ICT Mentor Training

http://sites.google.com/a/moe.gov.sg/ict-mentor/

Day 2

Welcome

Day Two

8.30 am Getting-to-Know YouCharacteristics of Self-Directed and Collaborative Learning

10:00 am

Tea Break10:30 am Essential Conditions for Effective ICT

Integration12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Essential Elements for Lesson Design2:30 pm Break3.00 pm

8.50 am

ICT-Based Lessons4.50 pm Reflection

Approach and Assumptions

• Model instructional and assessment approaches which result in student directed learning and collaborative learning

• Carry Out authentic task throughout the professional development experience

• Develop resources which will support the ICT Mentor Initiative and their learning experience

Regardless of your role or background, we assume that:

• You are open to new ideas• You are willing to fully participate• You like learning!

Activities will

Assumptions

Fave Favourite

experience involving the use of ICT

Getting to Know You“Fave, Slave or Crave?!”

1. Think individually2. Record your thoughts in the Google Form3. Share your thoughts within your group4. Introduce a group member and his/her thoughts

Slave Situation

about ICT that frustrates youCrave

Area of interest with ICT that you want to learn more about.

Students possess competencies for self-directed and collaborative learning through the effective use of ICT

Teachers have the capacity to plan and deliver ICT-enriched learning experiences for students to become self-directed and collaborative learners as well as nurture students to become discerning and responsible ICT users

School leaders provide the direction and create the conditions to harness ICT for learning and teaching

Goals of mp3

Objectives

• Identify essential conditions for effective ICT integration and suggest examples to achieve the conditions

• Describe characteristics of ICT-facilitated collaborative learning and self-directed learning

• Apply digital age skills for ICT integration

Characteristics of Self-Directed and Collaborative Learning

• characteristics of self-directed learning

• characteristics of collaborative learning

• conditions that make it successful

• roles of the teachers & students

1. Look for

2. Record your observations in Google Form3. View other gp’s observations & share with your gp.

Question or comment on their points at Coveritlive

What is SDL and CoL to a• Student• Teacher• School leader• Employer• Parent• Community

Inner Circle

Outer Circle

Characteristics of Self-Directed and Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning

• Effective Group Processes, e.g.- e.g. Accountable to

self and group• Individual and Group

Accountability of Learning

Self-Directed Learning

• Ownership of Learning• Management and

Monitoring of Own Learning

• Extension of Own Learning

Characteristics of Self-Directed and Collaborative Learning

ICT-Facilitated Learning

One thing you have learnt on the use of technology?

Take a Break

10.00 am – 10.30 am

ICT-Facilitated Learning

One/two word(s) that describe a positive

experience before break

What are essential conditions for effective ICT integration in your school?

Essential Elements for Lesson Design

• Brainstorm and create a web of conditions using mywebspiration

• Share your webs, view other groups’ webs and enhance your web.

• Propose suggestions on how conditions can be achieved

• Add suggestions to your web• View other groups’ suggestions and

enhance your web

Essential Conditions.doc

What are essential conditions for effective ICT integration in your school?

What part do you play in this?

As ICT Mentors

Essential Elements for Lesson Design

LUNCH

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Effective ICT Integration

What elements would you consider when designing an

ICT-based lesson?

As teachers

Range of Use

Shifting the Learning Paradigm (Student-centered)

In groups of 6, each of you will

• Read and learn one of the 4 standards of Authentic Instruction

• Share what you learned to group members

Authenticity of Learning

• Higher Order Thinking

• Depth of Knowledge

• Connectedness to the World Beyond the Classroom

• Substantive Conversation

Authenticity of Learning

Complexity of Thinking

Collaboration

• Debating

• Negotiating

• Commenting

• Video

conferencing

• Skyping

• Networking

• Emailing

• Chatting

LEvaluate

Create

Remember

Analyze

Understand

Apply

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Lower Order Thinking Skills

LEvaluate

Create

Remember

Analyze

Understand

Apply

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Lower Order Thinking Skills

1.Use the common fairy tale elements

2.Write a short fairy tale (about 100 words)

3.Record fairy tale using Vocaroo

Fairy Tales

4 Square Reflection

Fairy Tales

Instructional approach

What? How? Effective?

Thinking skills & Digital age skills

What? How? Effective?

ICT tools

What? How? Effective?

Authenticity

What? How?

Take a Break

2.30 pm – 3.00 pm

1.Read and deconstruct the lesson• ICT tools? Thinking skills and Digital

age skills? Instructional Approach? Authenticity?

2. Propose how you can bring the lesson to a higher level of thinking• Change of ICT tool (if different)?• Change of thinking skill?

Shapes

Shapes

4 Square Reflection Instructional

approach

What? How? Effective?

Thinking skills & Digital age skills

What? How? Effective?

ICT tools

What? How? Effective?

Authenticity

What? How?

Reflection

Positive experience you had

Area you could do better in

Interesting idea I have learnt

Google Form: Reflection_Day2