Ulearn+2010

=Ulearn 2010=

offered a great opportunity for cluster learning.
In this section we share some of our learnings.

Cheryl Doig - Global Leadership - being networked matters
What's happening outside your school matters to you and your children. Check out: lSugata [|Hole in the wall] & Think Global School A global school that operates in a different country each term. What are the trends you need to be aware of?

Leaders
Mike Anderson - Waimairi School, Chch

Dave Hamlett - Taroona High School, Tasmania

Transitional ...............................Transformational

**Readings**
Kouzes & Posner (2010) - "The truth about leadership" [|ACEL Leadership Framework]

Tony Ryan - Digital Literacies
To find out more about Tony, his resources or to read more about his ideas visit: http://tonyryan.edublogs.org [|www.tonyryan.com.au] Tony is a director of School Aid (www.schoolaid.org )

Coding for the quality of pedegogy elements Hand out at []
 * Higher order thinking How do we build different levels of thinking into our learning programmes?
 * Social Support (Relationships)
 * If you want to grow you need to work on what is hard and what irritates you.
 * So how do you work with people you don't have such a good relationship with?

**Key Competencies**:
How do thse get planned for in units? Are the students used to monitor the learning of these to ensure that they are indeed developed in the learning.

**Readings:**
connectivism How you connect to the outside world Don pink

Diane Mills - Student Voice
Do we just look for a'low skakes aaa' infoaaaa/ ahow often do we consult them about their learning and inproving our teaching r our school?
 * Why listen to students?**

**What is student voice?**
" Student voice is the individual and collective perspective and actions of young people within the context of learning and education.[|[3]] It is identified in schools as both a metaphorical practice[|[4]] and as a pragmatic concern. [|[][|5]] " (wikipedia) Useful ways of collecting student voice and questions you might ask can be found at: http://instep.net.nz/conducting_inquiry/using_inquiry_approaches/gathering_appropriate_data/student_voice

**Tools for collecting student voice:**
Answer Garden Video interviews Survey monkey Google Apps Zoho Creator Wallwisher

**Research**
Ruddick, Chapman & Wallace (1996) Bishop, R., Berryman, M., Tiakiwai, S., and Richardson, C. (2003). __[|//Te Kōtahitanga: The Experiences of Year 9 and 10 Māori Students in Mainstream Classrooms//] __.

**Readings**
Interface - "conducting surveys and polls" Consulting Young people in Schools, - Jean Rudduck and Julia Futter (handout available from Jan) Videos:George Mitchell Comprehensive School, England - Teacher interviews, Lesson observations Illam School, Christchurch - Student curriculum team used to help decide and plan the inquiries for the following year,rule making and peer mediators. http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Leading-change-at-Ilam-School/Ilam-student-voice Red Beach School

My thoughts:
Who owns the classroom? Who's doing the learning/ Check out parka@fsd38.ab.ca Great technology learning in year 3 class

Google docs for Lane Clark and Steve Wheeler's presentation's done via collaborations Lane Clark Steve Wheeler Stephen Heppell

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