1. Learning Technology Mentors Program

2. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Learning Technology Mentors Visioning Session 2

3. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Gerard Kell Learning and Innovation Jo Kay Consultant to Learning and Innovation Learning Technology Mentors Your facilitators today … Stephen Ridgway Learning and Innovation Julie Collareda Learning and Innovation

4. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Learning Technology Mentors This session will provide a further opportunity to develop and articulate a shared and personal vision for the role of a Learning and Technology Mentor

5. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au At the end of the session: Gain an awareness of the shared values within the Learning Technology Mentor team Align the shared vision for this program with the Sydney Institute Business Plan and branding identify and post an image/s from Flickr to the LTM blog site that represent the shared vision of the Learning and Technology Mentors Team

6. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Learning Technology Mentors “Visioning” is a way of defining and achieving a desirable future. It has been shown that we are more likely to reach an objective if we can “see” it and imagine the steps to achieve it.

7. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au A vision is an indication of where we are heading or what we would like to see happen. A vision creates a concept of the future you intend to inhabit.. Learning Technology Mentors

8. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Developing a collective vision is important to enable productive collective action – team work!! People follow others who know where they are going! Learning Technology Mentors

9. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Learning Technology Mentors Assumptions The other person sees a situation the way we do The other person is experiencing the same feelings as we are The other person’s logic is based on our logic and not their feelings The other person’s learning style is the same as ours If a problem occurs, it is the other person who has the problem or does not understand the situation

10. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Conceptual metaphors have importance for understanding the process of learning and educational practices.  help form a storey’s theme or line  are the basis of the conceptual systems for understanding how we act in our day to day lives Visioning using metaphor

11. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Common journey metaphors  The hero’s journey  Biblical “seek and ye shall find”  At the sharp end  The quest – the inner journey  The birth of knowledge  Weaving the textual route  Cyberspace Visioning using metaphor

12. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Select an envelop Take time to visualise the metaphor Describe your role as a Learning Technology Mentor in terms of the metaphor Task 1 : Visioning using metaphor

13. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Visioning: Ambition in Action The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Ambition in Action is a vision statement As a Learning Technology Mentor you should be modelling the new Sydney Institute branding

14. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Passionate Preferred “Sydney Institute really cares about what it does and how it directly relates to me” Influential “Sydney Institute has the power to change lives, the community and the economy” First rate Professional “Sydney Institute is on the pulse and acts in a professional way” Capable “Sydney Institute knows how it’s done and can show me how” The best Progressive Ambition in Action

15. www.sit.nsw.edu.au Task 2: Visioning: Ambition in Action The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Discuss your role as LTMs in terms of the Sydney Institute branding and add comments to the grid provided: Progressive Passionate Influential Professional Capable

16. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au a) identify and post an image/s from Flickr to the LTM blog site that represents “the shared vision of the Learning and Technology Mentors Team“ b) Comment on other team members contributions Task 3 : Shared vision

17. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au Time for a break! Tea & Coffee & Biscuits available Please be back at your table by 16:00 to start the next activity Feel free to ask questions! Visioning

18. Learning Technology Mentors Program Visioning - session two Julie Collareda and Gerard Kell