Connect with Tech: Engaging staff in professional learning for learning technology

Connect with Tech: Engaging your staff with learning technology

Leading a Digital School - August 2017

There are always exceptions!!

Glenn McMahonPrincipal

@mackas_ict

School background

6Steps

Develop your cultureClear expectationsMake it personalConnect to learningGive them timeMake it ongoing

My challenge

Develop your culture

SAMR Digital Blooms

“Pedagogy trumps technology”

The question shouldn’t be “what devices should we buy?”, the question should be, “What learning do we want to happen?”

@gcouros

Clear expectations

Setting the scene

— BIll Gates

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.“

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— Nancy Kassebaum

There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails.

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— Salman Khan

We have so many more great and elevated learning opportunities when we operate in a connected world.“”

— Sir Ken Robinson

Technology is not an additive to education, it is a facilitator of education.“ ”

Make it personal

Ways of working

Connect with their interests

Connect to learning

Writing focus

Create links to:- Videos- Websites - PDF’s

qrstuff.com

Connect to learning

Numeracy Targeted Teacher

- Students capture content - Teacher adds feedback- Instant learning feedback for parents

Give them time

Fortnightly PD

2017 - 1st 6 Months - Survey of staff re Learning technology- What do we want learning to look like?- SAMR - Audit of current practice- Redefine the learning technology- iPad bootcamp

2017 - 2nd 6 Months - GSuite bootcamp exploring every tool- Essential apps- Intro to coding- Revisit SAMR- Audit of current practice - Survey of skills

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Sample PD session

My maps Use the link below to add to our shared map

Make it ongoing

iTunes U

[Thanks]

@mackas_ict

mcmahong2@ww.catholic.edu.au

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