Presentation given at Digital Horizons Conference 2016

1. Digital Horizons Conference
Students as Facilitators of Learning
June 2016
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz

2. The Nature of Learning
• 7 Principles of Learning
• Key Shifts in the 21st Century
• Building Blocks for ILEs
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

3. The Principles of learning
Learners at the centre
Social Nature of learning
Emotions are integral to learning
Recognising individual differences
Stretching all students
Assessment for learning
Building horizontal learning
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

4. Building Blocks for ILEs
Co-operative
learning
Service
learning
Learning
with
technology
Inquiry
based
approaches
Formative
assessment
Home school
partnerships
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

5. Re-mixing learning
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com
bit.ly/DHEEF2016
BYOD = $0
http://bit.ly/25BpRC
B

6. Ingredients for eLearning success
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com
Student
eLearning
skills
Teachers
using
technology
effectively
Student
learning
models

7. eLearning Cycle = Learning Depth
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

8. Where are you on the Loop?
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

9. Where are you on the loop?
Has to be explicitly planned for
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

10. Anatomy of an eLearning writing task on a Google Site
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Task
Audioboom
Padledt/draw.io
Multimedia output
Google Doc
Task set by teacher with
clear expectations and
learning intentions
Students brainstorm
initial ideas
Students classify, sort,
adapt add to ideas
Students draft, revise,
improve their work
Students elect the format
of their final output - if
appropriate
Continual student
feedback/feed forward
based on learning
intentions
Students give
feedback via
comments in docs as
work is produced

11. Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Students as Facilitators

12. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz

13. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz

14. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
● How do the comments get started?

15. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz

16. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Commenting meat - better examples

17. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz

18. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Breakthrough comments

19. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Breakthrough comments

20. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Commenting AgreeMent CONTract (Rm 10)
1. You need to make at least 4 comments a week
2. These comments must be made across at least 2 different days
3. Comments must follow commenting rubric to be eligible
1. Weekly quota results in 15mins Free Time Token Friday
1. Best/most comments rewarded fortnightly and at the end of Term

21. marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com
Have a range of tools to do the same job
PC Snip/Jing/PowerPoint/awwapp.com/educreations.com
Apple Jing/QuickTime/awwapp.com/educreations.com
Android Tablet Lensoo/Screen Recorder
iPad Educreations/ShowMe/Explain Everything/Lensoo
Know how to create
Know what to
say
Know how to post
Know how to feedback
Know how. Can do.

22. marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com
Learning Example

23. marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com
Use Rubrics to support

24. Use Rubrics to support
marcr@northcross.school.nzdavid@dakinane.com

25. Inference
Make a copy of this presentation then:
1. Read both texts
2. Highlight the key-words that describe the setting and atmosphere of
the location - using transparent shapes
3. Add a new slide to the presentation
4. Select three of the words you have highlighted and write synonyms
and antonyms for them
5. Write two similes and metaphors to help create atmosphere
6. Write an extended description of “Turnbull” based on what you have
inferred from the text
7. Re-name your presentation and upload it to a new post on this page
8. Read the work of two others and compare their description to yours,
what difference do you note between them all, share your thoughts as
a comment on the other examples of writing

26. Students as Facilitators
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Tools to build a culture of commenting
https://groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com
http://versoapp.com/
https://answergarden.ch/
http://kaizena.com/

27. Students as Facilitators
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz
Tools for critical thinking and feedback
https://educreations.comhttp://awwapp.com
https://mix.office.com/snip
https://thelearnia.com

28. Making eLearning Powerful
Vs
david@dakinane.com marcr@northcross.school.nz