My Classroom 2.0 upgrade

Term 2 2007 to now - a reflection from the ceo learnscope project for vet in schools

dean groom, head of information technologyparramatta marist high school

read my blog and see the work @www.cannedteacher.com

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starting point

“90% or more of PMHS students have published online and are living at least a part of their lives digitally”

“take the skills and methods they select as most relevant to them, and use them to add relevance to their learning”

classroom upgrade• you can live without Office ... find new

ways of doing fun tasks and move away from proprietary software!

• Web2.0 promotes creativity and literacy as key facets. Tell students I value these things in their work

• Facilitates continuous assessment and feedback

• Encourages self-directed learning

classroom upgrade

• Demand lesson on lesson journaling. Make writing a consistent normal habit.

• Use email/comments as a primary communication tool for 1-to-1 relationship building via BLOGS

• Tell students where we are going. Offer them Web2.0 shortcuts to success.

• Find the fastest route to gratification

Year 11 VET Work Placement Blog

Year 9 Reflective Blogging

personal - live - feedback

classroom 2.0 toolkit

• Wordpress - journaling and reflection• Photobucket - photos, videos• Slideshare - presentations• Zoho - writing/application development• Wufoo - form building• Bloglines - Aggregator• YouTube/Teacher Tube - video host• Vodpod / Delicious - bookmarkin

what i learned

• Ask questions that they can’t Google

• Fast track HSC content - spend less time learning skills and allow more time to learn core syllabus theory.

• Cover deeper content faster with increased literacy and creativity

• Removing ‘boring tasks’ removes classroom behavior problems like magic!

what i learned

• Your peers are probably not in your school. Colleagues are suspicious of change - maybe I can hold out to retirement the old way!

• students are the best advocates for change

• the system and curriculum is not designed for Web2.0, you have to change the methods of learning and assessment. Chalk and talk is ineffective. Discovery Learning engages students more effectively.