My presentation on how to 'Connect learning and your school community' from the 'Leading a Digital School' conference in August 2017

2. Therearealwaysexceptions!!

3. Connecting learning &
your school community
Leading a Digital School - August 2017

4. Glenn McMahon
Principal
@mackas_ict

6. School background

7. 6Steps
Developing your culture
Clear expectations
Create a presence
Organise your content
Connect to learning
Share the conversation

8. Mychallenge

9. Developing your culture

11. “Pedagogy trumps technology
”

12. SAMR Digital Blooms

13. Clear expectations

15. Don't limit a child to your own learning, for they
were born in another time
RabindranathTagore

16. Staff capabilities
Professional learning
Habit building
Learning potential
A tool
for learning

17. Create a presence

22. Organise your content

25. Connect to learning

26. Connect to learning

27. Connect to learning

29. Create links to:
- Videos
- Websites
- PDF’s
qrstuff.com

31. - Students capture
content
- Teacher adds feedback
- Instant learning
feedback for parents

32. - Create assessment tasks
- Questions for home
discussion
- Parent invites to see set
tasks and feedback

33. - Connects to positive behaviour
- Allows for communication to
parents

34. Share the conversation

35. - Whole school feedback
- Survey data
- Share the results

38. 10TechnologyTechnology On the Fridge
Learning
Vol. 1 August 2017
Learning happens
anytime and
anywhere, so why
not learn from your
fridge!
Numeracy - Maths learning isn't restricted to
school.
There are things you can do at home to help your child learn and
improve thier everyday mathematics.
Be positive about maths.
Don't say things like "I can’t do maths" or "I hated maths at school" or "I was bad at maths
too"; your child might start to think like that themselves and then lower their own
expectations of themselves.
Point out the maths in everyday life.
Include your child in activities involving maths such as using money, cooking, board games
and travelling.
Praise your child for effort rather than talent This shows them that by working hard
they can always improve.
Encourage them to know that there is always more than one way to get the answer.
Wellbeing -What is
resilience?
Resilience is the ability to cope with
change and challenges – to‘bounce
back’ and recover when things go
wrong. Ups and downs, change and
challenges are a normal part of life and everyone goes
through periods of feeling stressed, angry or unhappy.
Resilient families develop their own words and phrases to
help each other get through the inevitable tough times
that each person experiences. The language of resilience
generally refers to coping strategies such as empathy,
humour and acceptance. On the back you will find a copy
of the 10 best phrases you can use at home to with
students to develop resilience.
For even more info visit: https://goo.gl/2UkUCp
Technology -The App store trap!
We’ve all had our children at one time or another
ask us to download an app for their device.
Sometimes we ask them what does it do, tell me
about it, how old do you have to be? Sometime we
don’t. It’s important to know that the ratings for apps in
the App store are not always reflective
of the actual age appropriate for use of
the app..
For example, the Facebook app has an
age rating of 4+, whilst Snapchat and
Instagram have 12+. However all three apps require you to be over the
age of 13 to have an account to use them. Children are aware of this,
so will often use the age rating as a tool to get an app they are after, so
make sure you are fully aware of the age appropriateness of apps
before downloading them .
Also be aware that there are thousands of inappropriate apps students
can come across by simply browsing in the App Stores.
10
Literacy - Reading
The number of minutes
a day that reading with
your child at home , no
matter their age and
ability, will help to make a
difference for their learning.
Website worth a look
https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/
Video worth a watch
Help every child reach their full potential
- https://goo.gl/fQGP9T

39. [Thanks]
@mackas_ict
mcmahong2@ww.catholic.edu.au
slideshare.net/mackas