Changing Classrooms Globally

Changing Classrooms Globally professional blog: http://xpatasia.edublogs.org presentation resources: https://lsa.wikispaces.com/ presented by: Paul McMahon

Constantly looking for

Learning Preferences

Children were presented with another list and asked which three were their preferred ways to learn. Similar to previous years’ survey findings, the favourite option is learning in groups (55%), followed by doing practical things (39%), learning with friends (35%) and by using computers (31%).

Far too much of this

Lead me back to this

What is the Purpose of Education?

increasingly digital

Is Technology just one item in the Toolbox?

Too many choices for Teacher PD

Need a bit more than the celebrity chef meal

Now things changed!

bloom’s revised taxonomy Remember Understand Apply Evaluate Create

Rethinking Assessment

Going back is hard!

It may not be all about the Marks!

Learning Sources

When asked to choose the three people that help them learn the most, a majority of schoolchildren opt for their parents: over three in five choose their mother (62%) and half say their father is one of the most helpful people (50%). Despite the fact that most structured learning tends to happen at school, less than half of children think their teachers help them learn the most (44%). Other commonly-cited sources include friends, siblings and grandparents.

He is Lucky!

validating sources of online information cybercitizenship being secure online managing online profile using social networks Etc. effective search strategies using social bookmarking

technology embedded

Maybe the same endpoint Via a different journey

using technology successfully in the classroom is a mindset not a skill-set

what’s the next step for you?