Session 1 (via Skype) Sustainable Development Goals - Koen Timmers
Top 10
global teacher prize
Looking
for things across cultures that make us all the same
Formal
education focuses too much on knowledge
Lack of
interaction. Need soft skills
Longer
you go to school, the less creativity
"Teaching
is neither necessary nor sufficient to produce learning" Jean Lave
Don't
need a teacher to learn, we can learn by doing
Every
child in UK gets a micro:bit
Students
learn from each other. Collaborative learning important
Flipped
learning by making tutorials and screen cast
Different
ages, topics and schools have different needs
"A
teacher is a pedagogical engineer who needs to apply the best learning approach
to a specific situation."
Climate
change and refugees. People getting fed up reading about these.
Kakuma
refugee camp in Kenya
Skype
lessons. Sent his own laptop to the camp and raised money and got solar panels
and more laptops.
Free
education by digital means. Not just subjects but connecting them with the
opportunity to talk about culture, sport.
So much
harder to send own laptop to camp than finding educators to do it for free.
SDGs
while in India. Made by UN to make the world a better place.
Launched
global education project
#teachsdgs
- follow this
Create
one video each week that was published each week, then learnt from other
children. Used Skype.
Trips,
got parents to change at home too
Project
based, they choose what they were to learn that day.
Even
without devices they could do. Made songs, danced.
More
engaged when created own content
Real life
learning
Learn
global issues from students living in those areas
Technology
enhanced learning
Meaningful
data
Use green
screen to put them in new situations
VR units
for same thing, google cardboard
Lego can
be used to make stop motion videos
Lifeliqe
holo lens free app offers 3d models
Malawi
- grow plants with 90% less water
project
Meal
worms can eat plastic
They
learn a lot from each country when watching the videos
Minecraft in conjunction with free Windows virtual reality app
50
different countries collaborated on eco friendly world climate action project
Students
need to move from learning to taking action.
Create
mural
Need
educators to take part
Sdg
projects - Teachers
need to exchange ideas
New exciting Innovation coming up that we can't say
yet - but won't be far away - we got told and it's really exciting!!!
What can
we do for change?
Join
http://www.innovationlabs.com/ to get involved in new curriculum
Join
project Kakuma
Make own
project
More
about shifting approach of learning. Focus on learning not on teaching.
Session 2 - Social Media for Educators - Pip Cleaves
Got to be
careful online - some real blunders by others - check #hasjustinelandedyet
More than
50%of us use Social Media for teaching
Facebook,
YouTube, Blogging, Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Trip Advisor, Yelp,
Snapchat, Tinder, Pinterest
30% use
it to communicate with students
Defines
who you are online. What is your brand? How am I going to appear online?
Highlight
your expertise.
Make a
nice header
Increases
your credibility
Creates a
more rounded image of you
Gives you
another way to build relationships
Who are
you?
How do
you want to be perceived?
How will
you leverage your expertise to build your reputation?
What are
you going to talk about focus on content and conversation that adds value
Why are
you participating in social media? What goals are you trying to achieve?
Where
will you participate? Which networks?
How will
you use Social Media to shape your brand?
@cpaterso
Cameron - has twitter
account for yr 9 history class
Posing
questions to the world
Don't use
it to vent
If your grandmother doesn't want to see it, it is probably not best to have it there.
LinkedIn current photo, areas of expertise.
If you are just getting started: read,
like, retweet without comment, then with comment, then chat
Internal Yammer Set up profile within that space first
Newspaper
Test - How would I feel if this ended up on the front page of the newspaper?
Whenever
she friends someone on fb, check privacy settings and check after updates
Where to
go to find good stuff?
Twitter
chats
Medium,
can follow topics, write blogs on phone
Feedly
Pinterest
Primarystemchat
Tweet
meet for #MSFTEduchat18 July about flip grid
Once in a
hash tag you can get more sites to look at
Pinterest
Stemsharensw
Steph
Westwood
Tweetdeck
Tools for
keeping info you get:
One Note
Pinterest
OneDrive - can save
links
Twitter Bookmarks
Pip then challenged
us to turn ideas into action, by sharing, tweeting and following others.
There were then a range of sessions that we could choose from that were presented by MIE Experts form around the country and overseas. These are the ones I chose:
MIE Session 1 - Virtual Chemistry - Dr Michael Harvey
Realism -
new app coming
Gamified
3d science education platform
Wanted a
NZ voice and now have 4alpha testers
Working on how to
fit the app into the nz curriculum
Can't
afford these things so have a virtual lab
Rocket
lab, chemistry and can construct solid fuel rockets
Chem 2.1
and internal
Solution labs
Combining
chemicals, more yr 9 and 10
Can see
effects in real time
Titration lab
Access to
acid and base solutions
Useful to
do before a physical titration at school
Alkali
metal simulation
Calorimetry lab
Visualisation
Classic
Styrofoam cup
Once it
is completed, is it for purchase? Not sure how it will roll out.
Can jump
on board as beta testing
Minecraft
could do some of that at middle school level.
Future
would be fireworks lab with exciting electrons of various metals
2
sections, chemistry and rockets
Doing it
theoretically in the computer first before doing in the lab.
Gamified
with levels and questions, could do as a flipped classroom
Can see
student scores in questions
Front end
loaded with some content
Set a
goal for the experiment and have a learning objective
We
launched a rocket which was fun
MIE session 2 - Digital Tech - Carmen Kenton
Digital
part of the nz curriculum that was reviewed.
Start off
2020
Focus now
on teacher competence. 18 months to get our heads around the new digital
curriculum
Differences
between Hangarau matihiko and Digital technologies within the nz curriculum
Not the
same
Exercise
to do:
Carmen gave us a two sided paper. One side process outcomes for computational thinking, other side
designing and developing digital outcomes
Which
curriculum learning areas does the activity support?
Which
progress outcomes best fits the activity?
Collecting
pollen
Dance
moves
Scavenger
hunt
Kapa haka
website
All from
technology online website
She gave us lots of links to the Digital Tech curriculum
I presented a session on Learning at Haeata (and got an wonderful MIE backpack for doing it), then went to the last presenter session of the day.
MIE session 4 - Digital devices improving pedagogy and student writing performance - Ryan Higgins
Digital
devices improving pedagogy and student writing performance
Using one
note 2016 changing soon to online version
Little
things working well
Modelling
books, doing this digitally so people can keep using
Data is
huge for change
Pd with
external advisors - good to get another voice
Brainstorming
ideas - ideas they are trialling in a one note
Broken
down into : Use of
tech. Engaging
with pd. Teaching
as inquiry. Modelling. Moderation. Home
/school partnership
Inquiry
ideas : Exemplars, Tech, Scaffolding
vs writing, Analysis, Discussing
ideas,Assessment
Using
SOLO taxonomy
Knew
where they were at before report came out
Used TKI exemplars for writing and students didn't like it so came up with they own.
Best form
of exemplars come from students
One note
notebook, Cloud
storage and linked into teams
IPads
used qr code for link on one drive
Making
everything a sustainable system
Collaborative Project
The afternoon was given to working together on a Collaborative Project. They put us into groups of 3-4 and gave us this task:
Design a learning activity that:
- uses a single component of the ‘Computational Thinking Model’
- applies this component to one ‘Sustainable Development Goal’
- produce a learning activity using the template in your Collaborative OneNote.
- Record a 90 sec video describing your learning activity idea.
Our group used the following:
Computational Thinking and Sustainable Development Focus Area
Computational Thinking Component: Decomposition
Sustainable Development Goal: Biodiversity
Specific Sustainable Development Specific Goal
Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna (animals) and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products
We designed some activities and shared these with the group, including a very entertaining Flipgrid video!
It was a fantastic weekend. I came away with some great ideas and a lot more knowledge especially around Computational Thinking and the Sustainability Development Goals.
