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Session 8 - 13.5.17

Connected Learning - 
Connecting beyond the classroom.

 Connecting and Collaborating -
Digital age - connect beyond the physical environment.
Critique new ideas.

Interest powered -

  • Inquiry learning
  • Letting kids have choice
  • Passion projects
  • Deciding on success criteria - Gives them learner power. 
  • Choice of writing topics. 
Production centered - 
  • Learning experiences when using skills. 
  • Process focus not product process
  • Tinkering, designing, 
Peer supported - 
  • Sharing and giving feedback to others. 
  • Blogs. 
  • AFL - Peer feedback - Feedback and feed forward
  • Safe environment for this. 
  • Learning pit - to feel safe with making mistakes. 
  • Scaffolding for successful feedback
Shared purpose
  • Collaboration. 
  • Common and meaningful goals.
Academic orientated. 
  • Opportunities
  • Culture, community and interest driven - Linking all together 
  • Fundamental skills to succeed in life. 
Openly networked:
  • Online platforms
  • Learning in multiple environments
  • Making connections beyond the classroom. 
Reflective question: 
If someone let's you down, who you are connecting with does this ruin to ideology of connected learning?
Does production centered link to problem solving?  


PLN - Personal Learning Networks. 



Knowledge is a networked forming process. 
Everyone's connected. 
Anything new? Gave it a name - What we all know. 

Leadership - Leading change. 

Management and Leadership two different things. 

Approach to change. 




Gaming - A challenge- Game mechanics -Most games these days force you to take a break. 

Vision statement: 
Empower lifelong learners through inspiring collaboration in our changing world. 

Kotter's 8-step change model: 

1. Create a sense of urgency - Ask questions - Get involved. 
2. Powerful coalition. 
3. Create a vision for change. 
4. Communicate Buy-in
5. Remove obsticles - Processes for structures - Reward people for making change happen/Empower action. 
6. Create short-term wins. 
7. Don't let up. 
8. Make it stick. 


Bill Martin - Buy in from all teachers - Creating a vision. 

Empowering people for change. 

Implementation for Learning Qualities; 

Increased urgency: Done - sent timetable out. Already upset people
Team of supportive people: Linking to early adopters - Go to people who are already using it. 
Create a vision for change: They will help - Kate de Groot - team meetings. 
Communicate Buy-in: Celebrating and show benefits. Create a shared vision. 
Remove obstacles: Effective of celebrating success. About them (followers) rather than you. 
Create short-term wins: Celebrate success along the way for teachers and students. Think about followership. 

Don't let up: Keeping momentum going. 
Make it stick: Make it part of our school - Emerged/immersed.  





Google voice - use for essay. 















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