Saturday morning started with a breakfast with the guest speakers.
I sat at a table with the Claudine from the florida virtual school. This was a great experience as we chatted about the school and how they integrate their student records similar to the way we do with janison.
It is amazing that they have so many students something like 260,000.
The next session I attended was about personalised learning.
This session wasn't quite what I expected but it got me thinking about the skills needed by teachers working in the distant environment and whether as a school we should think about what skills we need to all have to work in an online environment.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Day 1 of conference
Florida Virtual School
Seeing the florida virtual school presentation this morning was really interesting.
I like the idea of pace but it sounds like a demanding place to work. I also like the idea presented about how classrooms are being flipped and that content is taught as homework and classtime is used at increasing skill level of the students. The clip that was shown of this was interesting and the teacher was using elluminate to do this.
The presentation I saw with from the University of Tasmania was also interesting as it showed the need to stay relevant and to try and connect with students.
The most interesting thing I saw was a Virtual Book. This book turned three dimensional with the use of glasses and I think this will be an amazing development for students.
Tassie going online with currcilum
This presentation was on the history of curriculum development with computers over time. Tassie has some amazing history of getting their curriculum online and the resources made for students especially through the essential learnings.
I then had my presentation on Student Voice and though it was not attended by many it was well received.
Scootle
The last presentation I attended on day one was on how the learning objects are going to be linked to the australian curriculum. This was an interesting presentation and confusing as I am not sure why they are making a site for some states and not others expecting fuse to do the same thing.
Seeing the florida virtual school presentation this morning was really interesting.
I like the idea of pace but it sounds like a demanding place to work. I also like the idea presented about how classrooms are being flipped and that content is taught as homework and classtime is used at increasing skill level of the students. The clip that was shown of this was interesting and the teacher was using elluminate to do this.
The presentation I saw with from the University of Tasmania was also interesting as it showed the need to stay relevant and to try and connect with students.
The most interesting thing I saw was a Virtual Book. This book turned three dimensional with the use of glasses and I think this will be an amazing development for students.
Tassie going online with currcilum
This presentation was on the history of curriculum development with computers over time. Tassie has some amazing history of getting their curriculum online and the resources made for students especially through the essential learnings.
I then had my presentation on Student Voice and though it was not attended by many it was well received.
Scootle
The last presentation I attended on day one was on how the learning objects are going to be linked to the australian curriculum. This was an interesting presentation and confusing as I am not sure why they are making a site for some states and not others expecting fuse to do the same thing.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Day 1- Pre-Conference Institute
I went to the institute - Lessons from Finland.
Researching, designing and delivering effective web-based learning. During this presentation Teemu Leinonen lead the discussion on using the web. His presentation was fascinating especially his use of the web and mobile phones in the early 90s. Incredibly innovative.
During the institute there were also 8 short presentations from other people on how they are using & designing tools and curriculum within their environments.
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