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Leadership
Myron Fox experiment.
Who do we believe and trust?

Getting us to think about alternative theory, theories that compare and contrast, so that our decisions are wholly informed and reflected upon.

Looking at theories that can be argued and critiqued.
This all links to our own practice and the importance of referencing.

Digital
Constructionist simplest definition - learning by doing (building)

Constructivism - simplest definition - constructing knowledge

Collaboration - working as part of a team, shared responsibility


Inter-dependency - if one person doesn't do it then it has the potential to fall apart.

Pot luck dinner example

Constructivist - learning from each other by cooking together, how about we use this to make this, lets use this ingredient
Constructionist - putting it together, the making, the cooking
Collaborative - shared responsibility/interdependent (to make substantive decisions together to complete something)
Cooperative - inter-dependency of it, I can share …

Week 3LeadershipLooking at the TPACK model as an approach to technology inquiry.

C is content is the what e.g. music

P is the how (pedagogical approach)

T is the partner (what tech tool will we use to connect that supports the pedagogy) e.g. google drive



It is about meeting students needs at the center or the sweet spot.


EXAMPLE of this in the real world...

Content - I want my children to learn about the water cycle.

Pedagogy - Through an inquiry lense, I want children to experience it for themselves

Technology - Search engine/outside observation/talking to experts through Skype/time lapse

There are many possibilities and opportunities so we want to provide something just right for our children, think of the Goldilocks theory.

Here is a link to my own TPACK thinking... Click here

I really like using the TPACK model as it makes you really consider everything to ensure that your children will be getting the most and the best out of the learning. It makes you question each part of your context and …

Reading: Innovations for classroom technology innovations.
There are many implications for integrating a technology innovation in a school and this reading is particularly relevant to our first assignment as we begin to think about areas of innovation we can plan for in our own schools.
This reading explains the consequences, of course positive and negative, of a study of 12 teachers wishing to integrate a technology innovation in their school. The innovations range from creating websites to a science project using film. The study was intense and their reflections discuss some of the main reasons for the teachers innovations to be successful or unsuccessful.

Some of the main factors included:

Social awareness (this related to teachers and the social climate of the school, perspectives, visions and support of colleagues, was the teacher well aware of the impact the innovation will have on the school?)
Teachers Pedagogy (how does the teacher feel about technology? Are they competent in using…

Flipped learning activity:
Leadership: What are your strengths and weaknesses? You can do this in the format of your choice, just bring the self reflections with you to Week 2 session.  
Digital: How are 20th and 21st century skills different? Do we need both?

My strengths as a teacher and a leader are:
Relating to others - negotiating, listening I can listen to understand rather then listen to answer, empathetic to all, can look at all perspectives, recognise others emotions and behaviours and respond appropriately to this

Managing self - reflective, positive attitude to learning, patient, 

Manaakitanga - relationships (forming and maintaining), warm and open, honest and supportive

Areas of development as a teacher and a leader:

Managing self - Confidence and believing in myself as capable, being heard in a way to inspire


Thoughts about leadership and He Tikanga Whakaaro:
As a leader - recognising these and how colleagues are responding to these is vital.
Leader's need to be able to display…

What makes a good leader?
Someone who knows who their followers are.
Someone who can listen, stand back if needed, negotiate and inspire.
A leader needs to be a critical thinker and constantly self reflective. Someone who can read others well and pick up on passive followers then do something to help them follow actively.

What makes a good follower?
Someone who is active not passive, who can take initiative and isn't just doing a job because "that's just my job". There is a trusting relationship between the leader and the follower and depending on the context your role may change.

What is knowledge?
Knowledge is power, knowledge is experience.
The future of knowledge is a lot like this: to make sense of knowledge requires an action and a 'doing', our children of the future need to have deeper understanding of knowledge that is relevant and authentic.
Traditional knowledge was often given as factual, given as no ending and therefore serving as no purpose for a l…

Tokorua kaiako from Whakarongo School showing us their experience. Modern learning school.

What is learner agency?
- giving our learners the power to act
- self initiative, self regulation
- agency is interdependent
- student's own actions and how they affect others

Whakarongo school have model of 4 values. Navigator, collaborator, connector and innovator


Navigator
Links to the key competency of managing self...
Time management is a big idea...
Every pod has a simple timetable displayed in the Pod, seesaw, emailing etc It has all the things that children need to know what's going on and where it is happening and then this links to take an interest into what is happening in the day and taking responsibility.
Simply for knowing and keeping track...
The big question they prompt for children is 'What is it I need to have done this week?'

Learning pathways
Tailored to the needs of children they have each year, across each 'year pod' (year groups) as well as school wid…