Penguin Teachers Academy 2013ICT for Primary Literacy Melbourne, 28th February

Corrie BarclayManor Lakes P-12 College

Welcome...

Corrie BarclayeLearning CoordinatorManor Lakes P-12 CollegeWyndham Vale, Vic.

Manor Lakes P-12 College: Context

- Opened: 2009 (440 students)- Currently: 1660 (1 Campus)- Projected: 2200 (Largest Single Campus College in Vic).- Apple Pilot School- Current ICT Deployment: Approx. 1000 student devices (iMacs, MacBooks, iPads)

Current 1:1 ICT Deployment

20131:1 iPad Program - Prep (College Owned)1:1 iPad Program - Year’s 1, 6, 7 and 8 (BYOD)1:1 Technology Program - Years 9 and 10 (BYOD)1:1 MacBook Pro Program - Year 11 (School Owned: NSSCF)

Today’s Agenda

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• 9.30 am – Introduction to ICT in the Primary Classroom - - Introduction: Our Digital Learners.- ICT and the AUS Curriculum (AusVELS)- Good Digital Citizenship

• 10.30 am – Morning tea

• 11.00 am – Resources for using ICT in Literacy with primary students - Pedagogy behind ICT Integration- How can ICT support the teaching of Literacy- Web 2.0 ‘Smackdown’.

• 1.00 pm – Lunch

• 1.45 pm – iPads in Ed. - iPads to support literacy in the primary setting (app investigation / sandpit time)- Creative Challenge!

• 3.00pm – Conclusion

Our Digital Learners

Interesting Quote...As we just saw the nature of how kids learn, the notion of them being able to personalise their learning, is certainly beginning to drive how we teach these kids

We need to as educators and schools in general not base how we want to teach tomorrow by reflecting on the past 150 years of teaching in this country.

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”John Dewey

In the words of Metallica - Nothing else matters

It’s about change and adaptability. Adapting to the technology.

We ask kids to do it daily, why not us? Good Teaching

#1 Indicator that drives student learning?

It’s all about good teaching/teaching practiceBut for this to occur, we need to not only understand the kids we teach better.

“What’s the worst thing about school?”

“It gets in the way of my learning”

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We need to personalise learning Technology is a large part of this.

This also allows us to cater for all our students to a greater capacity...

Student choice.

As Einstein said...

Shift needs to occur.

We have to advocate change and give students voice. Learning via this becomes more real, more authentic.

The Lorax / allclassical.org

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”Albert Einstein

verydemotivational.memebase.com

So... Who are these ‘so called’ Digital Natives? My son just

checking his stocks and portfolio over rice bubbles and vegemite toast!

The Voice of the Active Learner

And, as move forwards, technology will continue to play an even larger part in their lives.

We are now at the point where student rely n on their technology.

And it’s not a matter of them being addicted to the technology, they’re addicted to sharing, collaborating, socializing through mobile technology and social media use

Todays students will know nothing less than the technology available to them. ‘For most’, it will always be available. Anywhere. Anytime.

Today’s Learners are;

- More self-directed- Better equipped to capture information- More reliant on feedback from peers- More inclined to collaborate- More orientated to being their own ‘modes of production’ Education Trends | Featured News

John K. Waters—13 December 2011 snott.nett

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Why?

We’re now beginning to see a greater influx of 1:1 computing in schools

This being predominately tablet & netbook devices

More technology.

More access.

More learning.

This is the essence of mobile technology

Giving access 24/7

And for students to be able to ‘learn on the hop’, is a remarkable thing

Anytime

Learning

Anywhere

Teaching and Learning with Mobile Technology

Horizon Report K-12 2012

Tablet ComputingTime-to-Adoption: One Year or Less

In the past two years, advances in tablets have captured the imagination of educators around the world. Led by the incredible success of the iPad, which in 2011-12 was selling at the rate of more than 3 million units a month, other

similar devices such as the Samsung Galaxy and Sony’s Tablet S have also begun to enter this rapidly growing market. In the process, the tablet (a form that is distinct from tablet PCs) has come to be viewed as not just a new category of mobile devices, but indeed a new technology in its own right, one that blends features of laptops, smartphones, and

earlier tablet computers with always-connected Internet, and thousands of apps with which to personalize the experience.

The device itself encourages exploration of its capabilities, something easily demonstrated by simply placing the device in the hands of a small child.

Recent research indicates that tablets, because they are designed to easily share their screens, foster key 21st Century Skills in students, including creativity, innovation, communication, and collaboration.

“Take a look around and chances are you'll see a mobile device. Phones, iPods, laptops, netbooks, iPads, USB drives, and handheld games seem to be everywhere. Combine these ever-present gadgets with educational and productivity uses and you've got mobile learning.”Tony Vincent

To Those Who Ask WHY...

•WHY Not?

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This is what the majority of our students are involved in contributing to and ,

even we as teachers are beginning to get on board and contribute in many ways

Mobile Technology, via web access, is allowing the afore mentioned to occur...

At lightning speeds...

“Teachers need to stop saying, ‘Hand

it in,’ and start saying ‘Publish It,’

instead”

Alan November

Consume

A philosophy we have at our college is that we want students creating. not consuming.

Giving back to the internet.

Create & Collaborate

NOT

sharing, collborating

Getting Creative is the Key

“Kick start your brain. New ideas

come from watching

something, talking to people,

experimenting, asking questions, getting out of the

office.”

Steve Jobs

Looking forward... the future...

“All too often today we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.”

John W Gardner

The biggest driver of innovation in education is teachers.

Use the technology.

Take risks and try new things.

Create a PLN of like minded teachers and collaborate and share what you do.

There are always outstanding people out in the world, and more often than not your own backyard, who are interested in what you are and are more than willinging to collboarate online to become learners themselves.

Clare Rafertty who i saw this morning talk about how she uses iPads to teach and engage kids in her geography classes was brilliant.

It’s not about the tools, it’s about the teaching and how those tools can be integrated.

Let the kids lead & personalize their learning teamaltman.com

Lastly, be a lone nut...

Penguin Teachers Academy 2013ICT for Primary Literacy Melbourne, 28th February

ICT, the Australian Curriculum, and Contemporary Literacies

‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability’

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Information-and-Communication-Technology-capability/Introduction/Introduction

Introduction to Information and Communications Technology

http://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Information-and-Communications-Technology/Overview/Introduction

The ‘Australian Curriculum’ vs ‘AusVELS’

“Information and communications technology (ICT) is the hardware and software that enables data to be digitally processed, stored and communicated. ICT can be used to access, process, manage and present information; model and control events; construct new understanding; and communicate with others.”

“In the Australian Curriculum, students develop ICT capability as they learn to use ICT effectively and appropriately to access, create and communicate information and ideas, solve problems and work collaboratively in all learning areas at school, and in their lives beyond school. The capability involves students in learning to make the most of the digital technologies available to them, adapting to new ways of doing things as technologies evolve and limiting the risks to themselves and others in a digital environment.”

‘Australian Curriculum’

‘AusVELS’

ICT for visualising thinkingICT for creating

ICT for communicating.

The organising elements / domains

Contemporary (Digital) Literacies

“The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (2008) recognised that; ‘rapid and continuing advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) are changing the ways people share, use, develop and process information and use technology.’

In this digital age, young people need to be highly skilled in the use of ICT. While schools already employ these technologies in learning, there is a need to increase their effectiveness significantly over the next decade”.

Source: http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/verve/_resources/

What Is Contemporary Literacy?

The skills sets below (Source: FutureLab 2010) were chosen to help guide teachers in developing learning activities to enable young learners to acquire contemporary literacy practices.

Two prep students here created their own Stop Motion Animation using an iPad, the iMotion HD App, and nothing more than a small whiteboard and plasticine.

Here we have a prep student taking us through creating a simple eBook using the Storyrobe Application for iPad.

Contemporary Literacies in ActionThe Technology can assist literacy outcomes by enabling the students to become the creator, rather than just the consumer. Allow the technology to foster creativity in students through having them create their own publications, letting them be the authors.

Digital Literacy across the Curriculum

Contemporary (Digital) Literacy Practices of PrepsDEECD eLearning Project 2011

An excellent resource for assisting educators in implementing technology in to their teaching and learning programs. Although it is Prep focused, it is a great resource for those teaching in the Early Years and beyond.

“This Contemporary Literacy Practices of Preps e-book has been developed to showcase the range of learning opportunities possible when digital technologies become an integral part of children's’ learning and development. The e-book is also a testament to the amazing capabilities of young learners to acquire the necessary digital literacy skills necessary for participation in life. The e-book highlights how technologies can help support sharing, collaboration and communication in and beyond the classroom.”

eBook (Online / Interaction Edition)PDF (Non Interactive Edition)

Contemporary (Digital) Literacy Practices of PrepsExample #1

Contemporary (Digital) Literacy Practices of PrepsExample #2

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIPBeing Responsible OnlineTeaching Online Responsibility

Where to start...

•...understanding the learners of today, or, our learners, our students...

Digital Learners

•- Majority do not like to be alone•- Enjoy social interaction, just as much

virtually and online than in person•- They are VERY tech savvy

Challenging Times

•“Our challenge is to find ways to teach our children how to navigate the rapidly moving digital present, consciously and reflectively.”

• Jason Ohler, 2011

Social Media Described...

•“Social Media is like sex when you’re a teenager. Everybody wants to do it, nobody knows how! And then when it’s finally done, we’re surprised it’s not better!”

• Avinash Kausjik, Google Analytics Expert, 2009

Social Media REALLY Described...

•Officially, Social Media is an umbrella term used to describe the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio online.

Did You Know?

Tool or Distraction?

•Many of us would perhaps agree that schools are split on the value that social media and online activity could play in teaching and learning.

•When in fact, the majority of schools see absolutely no value in social media or online collaboration as a result of the stigma that social media carries with it.

Developing GREAT Digital Citizens

School is an excellent place to help kids become capable digital citizens who use technology not only effectively & creatively... but also responsibly & wisely.

Social Media, The Net & The Issues That Arise

•Understanding how online actions might lead to harm to self & others includes protecting your own privacy, respecting that of others Recognise inappropriate online communications and sitese.g adult content

Cyber Bullying

•Understanding the potentially devastating effects of cyber bullying and how it violates ethical principles of personal integrity, compassion, and responsible behaviour.

Copyright & Plagiarism

•Respecting others’ intellectual property rights and reflecting on the legality and ethics of using online materials without permission.

The Challenge...

•...for young people today is how to manage their lives in a world where the Internet, records everything and forgets nothing, where every online photo, status update, Twitter post and blog entry by and about individuals can be stored forever.

Once You Post It You Lose Control

So Why?

•...do GOOD kids do BAD things online?

Well...

•..strong emotions can be released at the speed of a keystroke but the ripple effects can last much longer

•..common for teens to post whatever they are feeling, thinking, or doing whenever the impulse takes them

EU Kids Online Study: October 2010

• 23,420 Internet users ages 9-16 years old were surveyed...

• 3 Key Findings

• - Half of all children said they find it easier to be themselves online than in real life.

• - 48% have Internet access in their own bedroom.

• - 31% have access via a mobile phone or other handheld device.

What Can Schools Do?

•EDUCATE•MODEL•DEMONSTRAT

E•DISCUSS

Embrace Social Media Use

•Use it in its simplest forms...•- Blogging•- Wiki’s•- You Tube•- Twitter•- Moodle / Edmodo

• ...and...

Use It...

•...Yourself.

•Understand the hype (or at least try to...)

•Promote it’s use in education (Lone Nut)

Social Media Communication Strategy

And We’re Done...

For Now...