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Engaging Boys through Technology. Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership. Overview. Introduce boys’ education as an issue of concern, internationally and nationally. Briefly explain why there are gender differences in learning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Engaging Boys through
Technology
Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership
Overview
O Introduce boys’ education as an issue of concern, internationally and nationally.
OBriefly explain why there are gender differences in learning.
OOutline practical strategies using technology that work for boys in the classroom.
Boys’ Education as an Issue International Research
Noticeable achievement gap, literacy key concern Educational initiatives in USA, Britain and Australia
National Research Gender gap apparent from entry to primary school to
completion of university degrees. Clear gender gap in NCEA achievement and
endorsementsO Male students are
O more than twice as likely to be given a suspensionO three times more likely to be excluded or expelled O more likely to be granted an early leaving exemptionO less likely to stay at school until the age of 17.5 than
female students.
2007 NCEA Results by Gender and Year Level
Source: Boys’ Education: Good Practice in Secondary Schools, ERO, July 2008
2008 NCEA Results by Gender and Year Level
Source: NZQA Online Statistics
Premier Scholarship Winners 2005 - 2010
"And thus, dear students, we have arrived
at the formula for understanding women."
Why are there differences?
O Structural differences in the brainO More developed spatial areaO Less connections between the
hemispheresO Smaller hippocampus – memory centre
O Chemical differences within the brainO Less ‘calming’ serotoninO Less ‘bonding’ oxytocinO More ‘sex and aggression’ testosterone
O Also of noteO Less active resting brainsO Less developed hearing
Take 5
How can technology be used?
OGrabbing attention/ engagementOTeaching TasksOCollaborationOModelling best practiceOFeedbackOPresentation / AssessmentsORevision
1. Attention and Engagement
OThe multi-purpose tennis ball
OThe power of playdoh
OFlashing names
2. Teaching TasksO Interactive Classroom
O Microsoft technologyO Puzzlemaker
O discoveryeducation.comO theteacherscorner.net
O Online lessons O schoolhistory.co.ukO www.famouspeoplelessons.com
O Interesting websitesO flocabulary.com
Interactive Classroom
Quick Poll
Highlighting Points
2. Teaching TasksO Interactive Classroom
O Microsoft technologyO Puzzlemaker
O discoveryeducation.comO theteacherscorner.net
O Online lessons O schoolhistory.co.uk
O Interesting websitesO flocabulary.com
3. Collaboration
OSky Drive
OMicrosoft One Note
Sky Drive – Home Page
One Note - Student Work
5. Feedback
OUsing a tablet
OTracking changes on Word
Tracking changes on Word
6. Presentation / Assessment
OOpen choice assignmentsO Manly ApostrophesO Classics Rap
7. Revision
O A new use for flyswats
OQuizlet – online flashcards
OSimple gamesO classtools.net
Revision and Review1. There is a national and international trend of
underachievement for boys at all levels.2. Male and female brains are different and
this impacts on their learning3. Ways that technology can help in your
teaching:O Grabbing attention/ engagementO Teaching TasksO CollaborationO Modelling best practiceO FeedbackO Presentation / AssessmentsO Revision
Is technology the only way?
Contact detailsO Alison Derbyshire
O Saint Kentigern College, AucklandO [email protected]
O Nicola JacobsenO Botany Downs Secondary College,
AucklandO [email protected]