Ictlt 2014 colloquium (lim kok hwa) v2
Transcript of Ictlt 2014 colloquium (lim kok hwa) v2
The story so far………..
by Lim Kok Hwa
Principal First Toa Payoh Secondary
MY FORAY INTO THE NEW MEDIA OF LEARNING
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THE DOLDRUMS
• Scanning, rather than reading, books for personal and professional development
• Learning on the surface
• Professional discourse depended mainly on face-to-face interactions
• Resources for reading and professional development mainly in hardcopy & not well organised for future use
• Difficulty in organising and compiling learning points and references
PERSONAL LEARNING RE-BOOTING…
• Using Twitter to follow connected and networked thought leaders in education
• Curating relevant educational topics of interest using Zite
• Joining community of learners in Google+
Digital immigrant awakens…….and ventures into the world of the digital natives
PERSONAL LEARNING RE-BOOTING…
Digital immigrant awakens…….and ventures into the world of the digital natives
Twitter – online social networking & micro-blogging• To follow thought leaders on education from all over the world• To tweet interesting educational news/stories to followers
Zite – news aggregation apps• To filter news on educational issues of interest • Allows sharing of good articles on twitter & Google+
Google+ – social networking & identity service• To join community of learners in area of common interest• To create my own community of learners in school & cluster
PERSONAL LEARNING RE-BOOTING….
Digital immigrant awakens…….and ventures into the world of the digital natives
• G+ Communities I have joined for my personal learning
CHALLENGES, DILEMMA & TENSIONS……• Overwhelmed by explosion of information & resources from
new media of learning
• Evernote to the rescue
• ‘Discomfort’ zone of using social media during school hours
• Designation time zones e.g. lunch breaks and end of the day routine
• Slow buying-in of G+ platform as PD from colleagues and staff
• Be patient and working through advocates who see the value of this platform
Evernote – a software for note-taking & archiving which can be synced across multiple mobile devices
SMALL SUCCESSES……
• ‘Lurking’ for a period of time before starting to tweet
Think BIG, start small………..
SMALL SUCCESSES……
• Building community of learners in my school and cluster
Think BIG, start small………..
IMPACT ON PERSONAL LEARNING……..• Current in my learning on educational aspects of interest
• Following thought leaders in education such as Tom Whitby, George Couros and Jon Bergmann on twitter
• Up-to-date news and information on educational area of interest through news aggregation apps such as Zite & Flipboard
• Following the discussions of professional learning networks in Google+ e.g. Flipped Learning and Google+ Resource
• Better organised in archiving personal learning materials and resources for future use and reference (using Evernote Premium)
• A connected learner who contributes to the learning of others e.g. tweeting & moderating in Google+ learning communities
THE ROLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL LEADER…….
• A Connected Educator
• who is part of the larger network of educators and
• who is constantly learning from and with other fellow educators around the world
• An Advocate of Collaboration
• as a way to work and learn I this increasing complex world
• A Lead Learner
• is in the fore-front of professional development in the school
• role-model the type of learning he wants to see in his school