Educators' Guide to Innovation
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Tips for Innovators?
Started Dec. 19, 2009
Getting The Most Out Of Interactive Digital Learning Objects
Started Dec. 1, 2009
Going 1:1 - getting ready for student laptops/netbooks
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Opie Dec. 15, 2009.
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At a very recent Country Education Project forum, I was very much reminded of how new some people really are to online reading, working with a ning and on using the digital literacies of the 21st century. A new tutorial video, Online with L Plates h…
I would like to dedicate this tutorial whose creation was inspired by Rod Clarke, who very kindly brought me down from the cyber clouds where I so comfortably live now, to the ground where many educationalists and citizens are - with little experien…
At the recent Learning Technologies 2009 conference on "The Power of Your", Howard Errey, a pioneering psychologist on the use of online student counselling using social media and mobile technologies, presented a session on the The Power and Limits…
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- Do you work in the education sector? What is your role?
- I teach ICT from years 7 to 12 and accounting to years 11 and 12 in a small rural government school in SW Victoria.
Blogs: http://murcha.wordpress.com, http://murch.globalteacher.org
Twitter/plurk id: murcha Delicious/diigo id/murcho Slideshare id/:murcha
Teachertube id: murch
- Describe any innovative projects that you have been involved with (include weblinks if possible)
- Project involvement in 2009 include:
-netgened project: http://netgened.wikispaces.com/
flatclassroom project: http://flatclassroom09-3.flatclassroomproject.org/
-digiteen project: http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/
-on africa: http://onafrica.pbworks.com/
- ping an online music project: http://www.pingmusic.com.au
-Pictures of the Floating Worlds: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvschools/FloatingWorld/fweducation/
-member of the plpnetbooktrial project
- Describe any innovative projects that you would like to pursue for which you are seeking collaborative partners
- As part of the plpnetbooktrial project, our school is teamed with three other country schools to work on a joint project. The project is "Doors to the World" A wiki has been set up at http://doorstotherworld.wiksispaces.com
Students and classes from other countries are encouraged to team up with two other schools. Each student will take a photo of, or draw a picture of a door. The other two students in their group will write a story about "what is behind that door"
Aims:
-to encourage creativity and writing skills
-improve ICT communication skills and learn the netiquette of using a wikif
-foster global connections
-learn about other cultures and worlds.
- What are your preferred communication/collaboration tools?
- Blog, Wiki, Discussion forum, Skype, Elluminate
- Is this the first social networking site you've joined?
- no
My presentation for the Innovations Showcase
A glimpse at a 21st century classroom
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Tech Talk Tuesdays - a reflection!
In the early stages of planning Tech Talk Tuesdays, it was agreed that
•the sessions be made as interactive as possible,
•a set of protocols be followed each week, including an icebreaker set up by one of the moderators each week.
•three moderators be used each session with as many different ones used as possible to encourage further use of elluminate for both classroom and PD sessions.
•a list of moderator roles be drawn up.
•as many tools as possible be used – chat, audio, whiteboard, whiteboa… Continue
•the sessions be made as interactive as possible,
•a set of protocols be followed each week, including an icebreaker set up by one of the moderators each week.
•three moderators be used each session with as many different ones used as possible to encourage further use of elluminate for both classroom and PD sessions.
•a list of moderator roles be drawn up.
•as many tools as possible be used – chat, audio, whiteboard, whiteboa… Continue
Posted on December 17, 2009 at 5:49pm —
Лист1 Across the World - a Russian Connection
It is 12 months ago, that Ekaterina Zhdanova and I used skype to connect our classrooms from Soglasie School in Ekaterinburg, Eastern Russia and Hawkesdale P12 C… Continue
Posted on December 12, 2009 at 10:00am —
What AM I doing here again? -reflections on the flatclassroom project Sept to Nov 2009
As the flat classroom projects enter the final weeks, levels of anxiety start to run rather high amongst the student body – anger, frustration, confusion, indecision, lack of understanding, complacency are many of the emotions and feelings that run high at this stage.
So, as a teacher I need to coax, cajole, coach, encourage, teach all over again, explain, facilitate, survive etc to keep the project’s momentum going.
Some students
•get angry when a wiki war means that they have lost their hard e… Continue
So, as a teacher I need to coax, cajole, coach, encourage, teach all over again, explain, facilitate, survive etc to keep the project’s momentum going.
Some students
•get angry when a wiki war means that they have lost their hard e… Continue
Posted on November 27, 2009 at 2:07pm —
School's in at 9pm
Year 9/10 ICT elective students who are part of the flat classroom project were offered the opportunity to meet with their class mates from Dusseldorf, Germany and… Continue
Posted on November 21, 2009 at 10:00pm —
Australian Excellence in Teaching Awards
The annual "Australian Excellence in Teaching Award" reward innovators in a number of categories - including excellence by a teacher, beginning teacher, leading teacher, principal, support staff member and schools and its community. A number of highly commended educationalists were also given awards. These awards were given to the winners by the Federal Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, in a recent ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra.
As I was fortunate to be… Continue
As I was fortunate to be… Continue
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments
Comment Wall (79 comments)
- At 3:24pm on January 8, 2010,
Scott Duncan said…
- Hi Anne - thanks for the message and apologises for not getting back earlier.
This year I took on the role of ICT co-ordinator at my school and have been working closely with my Ultranet Coach to learn about some great new resources and most importantly, how I can integrate these into my classroom and share them with other staff.
I launched SuperClubs Plus this year with our 3-6 students which has proven to be a great tool. Initally the students are amazed and live on the site, aiming to get their stars, but once this is done, they tend to loose interest. I'm hoping to find other ways to keep them engaged and look at how we can use this site more in our teaching. I've also developed a wiki for my class, which has been a great place to post online resources based on what topics we are studying and for the students to be able to follow these up outside of classtime. I'm really looking forward to the rollout of the Ultranet next year and how I can link these together.
Personally, I discovered Elluminate this year and have loved the opportunity to access PD and network with others. I'm hoping to use Elluminate in my role with VISTA to facilitate discussion and netowrking session for teachers who look after Student Representative Councils across the state.
- At 9:41am on December 24, 2009,
Adrian Camm said…
- Hi Anne - Merry Christmas!
It has been a long, rewarding but exhausting year for me, so I have decided to put any planning off till the new year. I will be in touch when I start putting some things in place. Great meeting and working with you this year - keep up the inspiring work and ill talk to you soon.
- At 9:53am on December 12, 2009,
Lucy Gray said…
- Hi Anne -
I remember you coming to one of the online meetings! I'm glad to find this community. Here's one project that I find interesting right now: http://globaleducation.ning.com/forum/topics/paint-the-world-with-light. I like this sort of well structured project that still allows room for people to be creative. To be honest, I'm seeing a lot of holiday oriented projects right now and they don't particularly excite me. I'd like to see people get beyond simple exchanges of cultural ideas/differences and delve into more problem based learning, I guess.
What sort of projects interest you?
- At 11:45am on December 11, 2009,
gabrielle lindsay said… - Hi Anne,
Yes I am teaching year 12 accounting but not year 11, however I hope to be working pretty closely with our year 11 teacher because he is 1st year out.
A am really pretty much a 'virgin' as far as technology is concerned however with Adrian's arrival at the school I now have the inspiration to start playing a little.
I have actually already created a Ning page (www.mcguireaccounting.ning.com) for my yr 12's but I had intended to only use it with my class next year until I knew what I was doing a bit better and had a bit more confidence. I also created the shell of a page on weebly for the use of the yr 11 class and to see the difference b/n weebly and ning but I won't actually be using that page.
After the conference and a presentation by Sasha I bought myself a livescribe pen which I anticipate using in conjuntion with the ning page and some of the applications you showed in your presentation.
I have no experience with web 2.0 tools and missed the recent online introduction to it but now that the year is winding down I am hoping I'll get some more time to investigate these things.
I am very interested in anything you have going but I have an extreme lack of expertise at this point..
Please have a look at my ning page and let me know what you think!!
Again it was great to meet you and I hope to hear from you soon.
Gabby
- At 2:55pm on December 8, 2009,
Richard Opie said… - You have me, perhaps, but I do believe in structuring the learning of spelling, that it is not just a haphazard process. All youngsters can learn. There are standard patterns, the thinking curriculum, rules and 'tricks' that students can adopt to maximise their spelling. I encourage my students to use some of about 14 on my web site. Why? Employers tell me that they want evidence of accuracy. Correct spelling is such evidence.
- At 7:50am on December 2, 2009,
Robyn Scanlon said…
- Hi Anne,
I set up a wiki for the Level 3, then supported staff with Level 4 kids. I have used glogs extensively to tailor the Internet to suit what we are learning about, Gizmoz, Toons, Google Calendar, photo sharing, forum discussions, Shelfari, videos, student e-portfolios and lots of interactive learning. We also link digilearn activities each week. All good fun. Would you be able to post a link to the archive of last night's tech talk sessions? I registered successfully but didn't receive an email with the link. Looking forward to joining the team,
Robyn
- At 10:01am on December 1, 2009,
Paul Jorgensen said… - Hi Anne
Elluminate seems fine for quick calls to DEECD members and has been a good tool for participation in delivering some ICT PD type discussions and forums. I used Interwise for videoconferencing for a while and found that to be quite good when the technology was set up correctly (Which is fairly simple) at all ends. It allowed for videoconferencing outside of DEECD and allowed for quick access through an emailed link to the conference. Lots of file sharing, whiteboard space, interaction, but only 4 people/locations could actually be on the video, the rest is a larger group could only have sound and view others but not be seen and of course access to the whiteboard and other applications.
Paul
- At 9:11am on November 16, 2009,
Rachel E said… - Hi Anne
I have never used elluminate. I only just found it cos a friend emailed me a link about the tech-tuesdays. This is the reason i joined. Unfortunately tuesdays are our staff meetings, so i may not be able to join in regularly. I would love to become more ICT savvy, so im hoping this is the way!!
Thanks for the comment,
R
- At 9:33pm on November 15, 2009,
Helen Edmonds said… - Hi Anne
Some recent work with my coaching schools on transferring Think Boards into an electronic environment. Students have used various level of sophistication with powerpoint and expored Scratch software to enhance other aspects of visual thinking.
- At 8:39pm on November 13, 2009,
Dan Copping said… - Really sorry I think dim dim was an accidental selection - mind you now I want to know what it is and how I can use it at my school!
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