use of technology to support learning, assessment and feedback not just using technology to type up a word document.
ReplyDeleteIn the new pedagogies students will see the relationship between what is being learnt and being able to apply this learning to real world situations. It is making students more confident and proactive learners.
What do you think? Is this something we are doing at Swan Hill Primary or something we want to do at Swan Hill Primary?
In Grade 3 case something we want to do. We really find it difficult with only having a limited number of netbooks
DeleteThis my be where 'bring your own device' may be great for grade 3.
DeleteMastering the process of learning as opposed to mastering content! I think this should make us reflect on what we are doing. Don't get me wrong, mastery of content can be important, but so much of WHAT we learn becomes irrelevant, our skills and abilities to learn in different ways sets us up for the future.
ReplyDeleteI think the most important thing is to think about Digital Technologies with a focus, not for technologies sake. Linking it to real life problem solving situations.
Very true, the learning journey is sometimes more important than the destination!
DeleteIt's all about the verbs!
DeleteThe focus is shifting from content based teaching, to teaching students how to learn. Teachers are becoming facilitators and guiders instead of knowledge machines. This sort of learning is more powerful and valuable for the students. The ideas need to come first and the technology second.
ReplyDeleteDeep Learning in regards to Design Thinking (Inquiry based learning)!!
ReplyDelete- Students need to be more curious!
- We supply them with to many answers and not enough question time!
- if the kids can Google a question and receive an answer so quickly are we providing them with deeper level thinking to discover the answer themselves or ask more questions in regards to the original question?
- technology, a help or hinder to design thinking????
some comments from the "Notosh" website! the guys who ran our Inquiry PD!!
-Project-based learning has been let down in too many instances with “fake,” academic, theoretical problems that need solving. The learning processes involved are at best fuzzy for most educators: what is “collaboration,” “student-designed,” and “student-led” learning? What is the role of formative assessment in empowering students to learn about learning?
- Every topic, every bit of learning has content that can be Googled, and we don't want teachers wasting precious enquiry time lecturing that content. We want students, instead, to be using class time to collaborate and debate around the questions that are Not Googleable, the rich higher order thinking to which neither the textbook nor the teacher know the answers
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The deep learning goals that students come up with could be incorporated with ICT and help promote that independence we want the students to have This can help the teacher access and accomplish the students goals as a partnership, and help create more goals for the future.
ReplyDeleteThe quote 'irresistibly engaging to both teachers and students' is one we should be taking advantage of as much as possible given that close to every student we teach is tech savvy and very competent.
The idea of using technology more as a problem solving tool, rather than just helping master content is important for our students as learners in the future. Without this we are teaching them only how to source learning activities rather than developing their skills to use technology to solve problems. This may look like students using social networks to help discuss answers to questions/issues/problems, it may sound like students using the Internet as a way of seeking answers and it may feel like Smartboard activities are not just a time allocated in the curriculum to tick the ICT box but apart of everyday learning used whenever possible to help problems.
ReplyDeleteI think to a degree this task demonstrates the potential - Rather than teaching anyone to 'Blog' we provided the Blog as a way to discuss good teaching practice through this Pedagogical Model.
ReplyDeleteThe rich discussion that I am reading through everyone's comments is the important thing, not the Blog. However, the Blog is a tool to make it happen and there are so many out there that we need to utilise. Utilise them not for the sake of it, but rather as a way to collaborate, reflect and create.