This technology thing ain't going back in the box Bogan Sandy Phillips Manager Victorian Education Channel Manager http://sandy4.globalteacher.org.au Victorian Education Channel www.education.vic.gov.au/teacher 8 Years of collecting teacher recommended online resources 21st Century education integrates technologies, engaging students in ways not previously possible, creating new learning and teaching possibilities, enhancing achievement and extending interactions with local and global communities. Contemporary Learning - Learning in an Online World MCEETYA 2005 Bringing this goal to life is a challenge for all teachers… “If technology is simply used to automate traditional models of teaching and learning, then it will have very little impact on schools” Seductive!! ... Stephen Heppell Professor Chris Dede Graduate School of Education George Mason University How do you recon we have done? Digital Divide Are some teachers contributing? Are their students missing out Do we really see the VALUE? Martyn Forrest “I have never seen a teacher who wasn’t trying to do their best by their students” Have we bought in? Darryl Fraser 12th March 2008 Do we see our professional role in teaching and learning Does that change when we use technology? “Email is for old people” – A student Kate Is the how of technology a barrier? The who, what, when, where and WHY • Level/ team planning - ICT in every topic/theme Expected as part of the curriculum • Technical support which may come from students / buddy teacher • Clear message for the teacher that they have an important place in the learning ICT in the why, what, when, where and who…. The how is where there is an issue. • ICT sessions target students for “how” OR students set task to identify and share how Let the kids do the how Govt schools- ePotential Beyond Wombats..... Working online Ultranet Seen this Copy & Paste????? People's Republic of China Population: 1.26 billion (1999) There are 56 ethnic groups and 91.96 per cent of the country's population are from the largest ethnic group, the Han people. Currency: (money) Renminbi (RMB) or people's money. The main unit is the yuan. There are about 5 yuan to the Australian dollar. Government: Communist state Head of state: Hu Jintao was elected President of the People's Republic of China on March 15, 2003. Read about him here http://english.people.com.cn/data/people/hujintao.shtml Go here the listen to the Chinese National Anthem Listen here Listen here National Day: 1 October Capital: Beijing Religions: Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism Official Language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin Borders: China has borders with the East China Sea, Korea Bay, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea between North Korea and Vietnam Climate: China is such a large country that there are great differences in climate from north to south and east to west. Area: 9,596,960 sq km. China is the third largest country after Canada and Russia. Some agricultural products: rice, wheat, potatoes, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish Some manufactured goods: machinery and equipment; motor cars, bicycles, textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods; fuels, chemicals. Use one of these online resources All on the Victorian Education Channel Interactives Digital Storytelling Film Free Programs Open ended applications Blogs, podcast, vodcast... Music Drumsteps Personal Learning Use a locally developed Webquest – Done for you by other Victorian Teachers Some examples Webquest of the Year SLAV / Education Channel Did the punishment fit the crime? Webquest created by Dianne Ruffles with Josie Belvedere Melbourne High School Oetzi the Iceman Alida Bonoto & Vince Antonetti Reservoir District Secondary College 10 Wonders of the World Frank Connell and Will Haines, Rochester, NY Victorian Webquests http://globalteacher.org.au http://globalstudent.org.au What What is is the different? same? Interdisciplinary Learning /ICT Discipline-based Learning Discipline-based Learning Technology Physical, Personal and Social Learning CSF vrs VELs What we use to do Groups / Individual “Surf the net” - Research Fact Finding Discussion Reporting back What we need to be doing VELs Activity Open Questions What had global impact? Why? Are any of these events connected? What criteria did you use used? Debate Transformative Thinking What would feature in a song/ rap from Australia? Could you sequence a book using this model? Tell a story … How would you plan it? Deliver it? Creative Thinking Maybe create one The song ends in 1982 what significant events would you feature in the iMOVIE/ PhotoStory? Finish Create Personal Learning / Reflection What events in your life have been significant? Photostory, imovie Offline No one we know!!!! .... Only in America!!! Marco Torres