K-6 ICT SHOWCASEa celebration of learning

Stu Hasic - Sydney Region IT Services UnitEpisode 1 – September 2009

Things have changed…Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0nlh5FU5A

In order to do new things, teachers must learn.

In order to do new things, students must learn.

More Change is needed.

• The “teacher” MUST become the “expert learner”

…unless we want our students to start to say:

• “stop interrupting my learning with your teaching!” – a Tweet by Matthew Wells

Some Sydney Region K-6 Teachers have changed…

• Barbara.Schaffer@CanterburySouthPS• Kindergarten teacher

• Collaborative Learner, Blogmaster• Educational Technologist

Blogging with KS@CSPS

DET Blog TrialTerm 2, 2009

Blogging with KS@CSPS

Building relationships with new parents and their families - parents getting more involved from home

Out of 20 students, 6 can now independently blog - The others are supported by their year 6 buddies - one student has 26 letters in her logon name

Blogging with KS@CSPS

“Quality of student writing is really improving.” - both on-line and on paper

Cross-curriculum work is blogged - Phonemes, Fundamental Movement Skills, Maths Pattern Making, Jellybeans Music Program

Blogging with KS@CSPS

The DET Blog Trial is continuing at the school in KS - but is also now being extended into other classes

Barbara says she learns something new for each lab session - Photoshop Elements, Video, Photostory, Blog Plug-ins - “Self-learning is important – if you don’t know how, find out.”

Blogging with KS@CSPS

Well done Barbara!

Canterbury South just got their Connected Classroom - KS really wanted to see what it was about, so an impromptu videoconference was arranged with Bambos the next day just to say hello. Barbara’s mission now is to master the IWB.

KS Online Blog:http://tinyurl.com/KSOnline

Highlights:- Book Week Parade- Independent blogging

Some Sydney Region K-6 Teachers have changed…

• Craig.Snudden@Engadine• Year 5 teacher

• Proving daily you don’t need the latest gear• Class Blog, Wiki, TeacherTube Producer, School Website

Master, Stop-Motion Animator, Smartboard Operator, Twitterer, Lifelong-Learner

5S@EngadinePS

A Shared mini computer lab is at the back of the room - 8 Windows PCs and 4 eMacs with a Windows Server - The neighbouring 5/6 class rarely uses the lab but sees 5S in there every day, with students usually working independently

The Smartboard is the ONLY board in the classroom - It’s on all day and all students use it too

TeacherTube is a major repository for much of the work that 5S does with multiple videos published each week.

The class has produced over 20 separate videos covering multiple KLAs, with over 4,000 views to date.

From debating to cooking to maths to stop-motion animation and science experiments.

Video camera, web-cam and now withPocket video cam.

They use MovieMaker, iMovie, ICanAnimate – Windows and Mac

http://tinyurl.com/5Svideos

5S@EngadinePS

Mr Snudden’s Wiki – a new direction for the class - A place to catalogue links to resources used in class - Those resources are not lost when a topic has been completed - Some Wiki pages have student ownership – eg. Sports Report Page, plus individual student pages - News, pics, videos and discussions – all in one place.

This is a closed wiki, only

accessible via invitation.

5S@EngadinePS

5S EPS Blog – another new direction for the class - The 5S Blog has only just started - The school pays $5 per month to allow managed class access - It will be a publicly-visible repository for their classwork, providing a potential worldwide audience

http://snudden.edublogs.org

5S@EngadinePS

The Engadine PS Website – gateway to the community - While Craig started the website using the new DET Service, he has now managed to get all staff at the school to contribute - News, photos, newsletters and permission notes - Easy to update from home and can even embed class videos

http://tinyurl.com/EPSwebsite

5S@EngadinePS

- Craig is a self-learner, but he relies on his PLN to keep him up to date with everything ed-tech. An active Twitterer, a member

of the Sydney Region ICT Forum and regular ICT Day attendee.- Now they create DVDs, on-line surveys and shared web links- Just three short years ago, Craig was doing none of this in class.

Collaborative Learning in Class, Professional Learning Network for Craig

Why you should follow the lead of Barbara & Craig…

Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eGHAuV5yLo

Next time…

Kate.Hurst@BotanyPS

…plusYou?