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Presentation for Canadian Assoc. of Independent Schools Best Practices' Conference, Montreal, May 1st, 2009
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Sharon Peters, wearejustlearning.ca, The
Study, Montreal
A presentation to CAIS Best Practices
May 1st, 2009
wearejustlearning.pbworks.com
Personal Learning Environments/Network
sWho is responsible for your learning?
Diagram: Dr. Alec Couros
• At 59 million, teachers are the largest professionally-trained group in the world
100 million children do not go to school, 66% - girls
850 million illiterate adults
HIV-AIDS infections, domestic violence, the sex trade, military gangs are dominated by the undereducated
…and the key to social and economic development
TWB-Canada is a non-profit NGO devoted to closing the education
divide through teacher professional development and community
education.
Cape Town
Naivasha, Laikipia Districts
TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
South Africa - 3 weeks
✴Team of 5 Canadian teachersTeam of 5 Canadian teachers
✴Needs assessment with Needs assessment with Khanya and and EdunovEdunova✴Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two townships
✴Follow-up visits Follow-up visits
TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09South Africa - 4 weeks
✴Team of 6 multinational teachers + SA Team of 6 multinational teachers + SA teachersteachers
✴Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and othersothers
✴Two sets of workshops for developing ICT Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two locations: Eastern skills in teachers in two locations: Eastern Cape & Cape TownCape & Cape Town
✴1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin 1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin leadersleaders
✴Follow-up visits Follow-up visits
Kenya: 4 weeks
✴Needs assessment with District Educator Officers (2 districts), Kenya Institute of Education and Canada High Commission (CIDA), partnering NGOs
✴Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science
✴Follow-up visits to schools in the area
✴Visits to school facilities with special needs
✴Report of recommendations made to KIE
✴Identification of Kenyan teachers to lead workshops next year
TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
Kenya: 4 weeks
✴Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science in two districts with Kenyan teachers
✴3 weeks of ICT training in West Kenya and Naivasha
✴Follow-up visits to schools in the area
✴Visits to school facilities with special needs
✴Report of recommendations made to KIE
TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09
Profiles Fezeka High School
Thananga Ng’angaTeacher at Miti Mingi High School
John MichuriPrincipal of Tigithi Sec.
Paul Mwaniki, CTC
Partnering NGOs
www.edunova.org
www.olpejetaconservancy.org
www.educationwithoutborders.ca
Ways to Participate
•Join Teachers Without Borders Canada!
•Facilitate a class-to-class project
•Sponsor a teacher to go abroad
•Participate in an online mentoring relationship
•Spread the word!
Global Projects begin.....
...with Globally-Minded Educators
We need globally-minded educators
Skills and competency building
Models and inspirations
WHY GO GLOBAL?
Getting Connected
Skills Built
Relevance
Engagement
Cool tools and online spaces
Award-winning examples from ordinary teachers
Project Opportunities and Portals
Skills Built
Multiple Literacies: digital, cultural, media
Cross-cultural communicationCritical thinkingSynthesis and summaryInfo literacy, research,
validation, authentication of facts
Negotiation and collaboration
Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority, security and authority, the NetGen’s
norms reflect a desire for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and diversity in
their workplaces.
(Tapscott)
Deep Learning Supported
•Computer software is central in the learning sciences because the visual and processing power of today’s personal computers supports deep learning:
•Computers support reflection in a combination of visual and verbal modes
•Internet-based networks of learners can share and combine their developing understandings and benefit from the power of collaborative learning
• from Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences, p. 5
Cool Tools & Online Social Spaces
Wikis
Skype - Webcasting - Podcasting
Blogs
Google Docs
Content-Learning Management Systems
Personal Learning Environments
Full descriptions
These tools offer
affordancesfor students to making
meaning
From Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to "be human
together" (Siemens)
Caveats: Limitations to Global Projects
•2 Kinds of Relationships between partnering schools - how to bridge this gap?
•The Haves - making it meaningful; anticipating cultural differences
•The Have Nots - differences in edu standards, cost of bandwidth & hardware
Reality-Based Learning
Learning situations that empowerstudents to take action for the promotion
of societal change
Where is the learning?
Essential Question:
How can Canadian students use technologyto promote education in developing nations?
Studentsfrom
Montréal,Canada
Loise Girls School: where the XOs will be sent
Nanyuki, Kenya
Online Spaces to find us
www.youtube.com/TWBCanada
twbcanada.ning.com/
www.teacherswithoutborders.org
/www.twbcanada.org
/
Books of InfluenceThe World is Flat - 3rd ed. (Thomas Friedman)
Wikinomics - (Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams)
Handbook for Emerging Technologies for Learning (Siemens & Tittenberger)
Knowing Knowledge (George Siemens)
Three Cups of Tea - (By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin)
Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences, (R.Keith Sawyer, ed.)
Research
•Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000)
•Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction
•Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)
Sharon Peters, TWB Quebec Provincial Contact: [email protected]
