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LEARN LIVE CPD The Learn Live Secondary theatre brings together educators from a diverse range of backgrounds to offer 30-minute CPD sessions throughout the show. We find out more about some of the presenters and sessions Secondary CPD: More Learn Live highlights Speaker: Metin Ferhatoglu Position: Director of technology, American Robert College, Istanbul Learn Live session: Students becoming leaders: inspiring your students When: Wednesday, January 20, at 3pm What are your day-to-day responsibilities? “My main responsibility with my team is to make sure that technology-related services in the school run smoothly and meet the academic needs of the students. Half of my team are specialised in teacher training. We have a one-to-one BYOD programme and teacher and student support are crucial.” What are you speaking about at Bett and why? “I am speaking about the Student Tech Crew (STC) – a student leadership programme that we initiated with the oneto-one BYOD programme. I am a strong believer of including students in every project going on in the school. STC members are our ambassadors inside and outside the school. These students are not ‘geeks’, they are willing to learn and share with their friends, teachers, parents and the community around them. STC is one of the key points in the success of our one-to-one programme.” What started your interest in technology? “I believe that technology can enhance learning if used appropriately. Teachers are the key players so CPD is very important. I try to spend time with teachers and students inside and outside the classroom, observe them and get their feedback to set training and address their questions and concerns.” Who was your favourite teacher and why? “My primary school teacher. I decided to make a drone (actually a flying object with batteries) and she helped me to find the resources, materials and encouraged me to build it with a friend. It never worked, but I learned a lot. It is why I started the Makers Club in my school.” Where do you think education should be in 5 to 10 years’ time? “In five years’ time students should take ownership of their learning, as Alan November says in his speeches and books. The schools will exist but transform. Individualised and differentiated learning will be the key factors. Fifty to 60 per cent of learning will be online.” Speaker: Mike Guerena Position: Director, educational technology, Encinitas Union School District, San Diego Learn Live session: Are we over digitising education? When: Wednesday, January 20, at 1:30pm What are your day-to-day responsibilities? “My main responsibility is to ensure that all students and teachers have access to digital technology that enhances the learning environment seamlessly. “To do this, I provide professional learning opportunities for teachers, lead groups of educators to curate digital curriculum for students, and act as a coach for my staff to support the teachers in the district to implement a student-centred learning environment.” What are you speaking about at Bett and why? “I am going to be speaking on the topic of finding balance in how we use digital technologies in schools. There are a lot of conflicting points of view about the benefits and perils of using digital technologies in education. “These include concerns about the amount of screen time that students are faced with on a daily basis, reading in digital formats versus paper formats, and equity of access. “During the session, I will be addressing these topics with research evidence, anecdotal examples and survey data from parents and students.” What started your interest in technology? “Getting an Atari 2600 game system when I was 10-years-old.” Who was your favourite teacher and why? “A history teacher that had us question where the source of history came from and if it was shaped by a specific point of view. Where do you think education should be in 5 to 10 years’ time? “I hope that we will have teachers that were part of the new learning environments that we are creating. This will be the first group that was not taught completely in a predominately traditional stand-and-deliver format. “They will help solidify a student-centred learning approach that focuses on both the required learning and the desired learning of students.” Speaker: Jennifer Hart (@Miss_J_Hart) Position: Assistant head, Ashmole Academy, London Learn Live session: Flipping the learning, classroom and role When: Friday, January 22, at 4:30pm What are your day-to-day responsibilities? “I’m a chemistry teacher and a member of the school’s senior leadership team. I’m responsible for the science faculty, CPD and teaching and learning.” What are you speaking about at Bett and why? “We have had to develop new ways of teaching the students, so I have had to work with staff of varying technological abilities to ensure they are fully trained and confident using the technology; which is still a work in progress. At Bett, I am going to be talking about what we have done and how it has changed existing practice. For example, a year ago we introduced iPads to our sixth form students. I am also going to talk about where we are going next with the technology.” What started your interest in technology? “My general interest in technology stems from my dad. I used to help him build computers and would fall asleep to the sounds of dial-up internet as a child. My interest in technology in education began when I was an NQT and was the first teacher in the school to be given an interactive whiteboard.” Who was your favourite teacher and why? “Mr Davis, my science teacher. It’s because of him that I chose A level chemistry and I’m now teaching the subject. He was incredibly engaging and really brought the subject to life.” Where do you think education should be in 5 to 10 years’ time? “Still improving. Education changes so rapidly, which sometimes causes a lot of issues and anxiety for teachers. However, I do like the fact that it continually evolves.” Learn Live Secondary Details correct at time of going to press. There are six Learn Live Theatres at Bett, including the Secondary Theatre and the SEN Theatre. To see the full programme, visit www.bettshow.com/content/learn-live-theatres 22 SecEd
LEARN LIVE CPD The global classroom Photo: iStock At Bett 2016, teacher Ann Sorum Michaelsen, from Norway, will be sharing her school’s approach to teaching in today’s knowledge society using technology as an enabler. She previews her session Teaching for today’s knowledge society is technically more complex and wideranging than teaching has ever been. It draws on a base of research and experience about effective teaching that is always changing and expanding. Today’s teachers therefore need to be committed to (and continually engaged in) pursuing, upgrading, self-monitoring and reviewing their own professional learning. This includes participating in face-to-face and virtual professional learning networks and adopting CPD (see Teaching in the Knowledge Society by Andy Hargreaves). In my workshop, we will explore different approaches to establishing a personal learning network. We will discuss how this can help teachers, while at the same time benefit students in their learning. When teachers trust the students to ask questions and explore topics from the curriculum, we are changing the classroom to meet the requirements of 21st century learning. This move towards a student-centred learning environment gained my school – Sandvika School in Norway – worldwide attention after the BBC published an article about our use of technology in the classroom, and BBC school reporters Olivia and Mary, students from Burntwood School in London, travelled all the way to Norway to report for BBC Click (see www.bbc.com/news/technology-25888737 and www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/26689320). Our school’s goal is to prepare students for future jobs and to change the classroom to make it more relevant and interesting. In the workshop, we will share how we use technology to get in contact with students and teachers in different parts of the world, using Skype, Twitter and by writing blogs. We will share examples that teachers can use as an easy guide to model in their own classrooms. At Sandvika School, we use block scheduling, which means that students for the most part only have one subject each day. My students do not have textbooks, they use e-books on their PCs, Macs or tablets. This way they have all their notes, videos and instructions, neatly stored in the same place online. Wherever they log on, they can find their books and notes from class. When discussing topics like the Scottish referendum, or environmental issues connected to the curriculum, we contact our network and invite students and experts into the classroom (for example, see my website for more on how we approached the Scottish referendum discussions: http://bit.ly/1O8EFg8). When you stream the conversations to YouTube, students can go back and listen to the conversations as many times as they need, take notes and write about the topics on their blogs. Twitter in class provides easy and quick access to information and answers to questions you or the students might have. Writing blogs gives students the opportunity to enjoy a wider audience for their writing and to engage in interesting conversations concerning the topics they are studying. This autumn, my first year students have been discussing “technology in school” with students in South Africa, Australia, Greece and Alaska (for more, see http://bit.ly/1MIGjpG). The result is that the students are more engaged in their writing and eager to correct mistakes if they have any. It is also highly motivating for the students to monitor the site statistics and connect the dots – each dot on the map represents a visitor from different countries! I invite you all to participate in this workshop and join in the conversation about how technology is helping us learn – take part in my global survey at http://bit.ly/1WYuPzR • Ann Sorum Michaelsen is a teacher and administrator at Sandvika High School near Oslo in Norway. She is the author of the blog “Teaching using web tools for educators”, where she shares lesson plans and articles about learning with technology. In 2013 her book, Connected Learners: A step-by-step guide to creating a global classroom, was published, with contributions from many students. Visit http://annmichaelsen.com/ Sandvika High School Named as Norway’s 2009 Pathfinder school in the global Microsoft Partners in Learning Innovative Education Forums, Sandvika High School operates a one-to-one policy where every student is provided with a tablet and wi-fi operates throughout the school. The school uses Skype to link-up with other schools overseas to continue to innovate and improve practice. Further information The global classroom – engaging the students – exploring the possibilities takes place at 3pm on Friday, January 22, in the Learn Live Secondary Theatre. SecEd 23
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