'The Future is Blended' - Some slides from my presentation at the Oxford Conferences in Melbourne and Sydney, May 2014.

1. T H E F U T U R E I S
B L E N D E D
W A R R I C K W Y N N E
LINKS TO SOME RESOURCES
W W W . D I I G O . C O M / L I S T / W A R R I C K W / O X F O R D _ 2 0 1 4

2. In this workshop the focus will be
on blended learning and
approaches that extend and
enhance the classroom
experience. The latest research
tells us what we have always felt:
that good teaching is critical to
student learning and that
feedback to students is also
critical. New technologies
provide teachers with powerful
tools to organise, collaborate and
give feedback and to re-envision
the classroom for the 21st
century learner.

4. • theory: a change is comin’ (or has already arrived)
• organising – just the start
• collaborate – the heart of the matter
• feedback – the most important thing
• re-envision – what’s next

8. T H E O R Y

9. S I G N I F I C A N T T H I N G S …
• Feedback – 1.13
• Direction Instruction / Instructional quality - .82
• Student disposition to learn - .61

10. Studies show that more effective teachers are the key to
producing higher performing students. Conservative
estimates suggest that students with highly effective
teachers l earn twice as much as students with a less
effective teacher
Ben Jensen, Better teacher appraisal and feedback,
Grattan Institute, 2012

12. W H I C H I S C L O S E S T T O Y O U R
M E T A P H O R F O R T E A C H I N G ?
• Coach
• Guide on the side
• Meddler in the middle
• Authority figure
• Sage on the stage
• Mentor
• Lecturer
• Expert practitioner

17. S O M E O U T R A G E O U S
P R O P O S I T I O N S
• Every high school classroom should have an online
presence that supports and enhances the business of
the class
• Teachers should make themselves digital natives with
a toolkit of technology strategies they can employ to
support the learning of their students.
• It’s not about just engagement. It’s higher order than
that.

19. http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/DomainOfTeaching/ProfessionalKnowledge/Standards

20. http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/VisibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThinking1.html

21. I U S E D T O T H I N K … B U T N O W I
T H I N K …
• How has your personal vision (metaphor) for
teaching and the role of the teacher changed
over your teaching journey?

29. • TAGS:
• https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/hamlet
• https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/ipad
• Oxford Resources ( a list)
• https://www.diigo.com/list/warrickw/Oxford_2014

34. http://padlet.com/wall/psfuw9bw0t

36. A shared doc abut this presentation:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHfQN5
5IymYsG5YI3pSTZE0C05i_CyohBjonKvzWsiw
/edit?usp=sharing
A simple survey about this presentation:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DLWW1wKL
KWL9jEd7Zlqn1bzleYdIrZ6BvRWzamyVyEA/vi
ewform

38. G I V E
F E E D B A C K
• back-channels
• student surveys…
• screencasting
• blend with low-tech

39. https://todaysmeet.com/blendedlearningmelbourne

41. S C R E E N - C A S T I N G A S A
T E A C H I N G A N D
A S S E S S M E N T T O O L
• Some possibilities:
• JING (Free – 5 minutes max)
• SnagIt ($50)
• More here:
https://www.diigo.com/user/warrickw/screencasting

43. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLMGKJRpQiA

46. R O C K I N G I T
O L D S C H O O L
• Some analog approaches

49. Q U E S T I O N I N G
• No hands-up
• Wait-Time
• Randomised questioning
• Pose, Pause, Bounce,
Pounce….

53. R E - E N V I S I O N
• where to next?
• re-envision our role
• re-envision what student
‘work’ looks like

59. T H I N K I N G R O U T I N E S
• THINK-PAIR-SHARE
• Think about some of the approaches explored here.
Are there some that you’re already taking up? Are
there some you’d like to explore?
• Share your ideas with the person next to you.

61. W A R R I C K
W Y N N E
Warrick Wynne is a teacher and writer with
over twenty years experience teaching
English, based in Melbourne. He is
Director of Learning and Curriculum and
teaches Literature at MLC, Melbourne.
Learning Blog
www.learningau.com
twitter
@warrick_w
email
warrick@gmail.com

62. L I N K S T O R E S O U R C E S A N D I D E A S F R O M T O D A Y
W W W . D I I G O . C O M / L I S T / W A R R I C K W / O X F O R D _ 2 0 1 4
Google DOC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHfQN55IymYsG5YI3pSTZE0C05i_CyohBjonKvzWsiw/edit?usp=
sharing