N Stygall- Mindlab 2018 blog

How and Why using the 21st Century Learning Activity of Collaboration can help us enhance our practice ... From: https://app.themindlab.com/media/19751/view Collaboration 21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics - by Microsoft Partners in Learning We made a video to summarise the section on collaboration. Link to our video https://plus.google.com/u/1/113463555525844174967/posts/TKDTgcapmYw

Why reflect on a blog? "Ask any blogger, they know the benefits.I can see a day in the not too distant future (if it’s not already here) where your digital footprint will carry far more weight than anything you might include in a resume or CV. C Betcher (2009) Digital footprints FAQ questions about assessment - My answers 1. The difference between initial due date and the final due date is 2 weeks. The initial due date is when they recommend you hand it in, the final due date is the last date. After the initial date, we will be moving on to new material. 3.  The difference between group and individual entry... Group assessments are based on each member submitting a self and peer assessment form. Data from these forms are used to allocate 20% of the overall grade for the assessment. If all collaborators agree that they made equal contributions then there is no impact on anyone's grade.  If you submit a group assessment, each member of the group must...

A self-assessment of my 5 Key Competencies in my teaching and leadership practice. What are my strengths and weaknesses? See here for a google doc TED talk "What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skill" My reflections on how 20th century and 21st-century skills differ? Do we need both? The main takeaway for me is the message that ‘change can be hard’. Schools are risk averse - the downsides are greater than the upsides to taking a risk. I feel that this may apply more to American schools than NZ ones, but we definitely suffer from inertia, the feeling that ‘that is just the way it is done’. TED video But solutions to the problems we have do exist. These solutions exist in individual schools. Grant Lichtman states that although change seems hard, it is just uncomfortable. We are trying to fit the Victorian model of pedagogy into a 21st century ecosystem, and finding it won’t fit. We need to change our systems from the bottom up. Anch...