Ultranet at Stanley Avenue School

‘Educating Life long Learners’

Student Voice November, 2008

Learning to Do:Future FocusedCreativityEnviro ActionThinkingCommunicating

Learning to Know:General knowledgeInquiryIndependenceLove of Learning

Learning to Be:IntegrityWellbeingResilienceSensitivityResourcefulness

Learning to Get Along With Others:Co-operationRespectEmpathyTolerance

Sets high standards for themselves

Sets, works towards and

evaluates goals

Is self managing

Shows perseverance

Aware

Recognise

Predict / Value

Adopt

Reflect

Internalise

Follow models and can meet expectations.

Completes set tasks to personal best.

Aspires to be the best they can be.

Approaches tasks as challenges rather than obstacles.Recognises strengths and weaknesses and believes in themself.

Healthy competitiveness with self and others.

Reflects on performance and transfers learning.

Conferencing and co construction of learning intentions.

With guidance set and work towards goals.

Knows strengths and weaknesses, sets SMART goals for achievement (Specific, Measurable etc...).

Takes risks with their learning.

Reflects on performance and assesses next steps.

Takes responsibility for belongings.

Responds to routines.

Completes work within set timeframes.

Makes good choices in a range of situations.

Uses time productively.

Self motivated.

Takes responsibility for own actions.

Finishes tasks with teacher support and encouragement if needed.

Stays focused.

Takes instruction / feedback / feedforward on board.

Tries their best even when it’s hard.

Has a positive attitude.

Looks for ways to overcome obstacles and challenges.

Knows when to seek help.

WHAIA KIA UWHAIA KIA UThe Stanley Avenue Learner perseveres to achieve their best...

Sets, works towards and evaluates goals

Coach students in using tools to goal set. Giving feedback / forward so that students have

necessary information. Learning intentions / success criteria. Enhance communication between home and school. Encourage high (but realistic) expectations. Give time for students to reflect. Acknowledge successes and failures. Encourage risk taking and mistakes. Support students in using appropriate technologies to

enhance goal setting process (Ultranet, M Learning, Net books, IWB’s).

Help make the link to lifelong learning process. Celebrate success (awards, feedback, assemblies etc).

Is curious about their

world

Searches for information from a range of sources

Sifts, Sorts and reflects on the quality of information

Develops ideas into actions

Aware

Recognise

Predict / Value

Adopt

Reflect

Internalise

Asks a range of questions. Wonder.

Identifying or defining a problem.

Learn to use a variety of resources and research tools.

Developing more effective skimming scanning, key word skills.

Adapting and reflecting on the information they find.

Organise information into useable chunks.

Sifts information relevant to questions.

Learning how to evaluate and validate information.

Summarising information that they need to know.

Critiques the quality of information found.

Using different ways to present findings/ideas / actions.

Assesses their own work.

Applies ideas to actions where appropriate.

Develops further questions, understands that inquiry never stops.

Transferring information and ideas to new situations.

INQUIRERINQUIRERThe Stanley Avenue Learner will wonder, seek, evaluate and apply...

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What the research tells us!• Provides rich communities of inquiry in an asynchronous anytime,

any place context.

• Capacity to facilitate communication and thinking and thereby construct meaning and knowledge.

• Provides a reflective environment where learners can learn, unlearn and relearn (Responsible online citizens).

• Engages and involves whanau and communities in the life of the school, promoting the development of learning

partnerships.

• Transparent and easy to use software helps make change seamless.

• Complements and enhances the classroom programme, not replace it.

Our Strategic Goals

Reflective Tool- ‘Students in charge of their learning’.

Enhance Communication between Home and School.

•‘To continue to investigate emerging technologies and their potential to enhance learning’.

Our Aims for our learners with Ultranet

Increase use of ICT at School and Home

Back down barriers between Home and School

Personalised learning in action

‘Life long learners’

Students ‘in charge’ of their learning

Enhance communication between home and school

Utilise technology to enhance learning

Promoting collaborative learning environment Promote and develop

a range of learning partnerships.

Link to Stanley Avenue Learner

Sharing and tracking our goals on USPACE

Complete activities in our own time

Blogging is a way of Tracking my progress

Receiving feedback from my teachers and peers helps with my learning.

Home Learning can be continued on the web

Reflect on my learning

Showing learning process as well as finished product

http://stanleyavenue.ultranet.school.nz/home/

Has Ultranet had a positive impact with the development of our learning community?

•Has contributed to the development of a shared vision throughout the learning community

•Helps with the development of our Stanley Avenue Learner• Strive to Succeed – Goal Setting New Entrant ‘first day’

•Deprivatised our practice• News Centre• Parent Evenings• Classroom planning and assessment tools

•Supported the creation of positive learning partnerships• Robot group - interoperability• Feedback• Between staff

•Promotes learning communities of inquiry• Wikis and forums• Students• Staff

•Engages and involves students in learning•Range of learning needs•Level of interactivity •Blogs

•Provides an authentic medium for students to showcase their learning

•ePortfolios

•Promotes self worth

•Prepares them for an ever changing learning environment

Has Ultranet had a positive impact with the development of our learning community?

Student Voice November, 2010

Where to from here?

• Continue to enhance Stanley Avenue’s ‘three spaces’.

• M Learning

• Inter operability