Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta

2007 Learnscope Project

NSW LearnScope

• Capability building• Innovation• Workbased learning• Collaboration• Client engagement

Our project

•Teachers nominated to participate

•An open approach

•Supporting the teachers

•What has been tried?

•Team blogs

Why should students blog?

•A way to improve their own writing •A ‘just-in-time’ learning arena •A place to share •A place for feedback •A motivator •An easy and quick way to publish on the web

Why should students blog?

•A way to connect with others and make connections to learning

•A way to give students ownership of a personal space - that encourages active engagement by the students and teacher

•A place to collaborate

•A personal way to include parents in the learning journey

Impacts and outcomes

Impacts:

• the work of the team (focused on student and teacher learning); and the conversations around our approach have become a part of a wider dialogue in the Diocese and beyond

• supporting other web 2.0 learning initiatives, both current (Focus on Learning) and planned (Second Life)

Impacts and outcomes

Outcomes:

• students and teachers learning 21st century skills

• increased student engagement in learning

• teachers introducing web 2.0 tech. to colleagues

• conversations occurring across schools

• new ongoing initiatives being created and supported (eg projects in Second Life) because of networks and learning in team

Communication

Communication

Communication