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Ulearn 2019: Building an Innovation nation - it's easier than you think

Sally-AnnWilliams @sallyannw Cicada Innovations Deep Tech - impacting industries, creating new markets, supporting people 3 Principles of Innovation: Good ideas can come from anywhere

Ulearn 2019: Leading eLearning

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@nathanmwalsh ( https://hagleyschool-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/nathan_walsh_staff_hagley_school_nz/EZ_Xv96RN9xPtm6s3rSS_K0BEznsL5EsDLlp7Ur3BInJtg?rtime=jT2yo8lN10g ) Present - Future of technology Align to the strategic direction of your school. Do they align to enable eLearning Conduct a stocktake - eLearning planning framework Lead with best-practice teaching and learning - ask teachers to think differently - what IS teaching and learning? What do we want my students to learn (using padlet)? How do we want students to learn? What tools can I use to help my students to learn? Effective PLD (refer to BES )  Use existing resources  Teachers have the greatest impact - naku to rourou, nau to rourou, ka ora ai te wiw - with your basket and my basket the people will live = support for the teachers Work closely with ICT - technology needs to work well Research based practice 

Ulearn 2019: Leading from the back - Digital Technologies and designing loacl curriculum

Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gJrEOlfWriSTnwdySq2HcQXq7vuWmSow/edit#slide=id.p2 Shared research about the future of the job market, internationally from the World Economic Forum: weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/employment-trends specialisation / knowledge-based Digital fluency is a front-end curriculum component - sitting with the comptencies - being able to apply across all areas - with different capabilities running through Digital Technologies - is about the technology design process (may use digital fluency to work through the learning) - just a part of what students do Analogy - Just as soccer skills is not the be-all and end-all of PE Highly Agentic, self-driven Discussed Technology / Science / Social Sciences - and the key aspects of each. Looked at the Technology Learning Area Explored Digital Technologies Curriculum Curriculum Review Commitment that schools will have looked at how Technology (and particularly digital technologies)

Ulearn 2019: Student Agency through inquiry: 'Can you kick it? Yes you can!

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Nathan Crocker Racheal London Wellbeing and student behaviour would improve if we change the way we do things Spaces for all: Chill spaces Emp-up a little Mood meter: https://nz.educationhq.com/news/58597/mood-meter-proving-superb/   Teachers plan stations collaboratively - one teacher with targeted groups, the other teacher supporting the children at the stations - coaching through deep questioning Tips: Create a narrative to guide inquiry Be flexible Let the students guide the inquiry let go of control be comfortable being uncomfortable guide them to the answers get really good at asking questions collect student-voice / feedback Questions for the teachers: Now: Applying Regio Emilia Approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwpLarbUD8   Visited Melbourne Regio Emilia approach -  https://www.sjfootscray.catholic.edu.au/ https://www.phps.vic.edu.au/ Library a fluid space - used for research when needed 'WE CARE' -

Ulearn 2019: iPad - Realising the true potential of the iPad, innovative uses

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Stuart Hale - Ormiston Junior College -  https://vln.school.nz/profile/Stuart.Hale email Stuart for hyperlinked pdfs: stuartnz@mac.com  Stuart Hale will donate a day of his time for free to help (pay travel to and from Wellington) "Innovation is not tweaks - take a giant step into the 21st century as it is now 1/5 over" (teachers on Californian tours) Monte vista - choir practice Teachers are pushing out technology that they wouldn't use themselves - why? "The moment of discovery - 1995"  (video) No desks required - no restrictions to learning All too often we give children limited tools (eg Google doc) - we need to give them as many tools as they need to empower their learning. (Give Michael Angelo a chisel, we would get a David - give him a paint brush - we will get the  IMportance of the camera App as the most important of all.  pixelpaint.co.nz  Trademe - magnifier loupe - mount with bluetac over the lens:

Ulearn 2019: For Equity's Sake, redesign your curriculum

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Barbara Cavanagh, Huntly College (one of the first schools in Te Kotahitanga) Disrupt Teacher every child with the same level of belief, and intensity To change students' lives For equity's sake - who benefits and who doesn't? What is the purpose of school? Huntly - to give all our students dignity, purpose and options

Ulearn 2019: Dominic Liechti Whakatōhenehene - Disruption

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How do we empower our learners today, and prepare them for tomorrow? bit.ly/DominicLiechti Dominic Liechti Dominic Liechti develops worldwide education strategy at Apple. Before joining Apple he had a direct role in the vision, design, and launch of innovative education products while managing corporate and business strategy for public schools, international schools and startups. Most recently he was executive director and president of the Khan Lab School, which has been recognised for academic excellence, innovations, stewardship and personalisation in learning. Liechti grew up in Switzerland and holds a teaching credential from the College of Education in Bern, a master’s in education management from the Zurich University of Teacher Education and an MBA from IMD Business School in Lausanne. Using ipads to connect, personalise, create, collaborate Are we making the best use of our ipads for our senior learners? App creation particularly. Access to high quality content an

Ulearn 2019: Enabling Flexible Learning Environments

Jacque Allen and Del Costello (Cognition) Good teaching doesn't change, regardless of the space E raka te Mauī, e raka te katau - A community can use all the skills of its people. How can flexible learning environments work effectively for learners and teachers? Teaching designed around student needs to enable learner agency dialogue-based teaching (high student interaction, flexibility, many people involved in a range of tasks,  Looks like modern workspaces  Pedagogy, practice, and environment Curriculum design and implementation - Collaborative teaching - learner agency and authentic learning (and learning with digital technologies - flexible learning spaces) What works well for the learners in front of us? What does reading, writing, maths look like in this space? Learner Agency - continuum (flexible - can move from one end to the other) Supported learner - teacher-guided, learning deiciosn made with you to ensure you are on the right path. When something is