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ELH 2011 Back to day 1 to day 3. **Day 2:** __Keynote:__ __Diana Laufenberg, Philadelphia Science Leadership Academy and Mike Valentine, Hale School WA:__ __Mike Valentine:__ //Filters applied to curriculum design:// //Core drivers of contemporary classroom:// Educational technology in the sense of being “objects to think with” John Maxwell University of British Columbia “Put empathy at the service of intelligence”. Papert Real life simulations to engage young male students e.g burying ham to see /smell what rotting flesh looks like (need to amputate as in their novel) Can’t add ethics or creativity. Have to build them in at the design stage. Groups of teachers ened to plan units together. (TIME!) __Diana Laufenberg:__ [] [] I teach kids, not subjects. Changes the way we view what we do. The product of their work and their reflections all posted in a blog. Leads to students leaving school no longer needing their teachers. Grade level essential questions: 9 identity 10 systems 11 Change 12 creation All projects have a common rubric Students are out in the community on Wednesday afternoon which frees up the teachers for 2 hours PL every week. Learning is not about us as teachers but about them as learners. Make the work relevant especially in History. Rich, real and relevant Room discussion and feedback from Mike and Diana: Most teachers find stepping back from micromanaging so how did schools like yours get to this point? Need to get students to develop learning groups for themselves so that they have the ability to learn what they need to know and to debrief with each other as news breaks e.g. the announcement that Osama bin laden was dead. The SECRET underlying teaching: Self managers Effective participators Creative thinkers Reflective learners independent Enquirers Team workers __Critical conversation: Mike and Diana__ John Abbott UK responsible subversives. Common planning times. Hale returns early from holidays for 3 staff days. Michael Norman established this type of program at Woodleigh. Personal project time at Korowa: could we have a personal project as a result of the trip to China. Independent project team within a school. Protocols need to be explicitly taught. Overall topics are memorable, iconic and dynamic. High Tech High in San Diego [] Colegio Fontan School Bogota, Colombia [] Kunskapsskolan Sweden [] Hellerup Denmark [] [] Critical conversation __Keynote Presentation: Karen Ward Central Valley Educational Leadership institute (USA) Travis Smith (ELH) and Andrew Taylor Varsity College QLD.__ __Karen Ward:__ kward@aalf.org karenjward@gmail.com [] [] Coaches must be supported by admin leaders who must validate your work. Teachers need to articulate their 1:1 teaching strategies. These need to link with school vision statements: 1. I believe... 2. And so I will (teacher actions) 3. And my students will (student actions) Andrew Taylor Varsity College QLD basing their work on Danielson. Common language: overall goals drawn up to reflect VARSITY. [] Professional Learning framework because one strategy does not work. Need to recognise the needs of individual teachers. Travis Smith [] Worst way to get improvement = PL meetings Training peer coaches isn’t enough: agreed need for change > structure, time, support > deeper conversations about Teacher and Learning > assessing teaching design > lesson improvement Margaret Meijers meijers@gmail.com [] free photosynth app for iphone __Critical Conversation : Pushing the model: What are the possibilities for 1 to many, BYO 1, c, d and more...__ __Leon Guss MLC Vic Director of Technology__ Works best if you have a unified environment. School network and guest network at MLC to support those with their own devices. iPads are companion devices requiring a large number of background things e.g keyboard; tablet pcs give the best choice for the widest range of subject based tasks. Taroona Tasmania has a byod4l program: bring your own device for learning Need to consider the issues of the haves and the have nots with any byo device. Technical infrastructure management; classroom management; equity; etc. Issue of supporting the total system: breakdown, repirs, software reliability etc. __General resources via twitter for other sessions. #elh11 :__ [] Teaching READY = Reflection, Enchantment, Asking questions, Don't underestimate your students, Yes (always be positive) [] from Adrian Bruce []
 * 1) Enduring value outside the classroom
 * 2) Topic or idea that resides inside the discipline
 * 3) Need “uncoverage”
 * 4) Engaging to students?
 * 1) Designed curriculum embedding problem solving, multiple modes of communication, authentic demonstrations of learning as valid assessment and product is unique fro each student.
 * 2) Invisible technology as a tool for thinking
 * 3) Australian Curriuclum