1. Preparing for a Contemporary
Learning Environment - A
Pedagogical View 2010
Manor Lakes P-12 / Specialist College
Assistant Principal - Helen Otway

2. About Me...
Teacher at Essendon Nth P.S
Leading Teacher at Parkwood Green P.S
DEECD Ultranet Coach
Assistant Principal - Manor Lakes P-12 / Specialist
College
...with ICT
Focus on Learning &
Teaching
...and Thinking

3. Also...
ICTEV State Council Secretary
DEECD Web Conference Leader
Mum, wife, pet owner and renovator!!

4. About Manor Lakes P-12 Specialist College
• Brand new college, opened in 2009
• 470 students in 2009, 880 in 2010
• 2009 - P-7
• 2010 - P-8 and specialist
• Outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia

5. School Staff
Structure
Principal Class Team - Principal, EY AP, MY AP,
Specialist AP and Student Learning AP
Leading Teachers - Literacy x 2, Numeracy, ICT,
Wellbeing and Community
Team Leaders for each VELS Level
Learning Area teachers and Specialist teachers
Educational Support Staff inc Office Support

6. SFO - for 2009

7. Developing an Learning
Environment

8. think big
think bold
think ahead
Marco Torres
What
does this
mean for
me?

9. Dream . Believe .
Inspire
• Manor Lakes College will
create a vibrant and
harmonious community of
responsible learners who have
a confident belief in their ability
to learn, grow and succeed.
Aiming High
Showing Respect
Being Safe
Valuing the
Community

13. What were our considerations?
1.What sort of learning did we
want to for our students?
2.How were we going to use
the physical spaces?
3.What technologies were
going to assist us?

14. 1. Our learners....
What are the skills and
attitudes we want our
students to have when
they leave school?
How can we best support
them in their learning?

15. • Articulate
• Creative
• Collaborative
• Problem Solvers
• Global Citizens
• Connected
• Active
• Literate &
Numerate

16. Our learning needs to
be....
Inclusive of all students
Rich, rigorous and relevant
Integrated and Inquiry driven
Stimulating and engaging
Explicit when necessary
Innovative and guided by research

17. Learning needs to be..
Celebrates success
Differentiated to meet individual needs
Open and transparent
Inclusive of various pathways
Aligned with VELS, Pre VELS and the National
Curriculum

18. THE LEARNING.... purposeful, rich, real world,
collaborative, creative, engaging...

19. Traditional Paradigm “Teaching” Constructivism Paradigm “Learning”
Memorization Understanding
Recall Discovery
One size fits all Tailored; option rich
Talent via weeding out Talent cultivated and sought out
Repetition Transfer and Construction
Acquisition of facts Facts and conceptual framework
Isolated facts Organised conceptual schemas
Transmission Construction
Teacher = master and commander Teacher = expert and mentor
Fixed roles Mobile roles
Fixed classrooms Mobile, convertible classrooms
Single location Plurality of locations and space types
Summative assessment Summative and formative assessment
Malcolm Brown Dartmouth College
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/EducatingtheNetGeneration/LearningSpaces/6072

20. 2. Our Learning
Spaces
Learning Houses
Open plan
Project spaces
Fluid furniture
Light

21. Considerations
Power supply
Connectivity
Storage

23. Supporting staff with
Learning Spaces...
Learning walks early in the year
Visits to other school settings
Whole school dialogue about classroom design
Team Planning time to reflect on design
Coaches supporting staff

24. What we liked on visits...

25. What
we
didn’t
like...

26. Changes
made...
Semi-round tables were ordered
Makeshift walls came down
Students were able to move from table to table - did not
‘own’ a chair and table space
Peers came in to help design learning spaces

27. The Library...

28. A Prep
classroom...

29. A Year 8 class..

30. Community spaces...
PLAYGROUP

31. 3. The technologies

32. Laptops
From P-6 (1:5) and Year 7-8 (1:1)

33. Mobile learning tools
laptops & Mobile IWBs

34. PARENT
GROUP -
INFORMATI
ON
SESSIONS
YEAR 8
STUDENTS
SHARING THEIR
LAPTOP
PROGRAM

35. Technology by itself doesn’t improve
learning...
Information and communication technology
offers a diversity of learning
opportunities from which teachers and
learners can make decisions.
Our challenge...
is to make the learning experiences for
our students richer, more meaningful and
the use of tools that can support and
promote deep understandings.

36. Alan November
Don’t buy any more stuff (technology) until we get
the teaching and learning right.
It can create problems if teachers do not have the
teaching and learning right, and if there isn’t the
professional learning.

37. Supporting staff with technology...
Work in teams
Techie Brekkies
School visits
Apple Tour for Year 7
teachers, APs, Tech support
Off site PD and
Conferences
ICT Coach in 2010

38. Conference
s
Our staff are encouraged
to present at national and
international conferences.

39. Professional Learning
Aligned with school goals
Ongoing
Onsite and close to the classroom
Offsite and brought back to the teams
Coaching

40. Timetable
Middle block is a dedicated planning time for all teams

41. Creating a 1:1 Learning
Environment

42. 1:1 Learning -
What do we mean by this?
What are the first thoughts that come to mind?

43. What does it mean for each of these
people?
Students?
Teachers?
Leaders?
Parents?

44. From eLearning vision to 1:1
Bruce Dixon

45. Preparing for 1:1
Community readiness
Teacher readiness
Student readiness
Is this what we mean?

46. Preparing for 1:1
Community
Readiness
Shift in thinking
Open and
transparent learning
Student Learning
Conferences
Information sessions
Teacher
Readiness
Shift in thinking
New ways of
delivering curriculum
Use of ICT for
learning
Taking risks
Student
Readiness
Shift in thinking
Learning how to
learn
Working with others
Being digitally
responsible and
aware

47. What our new teachers
had to say...

48. Keeping Safe
- 5/6 Inquiry
What technologies do
the students use?
How do they use
them?

49. Media - Copyright
Year 7 Unit
Why explore Copyright?
What did it mean for our learners?
http://resnet.ucsc.edu/besmart/filesh
aring/
What did it mean for us?

50. Where to next?

51. iPad trial

52. The Ultranet...

53. Where to find us...
http://www.manorlakesp12.vic.edu.au/

54. Continuing the dialogue
• Ning - http://1to1learningenvironments.ning.com/
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