creating spaces for student voices
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Keynote presentation at ICT in Education Conference, LIT Thurles, 11th May 2013. Related blog post: http://catherinecronin.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/making-spaces/ Thanks to students of CT231 (NUI Galway), CCC Media (Chalfonts Community College) and Ms. O'Keeffe's 5th class (Kinvara primary school) for their contributions to this presentation. CC license as noted below, with the exception of slides 24, 26, 28 & 29: CC BY-NC-SA Media @CCC http://chalfontmediablog.blogspot.ie/2013/05/learning-in-media-ccc.htmlTRANSCRIPT
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Creating Spaces for Student VoicesCatherine Cronin • @catherinecronin • #ictedu • 11/05/13
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Most students have been silenced all their lives.
Henry A. Giroux
listen
make spaces
ask
Student Voices
reflect
listen
make spaces
ask
Student Voices
reflect
The voices of children have been missing from the whole
discussion.
Jonathan Kozol (1992)Savage Inequalities
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Image CC BY-SA 2.0 marfis75
sound
presence
participation
power
agency
listen
make spaces
ask
Student Voices
reflect
After returning inspired and ready to change the world...
I realized that apparently my job is to shut up and study hard.
Jack Hostager
http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org
let’s listen...
video created by student filmmaker Colm Keady-Tabbalwas shared at the conference
let’s keep listening...
the following examples of student voice wereshared by primary, secondary & 3rd level students
who are actively sharing their student voices
PRIMARY@msokeeffesclass
SECONDARY#CCCmedia
@jamesmichie
THIRD LEVEL#ct231 @CT231
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Student
Voices
I have learnt that social
media/social networks are not
just to be used as a distraction
for not getting work done but
can be used as an aid to get the
work done. Social media/social
networks can provide useful
tools to help with academic
learning.
Before studying it, I used Facebook
and Twitter mainly just for keeping in
contact with people, but since have
discovered they both have much
more to offer. They are places to
discover new information and boost
your knowledge. That both education
and socialising can be rolled into
one...
listen
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Student Voices
reflect
PRIMARY@msokeeffesclass
SECONDARY#CCCmedia
@jamesmichie
THIRD LEVEL#ct231 @CT231
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Primary school – 5th class @msokeefesclass
Secondary school – Media module #CCCMedia
@jamesmichie
http://storify.com/jamesmichie
Secondary school – Media module #CCCMedia
2nd year module, BSc Computer Science & IT
openness • social media • student voice/choice
3 tenets of my teaching
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
choose openness
where possible & where appropriate
USE
CREATE
SHARE
open resources
create to share, CC-licensed
openly, including my/our own learning
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
enable connection and learning
across the (artificial) boundaries
of time and space
TIME... class time, term time, academic year
SPACE... classrooms, schools, countries
# hashtags connect across time and space
openness • social media • student voice/choice
AIM:
use as many opportunities as possible
for students to Create & to Choose
TOPICS
MEDIA RUBRICS
ASSESSMENT
TOOLS TEAMS
Twitter@CT231
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Student Voices
reflect
Image CC Burns Library, Boston College (Flickr)
Communicating
Creating (writing, coding, making)
Choosing
Working with others
Using social media
Connecting with a global audience
Being heard and respected
Receiving authentic feedback
Doing/creating something new, for this
time
Changing the status quo
Learners need to practice and experiment with different ways of enacting their identities, and adopt subject positions through different social technologies and media.
These opportunities can only be supported by academic staff who are themselves engaged in digital practices and questioning their own relationship with knowledge.
- Keri Facer & Neil Selwyn (2010)
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Thank you!Catherine Cronin
@catherinecronin
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