This presentation accompanied a webinar run for in-house PD (Oct 2012)

1. Making contributions in online
spaces
The what, the why & the how
Before we start, in which spaces are you most often online….?
Share below >>

3. Haeremai. Welcome.
Karakia mo te ata
Haeate ata
Ka hāpara te ata Appear thesunrise
Ka korokī te manu Appear the dawn
Ka wairori te kutu The birds are
chattering
Ko te atanui The beaks moving
Ka horaēnā The important early
Ka taki te umere morning
Spreading over the
Te Awatea surface of the earth
The dawn chorus
Daylight
Waiata: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nki48i_GppU

4. What brings you here today?
…and what would you hope to leave with in an hour?

5. Share a reason you have contributed
to a shared/public space
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6. How did it feel – and why?
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7. Why we/people find it challenging
•Uncertain about the technology
•Fear of what people will think
•Cybersecurity
•Privacy
•Nothing worth sharing
•Not an ‘expert’
•What’s missing?

8. How might our posts help others
learn?
See also: 7 reasons to work in blended ways
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9. What do we do now – and what’s the
next step?
Cognitive challenge – “help
me reflect, connect and Further support; next steps;
develop my thinking or apply
ideas”
Extend thinking; support knowledge
development
Facilitator presence –
“share your view, Share information, guidance, resources
help me with a
direction”
Context; link to wider ideas
Social
presence –
Welcome; encouragement
“make me
feel
comfortable”
Adapted from: Gilly Salmon; Garrison & Anderson

10. An example…
http://www.vln.school.nz/blog/view/73379
9/how-to-urgently-convince-your-slt-you-
need-an-e-learning-coordinator

11. Further support; next steps;
Extend thinking; support knowledge
development
Share information, guidance, resources
Context; link to wider ideas
Welcome; encouragement

12. Scenarios –
co-constructing a response
Example 1:
“Kia ora ….. As a staff we have recently looked at the literacy performance of all our
learners and are increasingly concerned about how our Māori and Pasifika
students are performing. But, having identified the problem, we have no idea
where to go next. Can anyone help or share how they have tackled the next steps?
…”
Example 2:
“I am on an e-learning strategy team in Nelson and we are wanting to assist the
school into the e-learning future. Would love to understand from why they
resisted change and what helped them your colleagues who may have resisted
change at first, begin to embrace the digital era? We want to present the strategy
into the school in a way which all teachers will feel excited about the vision.
Thanks.”
Go to: http://bit.ly/S5wdTZ
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13. De-construct our responses
What is helpful to the
teachers?
What is helpful for us?
What is still a
challenge – and how
might we tackle this?
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14. Useful
Resources…
• Blended learning resource (Te Toi Tupu):
http://community.tetoitupu.org/groupcms/view/11216/blended-
learning
• Tips for posting online (VLN):
http://www.vln.school.nz/discussion/view/697039
• Presenting content online – Passonable blog – Chrissie Butler:
http://passonable.wordpress.com/advanced-blogging-workshop/
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15. Evaluate me;-)
• https://docs.
google.com/a
/core-
ed.ac.nz/spre
adsheet/view
form?formke
y=dGF4VlprQ
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