eConfidence & Connection
Inspiring and scaffolding our students
through eLearning
Rachel Boyd
Eastnet Cluster Expo, 16 July 2009

Rachel Boyd

7 years

Year 2 Classroom teacher

ICT & eLearning Leader

Nelson Central School

Nelson ICT Cluster - 3rd year

eLearning
Learning and teaching that is
facilitated and supported
through the smart use of
information and
communication technologies
Enabling the 21st Century Learner: An eLearning Action Plan for Schools
2006 - 2010

technology
as a tool

http://tinyurl.com/2w2r97

Technology will never replace
teachers.

However, teachers who know how to use
technology effectively to help their students
connect and collaborate together online
will replace those who do not.
-Sheryl Nussbaum Beach

Let me introduce my class...

Ahhh... this is better!

the technology
toolbox

Tools of the
trade...

resources
vs
resourcefulness

Class

The real value of blogs and wikis is
not the tool itself.
It’s what the tool enables.
- George Siemens, 2005

Purpose:
Share learning & experiences
http://room9nelsoncentral2009.blogspot.com

A window
into our
classroom for
parents/
caregivers as well
as Principal/
Senior Staff etc
and the
wider
community

Provides an
authentic
audience
for student writing:
an audience of
peers, parents/
caregivers and
relatives

global
audience

Feedback/feedforward and
meaningful comments to
students.

Blogs need to be a
communication device
for conversation,
not just a display space.
View your blog as a
conversation
with the world.
Jeff Utecht, 2007
[paraphrased from K12 Online presentation]

The Journey...

Putting
structures in
place so that even
6 year olds can be
eConfident

Room 9 Daily

Text Naming
computers

Visual help sheets

Classroom
Responsibilities

Email
monitors

Monitoring
blog
Hit
Counter

Harnessing the power of comments

Tracking &
celebrating
comments

Global
Visitors

Our elearning “Hub”
http://room9nelsoncentral.wikispaces.com/

Reading taskboard activity
Reading & Commenting
on Class Blogs

Reading/Maths
taskboard activity
Educational
Games
(delicious)

IWB Structure

C3B4ME

Class
“Experts”

Promote Student Ownership

e Class Newsletters

The 4 B’s
Be Prepared
Back up Plan
Buddy up
Break up session

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 tools are
like my personal
smorgasbord of
‘possibilities’
I make it my
business to know
and experiment
personally with
ones I feel can
benefit learning

http://
www.flickr.com/
photos/ehsasnz/
3462472546/in/
set-721576055683
27473/

Schools should
explore not only how
ICT can supplement
traditional ways of
teaching, but also how
it can open up
new and different
ways of
learning
-NZC pg 36

Possibilities for connection
Blog buddies

Possibilities for connection
Connected Classrooms
via Skype

Possibilities for connection
Start your own TV station

http://2009meadowbankroom23.blogspot.com/

Purpose
know what you
want students to
achieve or
accomplish

Scaffold
the learning using
ICTs - just like we do
naturally in our
classrooms

Build on
learning
not stand-alone
topics or
activities based
on skills etc.
Base everything on your current classroom
learning topics/programmes.

Break teaching
& instruction into
manageable
chunks

Resist the urge to
teach
programmes,
skills etc.
‘just in
case’

Teach skills
in
authentic
contexts

Technology
Use

Dabbling
with technology

Old things in Old Ways

Old things
in New Ways

New
things in
New
Ways

Never before have many of these
opportunities been available

Give your
teaching practice
a shake up

How are you
connecting your
classroom to the
world?

“If we teach today as we taught
yesterday, we rob our children of
tomorrow
-John Dewey
Image from: www.neverg.co.uk

Finally...
Use your electricity
for more than
light
-Sears Catalogue, Spring, 1917

Thanks! Feel free to email
me if you have any
questions or queries.
rachelboyd@xtra.co.nz
http://rachelboyd.wikispaces.com
http://nelsoncentral.wikispaces.com

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