First keynote - Andy Hargreaves
April 12th, 2009 by admin
The first keynote for Learning@School 09 was entertainingly delivered by Andy Hargreaves. He made the statement that to be a leader you must demonstrate the change that is needed. I heard a principal once say that leadership was leading from the front, back, sides and all angles, at the same time.
This is an ICTPD conference and Andy reminded us that research shows that e-learning or ICT has been proven to have no demonstrable affect on teaching, learning or student outcomes. What makes the difference is effective teaching practice coupled with the use of ICT and e-learning. In this vein, I looked to the collaborative efforts of the delegates to share their learning and thinking of this conference (supported by the wealth of ICT at our fingertips)…
During the keynote delegates were ‘twittering’ their responses. Rachel Boyd remarked that the “second way sounds a lot like that tick box culture where we were so worried about coverage”. Sarah Jones suggested that the keynote was reinforcing knowledge age ideas.
Heath Sawyer started an etherpad for delegates to write collaborative notes about the keynote.
Janine Durno blogged her response to this keynote:
“Today I have the pleasure of being a lone ECE girlie at the very large learning@school ICT conference in our sulphar capital, Rotorua, home to Arawa and cultural icons. Andy is the first keynote speaker, he announces pink shirt day and outs members of the audience and prepares us for a very funny speech where in parts he is stuck to the floor! Andy reminds us that no ICT will have the slightest difference in teaching and learning unless you pay attention to pedagogy and its effect, again good teachers using ICT is the most powerful thing, and not good ICT. Collaborative feedback example he gives reminds me how little we put ourselves out there for colleague feedback, but how powerful a thing for growth that would be… So how is this Programme going for you so far, what do you need to achieve your goals, I bet there are many wishes people share and I am looking forward to tuning into them at our Lead Teacher Hui. Andy takes us back to when teachers entered teachers, the 60s and 70s and disorganization, the market influences on education and governments setting criteria for education…wow we are still doing that, Margaret Carr just presented the last (will it be) set of exemplars on ‘Dimensions of Strength’ the exemplars have given us a criteria that reflects Te Whaariki, havn’t we come a long way into our stength based narrative assessment. Andy warns us about the competitive climate in the UK amongst schools and how this pushes aside our efforts to enhance teaching and learning and sharing of this. I was at a kindergarten the other day where conversations with parents on selecting services arose, parents choosing on the basis of reputation, ICT equipment and resourcing and in some cases elitism - if it costs more it must be superior??? Did you know Nokia is named after the town of Nokia, sits by the river of Nokia, named after a large furry rodent, they were a timber company, that went into rubber shoes, then into cables and then into cellphones… interesting model… if you work for Nokia you change your role every 15 months because your loyalty is to Nokia and not your part, how interesting would it be to change your role in your centre and association perhaps like this, and how well we would understand each other and what each role encompasses…”
This was an inspirational start to Learning@School. During the conference we will have many more posts by guest bloggers sharing their experiences, learning and reflections.
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