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=Theme 3 Table 2 (Green) = Implications of continuously emerging technologies for professional learning and educators

Facilitator: Jerry Leeson Provocateur: **Jenny Lewis** Topic: Conversation Collaboration Creation Contribution

Video at http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=343 from 9.15 to 14.16


 * Comments from the Table to be added below**

Skills

Models of professional learning

Self directed

System directed

Other Theme 3 Jenny Lewis Riverview example: Staff have pd session fortnightly on ICT PD PD needs to be continuous Needs to be some sort of trade-off in time. Training needs to be in context How do you create a culture of change (dealing with change) Invest in early adopters Get them to train on a peer to peer basis - Provide the structure in which this can take place Teachers need to see new stuff in practice - need time off their regular job to do training. Network of people (support) is vital. Teach how to connect, develop themselves Incentive: if teachers see that their students will gain, they will adopt/learn how to use new tools. Has anything really changed in the last 10 years

Change management: how do we create a culture of change? or that accepts/ adapts to change.

Preservice – needs to start here. Focus on the ones in the middle. What do we do about the ones that are not prepared to change? - what about their students? - ‘Project tomorrow’ o 2007 research - kids into mobile technologies o 2006 research – kids don’t like the ‘old’ technology at schools, want to use their own technology.

At the top there is lip service, but no real support to make it happen. You need that real support to make it happen.

Mentoring is incredibly important.

Need to find the drivers for change.

leadership is important. eg principals need to know and understand the impact that technology or change can have and be able to articulate that vision to their staff. - dont necessarily know how to use the technology themselves but do need to understand the impact that it can have.