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Ngee Ann Secondary School
Developing The Developing The Five Minds Five Minds
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Ngee Ann Secondary School
Presentation Outline• Background of NASS• Connecting with
21st Century students• Why Second Life?• Island Development
– Phase 1– Phase 2
• Challenges & Looking Ahead
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Sharing of Best Practices and
Successful Innovations
Strengthen Integration of ICT into Curriculum,
Assessment & Pedagogy
Provide Differentiated Professional Development
Leading schoolin innovative &
effective use of ICT
Sharing ICT practices at National & International conferences
Sharing with local and oversea visitors who came to learn about ICT practices
Achieving awards and recognition for innovative and effective use of ICT
Developing all-rounded students through
innovative use of ICT
Creating a first class ICT proficient teaching
force
School- based ICT Progamme
Experiential learning with ICT
Service Learning through ICT
Self-directed learning with ICT
Teaching for Understanding (TfU)TfU with Technology
Microsoft Accreditation for teachers
School-Based ICT programme
Assessment for Learning (AfL)
Building Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Trailblazing in the innovative use of ICT
in T&L
Promoting effective T&L through infusion & integration of ICT
Networking to tap on each other strengths
Partnering IHLs, external agencies &
industries
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4 Broad Strategies4 Broad Strategies• Trailblazing in the innovative use of ICT in
Teaching & Learning
• Promoting effective Teaching & Learning through infusion & integration of ICT
• Networking to tap on each other strengths
• Partnering Institutes of Higher Learning, external agencies & industries
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3 Priority Areas of Focus3 Priority Areas of Focus• Sharing of Best Practices and Successful
Innovations
• Strengthen Integration of ICT into Curriculum, Assessment & Pedagogy
• Provide Differentiated Professional Development
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3 School Goals3 School Goals• Leading School in Innovative & Effective Use
of ICT
• Developing All-rounded Students through Innovative Use of ICT
• Creating First-Class ICT Proficient Teaching Force
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Connecting with the 21st Century Students
Profile of the 21st century student
•Web‐savvy•Multi‐tasking•Connected to the world•Digital‐natives•Different cognitive learning patterns
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Connecting with the 21st Century Students
Students’ profile and analysis (in Ngee Ann)• 88% indicated spending time on Internet daily • 66% used the Internet for online gaming.• 31% devoted at least one hour on the games
on a daily basis.
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Connecting with the 21st Century Students
• 83% agreed that ‘e-learning is helpful to me’• 95% ‘like interactive learning using ICT or
mobile devices’• 75% ‘like lessons that use ICT’.
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21st Century Skills
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5 Minds for the Future
Gardner's book, Five Minds for the Futureoutlines the specific cognitive abilities that will be sought and cultivated by leaders in the years ahead.
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5 Minds for the Future
• The Disciplined Mind: the mastery of major schools of thought, including science, mathematics, art and history, and of at least one professional craft.
• The Synthesizing Mind: the ability to integrate ideas from different disciplines or spheres into a coherent whole and to communicate that integration to others.
• The Creating Mind: the capacity to uncover and clarify new problems, questions and phenomena.
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5 Minds for the Future
• The Respectful Mind: awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings and human groups.
• The Ethical Mind: fulfillment of one's responsibilities as a worker and as a citizen.
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Why Second Life?
Christopher DedeTimothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education
“Shifts in students’learning style will prompt
a shift to active construction of
knowledge through mediated immersion”
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What is Second Life?
• Second Life is a free 3D virtual world imagined and created by its Residents.
• In Second Life, you can walk, "teleport" or even fly to thousands of exciting 3D locations.
• You can also use voice and text chat to communicate with other real people from around the world
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What is Second Life?
• A Multi- User Virtual Environments (MUVE) in which people’s avatars interact with each other, computer- based agents, and digital artifacts in a simulated context
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Educational Use of Second Life
Video from YouTube
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Virtual Environments Enable New Models of Learning
• Hundreds of leading universities and school systems around the world use Second Life as a vibrant part of their educational programs
• A large, active education community - with hundreds of K- 12 and higher education members - are engaged in Second Life. The Open University, Harvard, Texas State, and Stanford have set up virtual campuses where students can meet, attend classes, and create content together
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All-rounded students through
innovative use of ICT
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Island Development – Phase 1
• Creation of GetsmART Gallery (Art as a Discipline)
• Implementation of lessons with Thinking Routines (Developed at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education)
•• For students to experience deeper art For students to experience deeper art learning in the virtual worldlearning in the virtual world
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Thinking Routines - short, easy to learn mini strategies to extend and deepen students’thinking, which finally become part of everyday classroom routines • Parts / Purposes / Complexities
• Complexity ScaleComplexity-centered routines
• Headlines• Connect / Extend / Challenge• Creative Comparisons• I Used to Think, Now I Think
Comparing & Connecting-centered routines
• Elaboration Game• Beginning / Middle / End• Listening: Ten Times Two• Looking: Ten Times Two• Colors, Shapes, Lines
Observing & Describing-centered routines
• I See / I Think / I Wonder• Think / Puzzle / Explore• Creative Questions
Questioning & Investigating-centered routines
• Perceive / Know / Care About• Circle of Viewpoints
Perspective Taking-centered routines
• “What makes you say that?”• Claim / Support / Question• Think Pair Share
Reasoning-centered routines
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Artful Thinking in S.L.Artful Thinking in S.L.
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Assessing Thinking: 6 Continua
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Assessing Thinking: 6 Continua
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Artful Thinking in Second LifeArtful Thinking in Second Life
DEMO DEMO
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Local Press Local Press –– The Straits TimesThe Straits Times
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Island Development – Phase 2
• Purchase of Teen Grid in Second Life• Aims to inculcate the Social Emotional
competencies through authentic simulated scenarios based on broad themes covered in the Values and Life Skills syllabus such as school values, stress management, youth empowerment, individual self-esteem and habits of mind
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Island Development – Phase 2
Virtual Learning Environment• An immersive learning adventure on
Ethics Island – SuperNAS Adventures• Students get to role-play as beings with
superhero powers• Students have the capacity to save lives
and protect property
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Island Development – Phase 2
• Role-players will be encouraged to employ Socratic Questioning and Thinking Routines to evaluate, plan, act and review their actions in the virtual world.
• The Ethical and Respectful Mind: fulfillment of one's responsibilities as a worker and as a citizen
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Island Development – Phase 2
• The ultimate goal is that students will have a better understanding of how to:– Recognise and manage emotions– Develop care and concern for others– Make responsible decisions– Establish positive relations; and– Handle challenging situations effectively
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New Developments on Island
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New Developments on Island
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Super Hero Hall of Justice
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Project V@LITE in Second LifeProject V@LITE in Second Life
DEMO DEMO
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Island Development – Phase 2
Task 1: Fire- A deserted warehouse is on fire - The team has to leverage their super powers and problem solving skills to prioritise, delegate and save the day.
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Island Development – Phase 2
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Island Development – Phase 2Task 1: FirePlayer options include: (in no particular order)- Search building for trapped victims- Rescue animals from an adjoining pet store- Move a petrol tanker parked nearby- Pulling down/ shooting open a nearby water tank to douse flames- Calling the Fire DepartmentUpon task completion, they each get a notecard and instructions to move on.
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Island Development – Phase 2
Task 2: Accident- 2 vehicles have collided on a busy intersection - A station wagon with a mom and kid, and the other, a sports car driven by a teen. All 3 are unconscious and petrol is leaking.
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Island Development – Phase 2Task 2: AccidentPlayer options include (in no particular order)- Pull open vehicles to rescue trapped/unconscious victims- Clean the spill & clear the obstruction- Read minds of victims to ascertain fault (Mom was drinking and driving)- Inform the Police DepartmentUpon task completion, they each get a notecard and instructions to proceed to their workplaces.
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Challenges
• Not using technology for technology sake.– Need to ensure that T&L leads technology.
• Assessment on the effective use of technology.– How can we measure the effectiveness of
technology in T&L? • Affordability and scalability of technology in
Teaching & Learning– How can we sustain the use of technology in
T&L?
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What Next?
• Second Life - A powerful web 2.0 tool for social-networking
• Borderless Collaboration between schools anywhere in the world to share in our learning
• Island Development - Phase 3?
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Thank you
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Cost of island
• Purchase of island: USD 750• Whole year maintenance: USD 1770
– 2 x half yr maintenance: USD 885