Sharing Our Wonderings - Using Padlet

Padlet was formerly known as Wall Wisher. A wonderful tool to facilitate and share discussion, images, videos and links. It's just like online paper where everyone can share. To add your wonderings just click on the screen or access the Padlet using the QR Code.

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Mobilize

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What do you think about Padlet? Would you use it? How would you like to use it? Please share on this blog by adding a comment.

Cybercitizenship

The Big Picture - a snapshot of the world that our students are already engaging in.




 The Implications - essential information literacy for the 21st Century?



Our Reality Student Survey 2013

Our Action St Peter's Cybercitizenship Policy and Action Plan 2013

Our Learning & Teaching - share your views or questions here 

Future Directions - Becoming an eSmart School

This video documents a Year 5 Inquiry Unit 'Rip Rip Woodchip'
The Focus of this Inquiry was to allow students to explore Co-Existence through the use of an online world - Minecraft and to communicate via an online space - Edmodo
Learning Goals
Students were required to :
Create an Environmentally friendly home
Coexist with creatures who inhabit the Minecraft World
Preserve the natural flora and fauna of this world.

Teaching Goals
Improve Teacher Capacity to use explicit teaching & individualize learning
The use of an online learning and teaching Management system eg Edmodo to maximise learning and teaching from Minecraft - links to Fullan areas of "Pedagogy matching technology" and the "Learning -- instruction assessment nexus".
Catholic Education Office Melbourne - Contemporary Learning Schema - Minecraft and to communicate via an online space - Edmodo)

Communication or Collaboration?

Do we know the difference?
What are the implications for leadership?
Where, When and How could collaboration make a difference?

How Contemporary is our Learning and Teaching?

Click on Schema for a larger interactive view. C Number required

Session 1:  Reviewing our Planning and Procedures

Goal  - to continue to support teachers in developing a shared understandings of contemporary literacies in order to promote student voice and learning confidence.


Evidence Contemporary Learning Walk 29 October 2012
Links: Annual Action Plan

Staff to bring in planners ( literacy, Numeracy and Inquiry) to identify what they are going to put into place re schema and what is going to built into their planner and what support is needed. Evidence of engagement of work up to date.

Protocol: Ensure a shared vision and sense of responsibility
Organisational: Sit in Year Levels. TA and Specialists to select level

Activity

Reflect and discuss - Where is evidence of Contemporary Learning ( at a planning level)? 
Connect with Traffic Lights Planner. Discuss What's working well (10 min)








Share Time 

Learning & Teaching - Year 5 team Inquiry Minecraft and Edmodo Project 
(5 min)
Identify elements of the schema that is evident in the Year 5 example

Planning - Prep team to share planning procedure using a wiki space (5 min)
Identify possibilities for your team.

Online Spaces - Selected teachers to talk about their own 'Classroom Online Space'
How are students connecting to your own Educational Online Space/s


Future Planning & Action

Learning Walks  for 2013. Focus of walks - (5 min)
Planning Support Sessions

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IPad  planning for possibilities

12 iPads available for classroom use.

When suggesting an app - Email

Name of App / educational purpose for your class?

All Staff to note and follow procedures for:

• Booking
• Care
• Appropriate use of iPads - Linking to schema

A Timely Reminder

Our students access this world. Is our Learning and teaching aligned with this world?

Welcome 

Welcome to my Web 2.0 Learning Journey

This blog aims to provide an online space for reflection and sharing aspects of Web 2.0, the Read Write Web in relation to Learning and Teaching.
Please feel free to contribute your questions and comments.