Creating Time and Capacity to Lead Teaching and Learning www.olliebray.com Ollie Bray Musselburgh Grammar School East Lothian Council

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Five Questions

Question One Where do you work? Early Years Primary Secondary Local Authority Other

Early Years

Primary

Secondary

Local Authority

Other

Question Two What do you do? SMT PT Classroom Teacher Support Staff I wish I new?

SMT

PT

Classroom Teacher

Support Staff

I wish I new?

Question Three Social Bookmarking Yes – and used Yes – but not used No

Yes – and used

Yes – but not used

No

Question Four Google Alerts Yes – and used Yes – but not used No

Yes – and used

Yes – but not used

No

Question Five How digitally literate are you? 1. (very Literate) – 5. (what's he talking about?)

Bonus Question

Bonus Question What do you want to learn?

Leading Teaching and Learning Give 100% to every opportunity Know your school, departments and children. Be in a position where you can suggest one thing to most of your staff. Use the high tech and low tech approach to save time and get things done.

Give 100% to every opportunity

Know your school, departments and children.

Be in a position where you can suggest one thing to most of your staff.

Use the high tech and low tech approach to save time and get things done.

100%

Teach small units of work

Know your school Block off time Competition Team Teach Speak to the Children

Understanding how children learn

The 21 st Century Student (H Birchwood)

Children are not the same as they used to be Access to unlimited knowledge Vs Emotional literacy and social immaturity

We must start to understand that being on-line is just being in another ‘real’ place

How do you make suggestions?

Small Ideas Change Things

High Tech and Low Tech Vs

Allen, David (2001) ISBN 0-14-200028-0

The Altitude Analogy (1) ‘ As you get higher – you can see the bigger picture’

The Altitude Analogy (2) Current actions Current projects Areas of responsibility Yearly goals 5 year vision Life goals

Current actions

Current projects

Areas of responsibility

Yearly goals

5 year vision

Life goals

The workflow process Collect Process Organise Review Do

Collect

Process

Organise

Review

Do

Collect

Process Start at the top Deal with one item at a time Never put anything back into 'in‘ If an item requires action: Do it (if it takes less than two minutes), OR Delegate it, OR Defer it. If an item does not require action: File it for reference, OR Throw it away, OR Incubate it for possible action later.

Start at the top

Deal with one item at a time

Never put anything back into 'in‘

If an item requires action:

Do it (if it takes less than two minutes), OR

Delegate it, OR

Defer it.

If an item does not require action:

File it for reference, OR

Throw it away, OR

Incubate it for possible action later.

Organise Next actions Projects Waiting for Some day / maybe

Next actions

Projects

Waiting for

Some day / maybe

Review Daily Weekly Review

Daily

Weekly Review

Do The whole system is pointless unless you actually complete tasks.

The whole system is pointless unless you actually complete tasks.

Be Careful

Creating Time and Capacity to Lead Teaching and Learning www.olliebray.com Ollie Bray Musselburgh Grammar School East Lothian Council Relies on 21st Century Connected (Head?) Teachers

How do you connect?

My Professional Learning Network del.icio.us

Time Saving Technology Tips

Health Warning (You do not need to be an ICT Guru)

Use the "advanced search" function

http:// www.quintura.com /

www.scholar.google.com

www.news.google.com

New Tools for Teaching – Leading - Connecting

del.icio.us

Searching the Future Internet?

Walking to the shop vs The Paperboy

Social Bookmarking del.icio.us

Nomadic Learning?

Grazing on Information

‘ Good Teachers’ use ‘Good Tools’ Derek Robertson

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