Why Weebly? - Authentic learning fusing Web 2.0 tools, the National Curriulum and cross-school activities

Presentation on Friday, 30 September 2011 13:50 - 14:45 in room CG02

TAGS: Learning Technologies & eLearning, ICT in the Curriculum (Early & Middle Years), Authentic, Engagement, History, National Curriculum, web 2.0

‘Remember This’ Looking back and looking forward.

An inquiry based unit exploring Women in Australian History and their contribution to today's society. This authentic learning experience drew together cross-school activities, incorporated the new National Curriculum, and used the latest in Web 2.0 tools, utilising the new laptops available to each student in the Junior School.

Meaningful Engagement = Empowerment

Unconference Strand

About this Strand

This year QSITE's State Conference will also include an open-ended conference strand. While key themes and questions will be provided as an initial scaffold, the content and learning will be co-constructed by the participants. It is planned that the unconference strand will be structured within the 4 key areas of:

The Learners
What are our learners like? How do our students learn in formal and informal contexts?What does it mean to be a contemporary/21 C learner?
The Tools
What tools can assist learning? How can I use them? What does this mean for me and my context?
The Pedagogy
Do we need to shift pedagogy/change practice? How? Why? What works?How does this play out in the classroom? What are the implications?
The Vision, The Guidelines, and The Future
What do we value about ICTs in learning? What do we 'have to' do? (curriculum developments and requirements) What do you want for your students, your practice, your school etc in the future?

A wiki has been established at http://qsiteunconf2009.wikispaces.com/ for attendees to nominate for aspects of these conversations and to collaboratively plan the ways that the experience may unfold..

Drop-in and discuss

Participants that are wanting to explore particular issues or ideas (eg. continued discussions about the points raised in a keynote) or have an impromtu lesson in a particular tool will be encouraged to drop-in to the unconference space. Support and instructions for this process will be provided at the event.

Supported by Web 2.0 Tools

The conference, in particular this strand, will also encourage an active 'back channel' where attendees are encouraged to share thier thoughts and ideas online throughout all of the conference activities.The back channel will be supported through tools suct as twitter, coveritlive and ustream.

Items within the conference may also be captured and live streamed to facilitate sharing and interaction beyond those directly involved at the conference.

QSITE and its members already have active presence in a variety of online networks. Joining these may assist you in preparing for practicipating during the conference.

QSITEr's Ning