essential conditions
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Slides to accompany SIGMS presentation of March 23, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
5 Essential Conditions for Creating New
Learning Landscapes
ISTE SIGMS Doug JohnsonMarch 23, 2010
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Every school has a few bright stars
How do we create a galaxy?
ISTE’s Essential Conditions
Shared Vision
Empowered Leaders
Implementation Planning
Consistent and Adequate Funding
Equitable Access
Skilled Personnel
Ongoing Professional Learning
Technical Support
Curriculum Framework
Student-Centered Learning
Assessment and Evaluation
Engaged Communities
Support Policies
Supportive External Context
NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING
Essential Conditions forEducational Networking1. Use clear language and
terminology.2. Support best practices not best
technologies.3. Try many; adopt selectively and
universally.4. Create reasonable policies,
guidelines and procedures.5. Empower your staff.
1. Clear language and terminology.
Pet peeve
Social networking
Pet peeve
Social networking
Educational networking
Social learning
2. Support best practices not best
technologies.
Tech does not improvestudent achievement
Technology Use
Achievement
Tech can supportbest practice
Technology Use
Achievement
Best Practic
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…one of the strongest determinants of students’ success in higher education— more important than the details of their instructors’ teaching styles—was their ability to form or participate in small study groups.
Richard Light, Harvard School of Education
…Students who studied in groups, even only once a week, were more engaged in their studies, were better prepared for class, and learned significantly more than students who worked on their own.
Try many; adopt selectively and
universally.
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Collaborative Writing Tools
Joyce can rattle off 87 more!
Wikis (50+)
GoogleDocs, Zoho, Live @ Edu, etc.Moodle
Office and shared folderon server Teacher space
on web server
Create reasonable policies, guidelines and
procedures.
Needed? AUP (of course) Processes for
evaluating and adopting
Hooks in content curriculum
Guidelines for networking for teachers
Walled-garden environment?
Advisory committee
Empower staff.
Until it empowers the teacher, the teacher won’t use it to empower students
Essential Conditions forEducational Networking1. Use clear language and
terminology.2. Support best practices not best
technologies.3. Try many; adopt selectively and
universally.4. Create reasonable policies,
guidelines and procedures.5. Empower your staff.
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