What happened?About my journey to being an adaptive

expert

Pirjo Kananen 2015

Before I became a LET-student

- graduated in1989 from Oulu University

- teaching at comprehensive school grades 7 -

9, upper secondary school and as an

university lecturer abroad

- experience with distance teaching

Why LET?

- How can I know whether I´m doing the

right things as a teacher?

- Why distance teaching is so widely

used?

- How can Edutech enhance learning?

- How can I be updated as a teacher?

Back to work

Facts about my school

- grades 7 - 9 and

upper secondary

school

- 191 + 70 students

- 25 teachers

Has anything changed?

How do I teach today?

What do my students think?WhatsApp etiquette, 8th grade

1. Spamming is not allowed in this

group.

2. No messages after 10.30 pm.

3. Dismissing or calling names is

not allowed.

4. Send only appropriate pictures.

5. Give arguments for your

opinions. Don’t insult

deliberately.

Digital portfolio

Digital porfolio 2

Local ICT work

- Osaava project

- three municipalities Raahe,

Pyhäjoki and Siikajoki

- arranging Edutech courses for

teachers

Teacher network

- blogs

- FB-groups: Finnish and literature

teachers using Edutech, our LET-

group

New curriculum work

- more Edutech

- networks between schools, teachers

- collaborative learning, learning through

research, SRL

- project work with different subjects together

- sharing

- teachers role

What next?

- ict-mentor teacher at my own school

- ict-tutor student work beginning

- mentoring skills are needed!

What about mentoring?

- It´s all about emotions.

- delicate: educated, experienced adults

- scaffolding

- self-efficiency

Learning to expertise

- What kind of a person is an adaptive expert?

- How to become one?

- How does this knowledge help mentoring?

- What kind of scaffolding does a mentor

need?

- blog

Thank you!

pirjo.kananen@gmail.com

www.slideshare.net

www.letopinnot.wordpress.com

Pirjo Kananen 2015