Presentation for LET-students april 2015 at Oulu University

1. What happened?
About my journey to being an adaptive
expert
Pirjo Kananen 2015

2. Before I became a LET-student
- graduated in1989 from Oulu University
- teaching at comprehensive school grades 7 -
9, upper secondary school and as an
university lecturer abroad
- experience with distance teaching

3. Why LET?
- How can I know whether I´m doing the
right things as a teacher?
- Why distance teaching is so widely
used?
- How can Edutech enhance learning?
- How can I be updated as a teacher?

4. Back to work

5. Facts about my school
- grades 7 - 9 and
upper secondary
school
- 191 + 70 students
- 25 teachers

6. Has anything changed?

7. How do I teach today?

8. What do my students think?
WhatsApp etiquette, 8th grade
1. Spamming is not allowed in this
group.
2. No messages after 10.30 pm.
3. Dismissing or calling names is
not allowed.
4. Send only appropriate pictures.
5. Give arguments for your
opinions. Don’t insult
deliberately.
Digital portfolio
Digital porfolio 2

9. Local ICT work
- Osaava project
- three municipalities Raahe,
Pyhäjoki and Siikajoki
- arranging Edutech courses for
teachers

10. Teacher network
- blogs
- FB-groups: Finnish and literature
teachers using Edutech, our LET-
group

11. New curriculum work
- more Edutech
- networks between schools, teachers
- collaborative learning, learning through
research, SRL
- project work with different subjects together
- sharing
- teachers role

12. What next?
- ict-mentor teacher at my own school
- ict-tutor student work beginning
- mentoring skills are needed!

13. What about mentoring?
- It´s all about emotions.
- delicate: educated, experienced adults
- scaffolding
- self-efficiency

14. Learning to expertise
- What kind of a person is an adaptive expert?
- How to become one?
- How does this knowledge help mentoring?
- What kind of scaffolding does a mentor
need?
- blog

15. Thank you!
pirjo.kananen@gmail.com
www.slideshare.net
www.letopinnot.wordpress.com
Pirjo Kananen 2015