Sitech Conference: Keynote 2
Peter Kent Coordinate and manage PD for technology at ACT
Inspired Teaching with an IWB-
What does it look like?
Born with all the brain cells but not all the connections. It is those connections that are made through our experience. “We are our experiences”
Students have more experiences with technology so their brain aborbed information in a more various ways way.
They can’t turn turn off their senses. We have to use technology to present to reduce distractions… Allowing them to focus.
Shouldn’t technology be used to enhance teaching? More than Class sizes and economic background the highest impact on learning is quality teaching.
Higher level of Intelligual quality
Lessons are relevent
Environment is supportive
All these 3 things can be enhanced with the IWB
Levels of Intellectual property
1. Teacher asks questions of students.
2. Students ask teacher questions
3. Students ask questions of students and they ‘find out’ together.
IWB provides good, interactive content with can develop discussion.
The best way to get quality discussion is providing ambiguity. Assumtions are made by the student, different assumptions are made by other students and so discussion and negociation is made.
Metacognition- A teacher would record audio for problem-solving and store it on the appropriate page to be referred to by the students.
Relevence: Google Earth. You can go anywhere in the world but where do we go first? Your House. We are fundementally self centred, and even more so kids. So let’s personalise the learning?
We have the ability to manipulate content to open up discussion. Ask a Y11 stuent which of the following speeches are the most powerful of the 20th century.
What about this one?
