#ulearn12: Punch above your weight | spotlight

Spotlight Punch above your weight Make virtual professional learning work for youKaren Melhuish Spencer@virtuallykarenBlog: At the Virtual Chalkface

knowledge is in the network Image: by luc legay

Q: What would have happened in your school? Image: JacquiTnature

nationwide, shared story of our practice Image: furiousgeorge81

shared articulation of ade-privatised professional practice Karen Melhuish Spencer

today’s journey• Big trends: Enablers and ampliﬁers in technology and learning• Your learning: Why you can extend with a blend• How you might get started

education as a human right Image by venkylux; OLPC

Part 1: What’s trending?enablers & ampliﬁers Source: gapingvoid.com

Trend 1: mobile & tablets Images by alexnaderhiggins.com; guardian.co.uk; atlantic.com; OLPC on wikipedia; naterkane.com

Trend 2: social web

who’s in control? Images by time.com

Virtual response during #eqnz 12

system-wide network 13

creation as curation http://www.ﬂickr.com/groups/maniacs_paper/pool/

Trend 3: connectivity & clouds

the promise of ultra-fast broadband....Fibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

the promise of ultra-fast broadband.... Speed...reliability....volumeFibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

the promise of ultra-fast broadband....Services: LMS, emails, video conferencing, storage... Speed...reliability....volume Fibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

the promise of ultra-fast broadband.... Appropriate choice for teaching and learningServices: LMS, emails, video conferencing, storage... Speed...reliability....volume Fibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

the promise of ultra-fast broadband....Personalised learning: e-portfolios, collaboration, ﬂexibility Appropriate choice for teaching and learning Services: LMS, emails, video conferencing, storage... Speed...reliability....volume Fibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

the promise of ultra-fast broadband.... VISION: Connected, capable, lifelong learnersPersonalised learning: e-portfolios, collaboration, ﬂexibility Appropriate choice for teaching and learning Services: LMS, emails, video conferencing, storage... Speed...reliability....volume Fibre to the gate...wireless...switches..routers

R e f l e c ti o n o n t he big t rend sQ: To what extent are mobile technologies, social media andultra-fast broadband being used as part of professional learningin YOUR school?

Future-oriented learning“… how are the signals [the NZC] gives being interpreted byteachers, school leaders and other education stakeholders? Is thenew curriculum transforming how we “do” schooling? Is itchanging the sector’s “ways of thinking”?Or has the old jargon simplybeen replaced by newjargon, leaving the old waysof thinking intact?” (p. 5) ‘Swimming out of our depth?: NZCER (2012); Image: balajijegan

Future-oriented learning teach for de-silo diversity, equity, inclusion personalise sustainlearn to learn co-construct

Part 2: Blend to extend over time....across place...across people Image: rafal.postcrossing

Q. What does PD look like for you? Images: digizen; nonperturbative; culpﬁction

driving your own learning Image:Boudewijn Berends

design for all Image: ZeRo`SKiLL

e-Learning Planning Framework

new models for PD?• critical reflective inquiry• inclusive; multi-modal• flexible in time/place•collaborative• de-siloed: multiple perspectives•sustained Image: florriebassingbourn

Q. Could there be a new PD model for your school? Identify an opportunity - and a challenge.

not on the plate - it is the plate slow deliberate objective reﬂective critique?

choose a purposeful path Image: IntelGuy

Q. What’s your plate?

Part 3: Get started • Project yourself beyond school - de-silo • Connect to useful networks - ﬂexible, personalised, & collaborative • Accept/reject - be a discriminating digital citizen • Collect & curate - select, contribute, sustain • Reﬂect - on your inquiry inquire...over time....across place...across people

netvibes: virtually learning http://www.netvibes.com/virtuallylearning Image: Velo Steve

step 1: project Image: arjen toet - ﬂickr

De-silo in school and beyond

step 2: connect to personalise Image: gfpeck - ﬂickr

Virtual Learning Network (VLN) 37

Online communities www.vln.school.nz

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Fast response | A teacher’s tale …and the discussion is there for others to • add to • learn from and • share in their own networks… Karen Melhuish Spencer

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Connected to your PLN blogs. e-portfolios. social web. Image: cbucky

blogs. communities. social media. Image: The Daring Librarian

Step 3: accept (reject)

ﬁlter-feeding. strategic search. Image: verbeeldingskr8 - ﬂickr 45

P e r s o n a l i s e t h e s t r e a m | RSS 46

#edchat 47

Groups and lists 48

Step 4: collect & curate

scoop.it

pin it

blog it

step 5: reflect Karen Melhuish Spencer

e-Portfolios for all

Image: Nick Rate

not more, just different Q. Where is the opportunity for professional learning that is:★ self-directed,★ connected,★ curated★ shared ....in your school?

3 - 2 - 1 - out Share...• 3 ideas• 2 next steps with...• 1 person Karen Melhuish Spencer / @virtuallykaren e-Learning Consultant

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