This blogpost needs the #shamelessselfpromotion tag! I'm just finalising the details if three after schools professional development sessions I am running at Williamstown PS. Abstracts below!
Teaching and Learning in the 1 to 1 Classroom using MacBooks.
Thursday 22.09.2011 – 4:30-6:30,
The Gallery, Williamstown Primary School, Corner of Parker and Electra Streets, Williamstown, 3016.
Ample parking available outside school, check signage.
Nearest railway station, Williamstown Beach.
MacBooks, online resources and afternoon tea included.
Are you involved on 1 to 1 learning with MacBooks? Are you using a class set of MacBooks for some of your curriculum activities? Then this activity is pitched at you!
This session will cover the following:
• The pedagogy of the 1 to 1 classroom.
• Classroom organisation.
• Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & the 1 to 1 classroom.
• What are some curriculum activities that are supported by 1 to 1 learning.
• Why collaboration is vital?
• Assessment in the 1 to 1 classroom.
• Buying, leasing, parent co-contribution or ownership.
• Technical support and security.
• School policies for the 1 to 1 classroom.
A comprehensive set of online resources will be available as will membership of a network to support this learning.
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What’s New in iLife ’11?
Thursday 20.10.2011 – 4:30-6:30.
The ICT Teaching & Learning Centre, Williamstown Primary School, Corner of Parker and Electra Streets, Williamstown, 3016.
Ample parking available outside school, check signage.
Nearest railway station, Williamstown Beach.
iMacs, Online resources and afternoon tea included.
Just got a new MacBook, maybe through the DEECD Notebooks for teachers and Principals program? You will notice that it comes with the new version of iLife.
• So what’s new in iLife ‘11?
• What are the changes?
• What are the implications of this upgrade for the classroom>
• Exploring what’s new in iPhoto?
• Exploring what’s new in iTunes?
• Exploring what’s new in GarageBand?
• Exploring what’s new in iWeb?
• Exploring what’s new in iMovie & iDVD?
• What are some great things you can do in the classroom with iLife ‘11
• Where to after this session?
This will be a hands on session as much as possible. A comprehensive set of online resources will be available as will membership of a network to support this learning.
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Reinvent your Teaching with Challenge Based Learning!
Thursday 25.08.2011 – 4:30-6:30.
The ICT Teaching & Learning Centre, Williamstown Primary School, Corner of Parker and Electra Streets, Williamstown, 3016.
Ample parking available outside school, check signage.
Nearest railway station, Williamstown Beach.
iMacs, online resources and afternoon tea included.
Challenge Based Learning is an approach which has -
• A multiple entry point strategy and varied and multiple possible solutions
• A focus on universal challenges with local solutions
• An authentic connection with multiple disciplines
• An opportunity to develop 21st century skills
• The purposeful use of Web 2.0 tools for organizing, collaborating and publishing
• The opportunity for students to do something rather than just learn about something
• The documentation of the learning experience from challenge to solution
• 24/7 access to up-to-date technology tools and resources so students can do their work
Challenge Based Learning: Take action and make a difference [Apple 2009] p.2
Find out how Challenge Based Learning can invigorate teaching and learning of Primary and Middle Years classes! It is an approach that is highly engaging, embraces authentic learning and is great for students and teachers to use 21st century learning skills. Find out about the theory and see classroom examples.
A comprehensive set of online resources will be available as will membership of a network to support this learning.
If you are interested in coming to any or all of these sessions, details and bookings will be appearing on the Victorian Information Technology Teachers’ Association [VITTA] very soon. http://www.vitta.org.au/ or phone 9495 6836