1. effective e-Learning
How to get started integrating technology
with teaching and learning
Karen Melhuish Spencer
@virtuallykaren
Blog: At the Virtual Chalkface
3. Using tech
for
teaching.....
Which
blobby
person are
you and
why?
Source: http://www.threadless.com/
submission/353487/Blobby_men/
showmore,designs by Dewils
4. What do you notice?
Image: Copyright 1995-2002 The Denver Public Library, the Colorado Historical
Society, or the Denver Art Museum; http://www.uwec.edu/foundation/
5. Today’s journey....
• Why e-learning?
• What is e-learning?
• How we might implement e-learning?
• What might success look like?
Image: Some rights reserved by Dopamind
6. Can you help Sam?
Why did it happen?
Image: mommyknows; ‘Worried Man Working On Laptop’ by David Castillo Dominici &
FreeDigitalPhotos.net
7. why e-learning?
What if ....schools do not strategically integrate digital
technologies?
Source: alubavin
8. what’s the point?
Civic engagement
Opportunity to
participate &
collaborate
Digital citizens
New pathways to
Access
new knowledge
Inclusion
Engagement through
prior knowledge
Equity
Source: wakingphotolife
9. what’s the point?
Civic engagement
Opportunity to
participate &
collaborate
Digital citizens
New pathways to
Access
new knowledge
Inclusion
Engagement through
prior knowledge
Equity
Source: wakingphotolife
10. Art, 2012
‘Watch the world’ - Robbie Dingo | ‘Starry Night over the Rhone - Van Gogh
11. Art, 2012
‘Watch the world’ - Robbie Dingo | ‘Starry Night over the Rhone - Van Gogh
12. what is e-learning?
“...learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through the
appropriate use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). “
14. e me r gi ng
✓ finding out
✓ planning
✓ investigating
✓ teacher-directed
✓ ICT as add-on
Image: DavidDMuir
15. e nga gi ng
✓ trialing
✓ establishing
✓ increased focus on
learning
✓ growing awareness and
use
Image: Christy Tvarok Green
16. e x t e nd i ng
✓ aligned & strategic
✓ integrated
✓ focus on learning
✓ authentic use
✓ shared roles
✓ whole community
Image: Mark Pinder for the Guardian
17. e mp o we r i ng
✓ sustained
✓ ubiquitous
✓ 24/7
✓ higher-order
✓ community driven
✓ networked & blended
Image: chesbayprogram
18. How do you ‘cook’ the
learning?
Images by Stuart Miles, piyato
and savit keawtavee
of freedigitalphotos.net
20. e-l e arn i n g in t he cla ssro o m
WHAT we learn
learning areas
Appropriate Content& authentic
ICT choice higher-order
enabling
content &
pedagogy
in
Technology& Pedagogy&
new ways HOW
we learn
collaborative,
akō,
co-constructed
driven by students’ needs
21. How a re th e f o u r elements working here?
Using Storybird to improve literacy
22. How a re th e f o u r elements working here?
Using Storybird to improve literacy
23. How a re th e f o u r elements working here?
Mihis at Melville Image: by luc legay
24. How a re th e f o u r elements working here?
Mihis at Melville Image: by luc legay
25. How a re th e f o u r elements working here?
Mihis at Melville Image: by luc legay
26. Term 4 trial | Design the experience
• http://bit.ly/term4trial
Image by "The Solar Butterfly" by njaj | freedigitalphotos.net
27. What would success look like?
Image: mommyknows; ‘Worried Man Working On Laptop’ by David Castillo Dominici &
FreeDigitalPhotos.net
28. What is ‘success’...and how do you
know?
Pedagogy:
• Engaged & motivated - prior knowledge
& culture
• Collaborative, connected & actively
participating
Content:
• Shifts in skills and understanding
Fraser High:
• Scaffolded and differentiated pathways
• Creative ways to make & create meaning
31. 7 top tips
• Don’t try to keep up
• Do play
• Do trial - deliberately
inquire
• Focus on students’ needs
• Review impact of what you do
• Connect to others >
www.elearning.tki.org
• ..........what would you add?
It’s not about the tech, it’s about design\n\n\n
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\n\nScience teacher > science of homemade shampoos, environmental focus BUT also wanted them to do blogging.\nHe told them to research the impact of domestic products and post results on a blog that he set up.\nKids didn’t engage, didn’t blog, got bored...\n\nDiscuss\n> why did it happen\n> how do you know what’s ‘right’? As a leader what are you looking for?\n\n\n
2.55 discussion\n
Why are we trying to lift e-capability for our students? Link to vision? And if we don’t?\n\nimage http://www.flickr.com/photos/missmoon/8865857/\n
What gets you excited?\nVan Gogh with Robbie Dingo http://a15.video4.blip.tv/1890001373567/RobbieDingo-WatchTheWorlds851.mov\n\n> new way of creating\n> mash up of music/tech/image/technique\n> new artistic ideas\n
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Think of the last time you used technology in your classroom..... Planning a meal:\n> tried and true?\n>A chance to experiment?\n>Gust, food, needs...\n\n
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In groups of 4 > needs / content/ pedagogy / technology\n
In groups of 4 > needs / content/ pedagogy / technology\n
In groups of 4 > needs / content/ pedagogy / technology\n
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\n\nScience teacher > science of homemade shampoos, environmental focus BUT also wanted them to do blogging.\nHe told them to research the impact of domestic products and post results on a blog that he set up.\nKids didn’t engage, didn’t blog, got bored...\n\nDiscuss\n> why did it happen\n> how do you know what’s ‘right’? As a leader what are you looking for?\n\n\n
Success is whatever is important to your school and its values\n\nGenerated from ICT PD - how would you confirm that this was the case for our teacher?\n\n