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The Future is Blended (Learning)
The document discusses the significance of blended learning in enhancing classroom experiences and emphasizes the role of effective teaching and feedback in student learning. It highlights the need for teachers to adapt to new technologies and methodologies, encouraging digital engagement and higher-order thinking. The document also provides resources and suggestions for teachers to re-envision their roles and the work of students in a modern learning environment.
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- 1. T H EF U T U R E I S B L E N D E D W A R R I C K W Y N N E LINKS TO SOME RESOURCES W W W . D I I G O . C O M / L I S T / W A R R I C K W / O X F O R D _ 2 0 1 4
- 2. In this workshopthe focus will be on blended learning and approaches that extend and enhance the classroom experience. The latest research tells us what we have always felt: that good teaching is critical to student learning and that feedback to students is also critical. New technologies provide teachers with powerful tools to organise, collaborate and give feedback and to re-envision the classroom for the 21st century learner.
- 4. • theory: achange is comin’ (or has already arrived) • organising – just the start • collaborate – the heart of the matter • feedback – the most important thing • re-envision – what’s next
- 8. T H EO R Y
- 9. S I GN I F I C A N T T H I N G S … • Feedback – 1.13 • Direction Instruction / Instructional quality - .82 • Student disposition to learn - .61
- 10. Studies show thatmore effective teachers are the key to producing higher performing students. Conservative estimates suggest that students with highly effective teachers l earn twice as much as students with a less effective teacher Ben Jensen, Better teacher appraisal and feedback, Grattan Institute, 2012
- 12. W H IC H I S C L O S E S T T O Y O U R M E T A P H O R F O R T E A C H I N G ? • Coach • Guide on the side • Meddler in the middle • Authority figure • Sage on the stage • Mentor • Lecturer • Expert practitioner
- 17. S O ME O U T R A G E O U S P R O P O S I T I O N S • Every high school classroom should have an online presence that supports and enhances the business of the class • Teachers should make themselves digital natives with a toolkit of technology strategies they can employ to support the learning of their students. • It’s not about just engagement. It’s higher order than that.
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- 21. I U SE D T O T H I N K … B U T N O W I T H I N K … • How has your personal vision (metaphor) for teaching and the role of the teacher changed over your teaching journey?
- 29. • TAGS: • https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/hamlet •https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/ipad • Oxford Resources ( a list) • https://www.diigo.com/list/warrickw/Oxford_2014
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- 36. A shared docabut this presentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHfQN5 5IymYsG5YI3pSTZE0C05i_CyohBjonKvzWsiw /edit?usp=sharing A simple survey about this presentation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DLWW1wKL KWL9jEd7Zlqn1bzleYdIrZ6BvRWzamyVyEA/vi ewform
- 38. G I VE F E E D B A C K • back-channels • student surveys… • screencasting • blend with low-tech
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- 41. S C RE E N - C A S T I N G A S A T E A C H I N G A N D A S S E S S M E N T T O O L • Some possibilities: • JING (Free – 5 minutes max) • SnagIt ($50) • More here: https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/screencasting
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- 46. R O CK I N G I T O L D S C H O O L • Some analog approaches
- 49. Q U ES T I O N I N G • No hands-up • Wait-Time • Randomised questioning • Pose, Pause, Bounce, Pounce….
- 53. R E -E N V I S I O N • where to next? • re-envision our role • re-envision what student ‘work’ looks like
- 59. T H IN K I N G R O U T I N E S • THINK-PAIR-SHARE • Think about some of the approaches explored here. Are there some that you’re already taking up? Are there some you’d like to explore? • Share your ideas with the person next to you.
- 61. W A RR I C K W Y N N E Warrick Wynne is a teacher and writer with over twenty years experience teaching English, based in Melbourne. He is Director of Learning and Curriculum and teaches Literature at MLC, Melbourne. Learning Blog www.learningau.com twitter @warrick_w email warrick@gmail.com
- 62. L I NK S T O R E S O U R C E S A N D I D E A S F R O M T O D A Y W W W . D I I G O . C O M / L I S T / W A R R I C K W / O X F O R D _ 2 0 1 4 Google DOC https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHfQN55IymYsG5YI3pSTZE0C05i_CyohBjonKvzWsiw/edit?usp= sharing
Editor's Notes
- #3 A tool-box, not a strait-jacket.
- #4 We’re not there yet
- #5 Today’s session: a little theory, some useful tools
- #6 This year’s suite of tools for my class BLENDED, and that’s a class full of live people at the bottom (us in the class)
- #7 Students want these solutions too.
- #8 And find them
- #9 We’re getting clearer about what works
- #10 Not everything is in your control
- #12 What is teaching anyway?
- #14 The Flipped Classroom – circa 1995
- #15 2006. People reading in the airport lounge.
- #16 The investiture of the POPE
- #17 Everyone’s got their nose in their little devices these days
- #20 AITSL It’s required… Is AITSL dumped yet?
- #21 Thinking still matters: making thinking visible
- #24 Evernote as an organizational tool for teacher and students
- #25 Thinking routines and OneNote (or what about Evernote)
- #26 OneNote as an organisational tool for teacher and students
- #27 Schoology – haven’t got a decent LMS? Hope on one of these.
- #29 Diigo as a way of accessing resources
- #30 Organising, that moves towards collaboration! GO TO ONE OF THESE LINKS NOW
- #32 Padlet… Easy entry point; no log-in required..
- #33 Padlet
- #34 Padlet
- #35 Want to try it now? PADLET compass point routine
- #36 Google Drive Documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys.
- #40 Today’s Meet TRY IT NOW (plans some activities and PLAY time)
- #42 Screencasting
- #43 Free software by JING
- #48 Or BLEND with low-tech (Exit cards)
- #52 Mind-mapping, old school.
- #54 Re-envisioning
- #55 Replacing your lost folder is not re-envisioning
- #57 Re-envision what work we SET looks like Heidi Jacobs – re-boot your curriculum
- #58 Re-envision student student work – talking about new media, using new media….
- #60 Do 2-3 of these in the session Which of the ideas here you have already used? Which do you see you might take up in your classroom?