1. March 6-7 Learning Symposium
Welcome!
March 6-7 Learning Symposium
Karen Andrews
Ralph Luedtke (K-4)
Karen Pedersen-Bayus (FP)
Alberta Education Team
INTRODUCTION

2. You’ve come a long way….
27% said "gigabyte" as an insect commonly found in South America. 
11% said they thought HTML — was a sexually transmitted disease.
42% said a "motherboard" was "the deck of a cruise ship." 
23% thought an "MP3" was a "Star Wars" robot. 
18% identified "Blu-ray" as a marine animal. 
15% said they believed "software" is comfortable clothing. 
12% said "USB" is the acronym for a European country. 
Despite the incorrect answers, 61% of the respondents said it is important to have a good knowledge of technology.

3. Who Are We? Jurisdictions Jurisdictions Galileo U of C
Flexible Pathways Members:
Jurisdictions
Prairie Land
Lakeland Catholic
Gr. St. Albert Catholic
Rocky View Schools
Fort Vermilion
U of A
2Learn
Alberta Education
K- 4 Members:
Jurisdictions
St. Paul Regional
Edmonton Catholic
Calgary Catholic
Rocky View Schools
Galileo
U of C
Alberta Education

4. Our Purpose: K-4 RCOP Goals:
To cultivate, document and assess engaging and authentic teaching, learning and assessment practices with technology
To collaborate on research that contributes new understandings and empirical evidence of effective implementation of emerging technologies with elementary students

5. Purpose
Investigate the role of technology in supporting learners’ increased participation and achievement in environments where there are diverse cognitive abilities (including students with intellectual disabilities and students identified as gifted) .
Build and share expertize around the design and implementation of inclusive, innovative ‘learning spaces’ at the Junior High level where technology is leveraged to create flexible pathways to success.
Hence this project. Our purpose is to……

6. Learning Together Hurtles A Community of Practice Student-centred
Meaningful use of technology
A Community of Practice
Sharing Lessons Learned
Advancing Research and Innovation
Learning Together
Hurtles

7. We have discovered — painfully and expensively — during the past few decades that using technology without fundamentally changing pedagogy simply fails to achieve the desired impact on learning outcomes.
(Laurillard, 2012, NESTA, 2012, ITL Research, 2011)

8. Communities of Practice - Etienne Wenger
share a concern or a passion for something they do
learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain.
Requires: Commitment to participation and sharing
Three dimensions to professional learning in this project.
Face-to-face communities of practice
Professional learning on-line activities
Engaging in social media and developing PLNs – personal Learning Networks.

9. Learning and Technology Policy Framework.
Policy Direction 1: Student-Centred Learning Technology is used to support student-centred, personalized, authentic learning for all students.
Policy Direction 2: Research and Innovation Teachers, administrators and other education professionals read, review, participate in, share and apply research and evidence-based practices to sustain and advance innovation in education.
Policy Direction 3: Professional Learning Teachers, administrators and other education professionals develop, maintain and apply the knowledge, skills and attributes that enable them to use technology effectively, efficiently and innovatively in support of learning and teaching.
Policy Direction 4: Leadership Education leaders establish policy and governance structures, cultivate innovation and build capacity within the system to leverage technology in support of student-centred learning and system efficiencies.
Policy Direction 5: Access, Infrastructure and Digital Learning Environments
All students, teachers, administrators and other education professionals have access to appropriate devices, reliable infrastructure, high-speed networks and digital learning environments.

10. Ice Breaker! What is Student-Centred Learning?
What role does technology play in it?
Individual Reflection: Jot down your response
Sharing: Introduce yourself and share your ideas
Group Reflection: Capture your top 3 ideas
Large Group Sharing: Add your ideas (by table) to

11. A Vision for student-centred learning with technology Puentedura, Ruben, (2013). SAMR: Methods For Transforming the Classroom

12. A Rich Seam: How New Pedagogies Find Deep Learning, Fullan, M
A Rich Seam: How New Pedagogies Find Deep Learning, Fullan, M., Langworthy, M. NESTA, 2014