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Elem staff illuminating_learning
The document discusses the Illuminating Learners District's focus on getting students and staff "plugged into" learning for the 2010-2011 school year. It envisions learners today as creators, remixers, collaborators, and owners of their own learning. It also discusses reinventing and reshaping the learning experience for students and all staff through connecting learners inside and outside of classrooms using various digital tools and resources.
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- 1. Illuminating Learners DistrictFocus 2010 ā 2011 Getting students and all staff āplugged intoā learning
- 2. Learners = Gettingeach of us āplugged intoā learning Students Teachers Principals Office staff Central support Parents Community Each of us!
- 3. A Vision ofK-12 Learners Today Creators Remixers Collaborators Contributors Owners of their learning
- 4. Are You Ready?To reinvent, redesign and reshape the learning experience for students and each of us?
- 5. Or do youwant toā¦ā¦
- 6. Do you consideryourself a: Learner? Student? Teacher? ā The brain is said to be the most important organ in the human body, but we have only the brainās word for itā ā Kurt Vonnegut
- 7. Do you consideryourself a: Learner? Student? Teacher?
- 8. Teach Less, LearnMore Singapore has been successful in updating and modernizing their educational system. They had chosen to focus on 21st Century Skills as the backbone to their overhaul. The deputy director of Curriculum Policy and Pedagogy, Tay Lai Ling, is quoted as saying: "We have come a long way in changing our teaching and learning methods, but our teachers and students still have farther to go. We have a new slogan at the Ministry that will hopefully encourage further change. The new slogan is Teach Less, Learn More ." todaysmeet.com/learnmore
- 9. Backchanneling in Grade1 It can be done, but why would you?
- 10. This century we'regoing to learn a lesson about what it means to be unable to forget anything. (Charles Stross)
- 11. Learners todayā¦. Haveaccess to a far greater number of information resources than traditional learning environments provided Enjoy new opportunities to create, remix, and share digital content thanks to the Internet
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- 13. Learners todayā¦. belongto a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know and contribute to a culture where collaboration is an expected learning practice "The illiterate of the 21 st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler Learners want to do more than participate in their learning, they want to contribute to the knowledge created and presented by their peers.
- 14. Learning Opportunity: Whatare the tallest statues in the United States? todaysmeet.com/statue
- 15. What resources didyou use?
- 16. How do youpresent your learning? Report or presentation (print or digital) Images (chart, graph) Video Web page (collaborative tools)
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- 19. Connecting learnersā¦ Inclassrooms At home On the street At their friendsā homes At Starbucks On multiple devices Everywhere All the time ā Things that think want to linkā Nicholas Negraponte, MIT Media Labs Mall Library School Home
- 20. Connecting learners inside schools and classrooms Wireless access Online references Online collaboration Student-owned devices
- 21. Connecting learners inside schools and classrooms Web-based applications Mobile applications Augmented reality
- 22. Connecting yourselfā¦ Targetedlearning experiences Personal Learning Network (PLN) Know your reputation
- 23. "The only wayof discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." -- Arthur C. Clarke
- 24. Illuminating Learners DistrictFocus 2010 ā 2011 Getting students and all staff āplugged intoā learning