Facilitator+-+Anitas+Drossis

Facilitator: Anitas Drossis Scriber: Virginia Pang Eldred MacIntyre Kelly McLeod Deanna Bowlby Jeremy Cadeau Robert Boxter Susie Mitchell Frank Preston Bryan Manuel

What are the Barriers and constraints? · Ensuring that technology is available for all; federation is the barrier; staff are closely monitored and they closely monitored each other; teachers need to be the trainers; teachers need to be the driver in technology because they are in the front line delivery of curriculum; federation goes again what needs to go forward; how to ensure all staff get on board · Time is a barrier; how to make time to become familiar and comfortable with the tools e.g. Moodle; how to make it possible; the need to always listen to the needs of teachers and students; adaptation should come in smaller pieces · Proper training provided for teachers; time to consolidate; what are the best examples or exemplars; what are the concrete examples; reliable technology is a barrier; not the best equipment is available in the school; equipment that breaks down all the time; “that does not stop me”; a tech teacher got frustrated and gave up · What they have done is what they are good at and do not want to change; if it works why change; techno phobia; board finances; wireless network does not work all the time; the top does not value the students are having a good time, students enjoy learning more, not enjoy coming to class and attending more frequently; YouTube is not available; IT blocking some valuable sites; it ruins everything you plan; planning takes a long time; students have technologies that surpass anything at school · Try to bring students and teachers together; teachers has to power up and students have to power down; teachers and students need to work together; within the school time frame to try and find time to work together; too much technologies is coming at the teachers · Access for students; hardware access; access within the network—firewalls; sites block; the students already know it and teachers are not worry about learning the tool because students can get them there; some teachers are worry about the tools and how they are using it; teachers need to access the tools to model for the students; students are not learning the proper way of using certain tools; teachers should have access to guide students · Slow down and recognize the pressure people are under; people want to know that there is a stable platform; hub and infrastructures have to be consistent; step back and allow embedded learning to happen; teachers need to know what is good, effective teaching strategies and then how to integrate technology into effective practices; we need to know where we are going; it is a journey and it has just started · Curriculum expectations; the expectations of student at-risk; what kind of learning environment does at-risk students; does our curriculum reflect the needs of the future world; social view; bricks and mortar Vs open school will society embrace it; how do we ensure that society will accept the open school perspective as we view it · Individuality in school; we are trying to do one size fits all; different community may have different needs and different values; we have moved away from individuality of communities · We don’t need to know the needs of students in 5 year, but to prepare them for exponential change · Students may have 5 to 10 job changes in their life time · Teaching students how to learn · Not everybody embrace learning all the time · We should continue to do what we are good at · Are powering up to more gadgets and gimmicks or real learning · If you think the knowledge we teach are superfluous to future needs, so do will be the skills Possible solutions innovative ideas: · Sharing best practices · Celebrate success ·