The last couple of months have been manic with planning for new units in the MYP, reporting, observations for Stronge standards, my ADE application, training for my Google and MOS exams coupled with our IT department not sorting out issues for staff; it just felt like I was getting nowhere. The ECIS conference was just what I needed - motivation and to take things into perspective of where we are as a school and what needs to be done.
The Keynote was given by Kim Cofino @mscofino and she talked about the different kinds of learning in the classroom. She made the point of how ‘education needs to learn with technology the way students live with technology’. A point so relevant to educators to keep up with the tech savvy generation of students that we teach. she focused on 6 main areas in her keynote which I will summarise.
Lets take advantage of being Mobile and get students out and about to explore new areas around us. Trust them to customise their devices and teach them to be responsible administrators of their devices. Using social apps that our students use the most such as snapchat and twitter. Using interactive and media rich resources to track progress and engage students. Motivating students to keep learning, allowing them to connect with others, and to actually “be” a part of the content they’re learning about. Applying a more “just in time” approach, and allow students to engage with the content within the context of their course learning.
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