Presentation slides I delivered to my new colleagues at St Scholastica's Glebe.

1. eLearning in 2013
Matthew Esterman, January 2013

2. “To make the best of
ourselves…
…and of each other, we urgently need to
embrace a richer conception of human
capacity.” Sir Ken Robinson, The Element: How finding your
passion changes everything
“As is our confidence, so
is our capacity.”
William Hazlitt
A journey of a thousand miles must
start with a single step
Lao Tzu

3. What is eLearning?
eLearning is a pedagogical framework
by which teaching and learning is
supported, enhanced and enlivened by
the use of digital technologies to
achieve innovation in learning.

4. English students record each
Some prime other speaking, then upload
video to virtual classroom as
examples of
audio study notes
eLearning
Students listen to podcast
relating to the topic and
participate in online discussion
Class debate with overseas expert in
the field via Skype
Students trace the travels of a
person or character through
Google Maps or Google Earth

5. Our overall aims…
…a broad
professional ICT
learning
program for
staff…
(College Annual
Improvement Plan
2013, Priority Area 1)

6. Technology is the vehicle,
you are the driver…
“ICT[s]…have the potential
to enhance both teaching
and learning and it is for
the teacher to decide if,
when and how this can be
done.”
Bate, F., “A bridge too far? Explaining beginning
teachers’ use of ICT in Australian schools”, Australasian
Journal of Educational Technology, 2010, 26(7), p.1043

7. Where do we fit?
We draw upon:
We are each…
1. Strategic •Strategic Plan
•Whole-school vision
goals •Community
•Collective wisdom
•KLA specific goals
2. Team goals •Teaching programs/projects
•Good Samaritan Teaching and
Learning
3. Personal •Individual learning goals and
development
goals
•Preferences and abilities
•Classes for the year

8. What can you do?
Establish an individual ICT professional learning plan
 Meet with me in Term 1
Informal PD/
 Set SMART goals conversations
 Gather resources
 Experiment Peer Professional Networks
Coaching Learning
 Reflect
 Share
Team- Formal
 Grow based PD/Conference
training
A broad range of PD

9. Possible individual goals
 Communicate more effectively using
email (attaching files, including links)
 Have students submit work online for an
assessment task & give feedback online
 Ask students to complete a reflection of a
task and submit online
…..
 ‘Flip’ your classroom for one teaching unit
 Connect with a teacher/class in your
subject area from another state or country
“the strong have something to strive
for and the weak nothing to run from”
Rule of Benedict 64:9

10. I’m here to help you
achieve your goals as:
 Sounding board
 Researcher
 Observer
 Peer Coach
 Colleague
 Team teaching buddy
 Support

11. 10 minute
survey

12. Tip of the day:
Google searching for resources
 When using Google to
search for resources, try
adding the following
phrases in the search bar to
find more specific files:
 “filetype:doc” to find any
word documents
 “filetype:pdf” to find any
PDF documents
 “filetype:ppt” to find any
PowerPoint presentations
Other options:
Filetype:docx
Filetype:pptx All these links open as Word documents!

13. I don’t know what is possible...
…let’s find out, together.

14. TED TALK BY SUGATA MITRA
“If children have interest, then
education happens.”
Arthur C. Clarke