I have been reading 21CLD Student Work Rubrics a Microsoft Partners in Learning paper.
I have just started reading the paper but it calls to mind some of the "Solo Taxonomy" rubrics for students which concentrate on encouraging students on learning how to learn.
The interesting thing about the Student Work Rubrics is the emphasis on collaboration and cooperation when it comes to learning.
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Upside down video
It lasts about 3 and half minutes and took maybe an hour in preparation.
The finished result looked fine on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mobile. I downloaded from my phone to my computer and .................it was upside down.
No problems I thought. I can handle this. Just open a programme like VLC or Movie Maker and flip it. Easy? Well, no. Not easy. Flipping a video in VLC means jumping through numerous hoops and if you have not done this before then a painstaking run and pause through a YouTube clip. Anyway I abandoned this because the video was pixelating and going green.
Right let's use Movie Maker. Locate the video and look for the rotate icon. There it is but it's greyed out. Many tries later. Much looking around on the net. Finally 3 hours later I download Windows Essentials 2012 - forget to do custom download- and finally get a fresh Movie Maker. Still no joy - rotation still greyed out. What about Save as Movie Maker file? Slow, slow, slow but finally and the rotate icon is now "live". Choose the file and an hour later the video is flipped!
Much later it is uploaded.
Moral: Just refilm turning phone around!
The finished result looked fine on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mobile. I downloaded from my phone to my computer and .................it was upside down.
No problems I thought. I can handle this. Just open a programme like VLC or Movie Maker and flip it. Easy? Well, no. Not easy. Flipping a video in VLC means jumping through numerous hoops and if you have not done this before then a painstaking run and pause through a YouTube clip. Anyway I abandoned this because the video was pixelating and going green.
Right let's use Movie Maker. Locate the video and look for the rotate icon. There it is but it's greyed out. Many tries later. Much looking around on the net. Finally 3 hours later I download Windows Essentials 2012 - forget to do custom download- and finally get a fresh Movie Maker. Still no joy - rotation still greyed out. What about Save as Movie Maker file? Slow, slow, slow but finally and the rotate icon is now "live". Choose the file and an hour later the video is flipped!
Much later it is uploaded.
Moral: Just refilm turning phone around!
Second Week's Reflections
I missed the second week course because I was away from Christchurch. I am catching up by going over the Moodle content.
I have now got my head around the difference between the personal Unitec login, the Student Portal and the Moodle site.
I am viewing the KCs in Leadership and note that we, as teachers, need to display the KCs in our work with our colleagues just as much as expecting the students to display the same when they are working with each other.
The reading about "The Affordances of Blogging As a Practice" has a very interesting passage:
Historically, the main pathway for teachers to become leaders has been entering school administration, which involves a significant shift in their professional roles and responsibilities (Task Force on Teacher Leadership, 2001). In contrast, the notion of teacher leadershipencompasses teachers remaining in their classroom positions, while serving as advocates, innovators, and stewards of their profession (Lieberman & Miller, 2004). Yet, the pathways through which teachers may become leaders are not clearly defined:
It has often struck me that good classroom teachers if they wish to become leaders need to go down the school administration path and as a result find themselves outside the classroom. The above passage is a rethink of this position and a another aspect of what exactly is teacher leadership.
I have now got my head around the difference between the personal Unitec login, the Student Portal and the Moodle site.
I am viewing the KCs in Leadership and note that we, as teachers, need to display the KCs in our work with our colleagues just as much as expecting the students to display the same when they are working with each other.
The reading about "The Affordances of Blogging As a Practice" has a very interesting passage:
Historically, the main pathway for teachers to become leaders has been entering school administration, which involves a significant shift in their professional roles and responsibilities (Task Force on Teacher Leadership, 2001). In contrast, the notion of teacher leadershipencompasses teachers remaining in their classroom positions, while serving as advocates, innovators, and stewards of their profession (Lieberman & Miller, 2004). Yet, the pathways through which teachers may become leaders are not clearly defined:
It has often struck me that good classroom teachers if they wish to become leaders need to go down the school administration path and as a result find themselves outside the classroom. The above passage is a rethink of this position and a another aspect of what exactly is teacher leadership.
Sunday 10 July 2016
First Week's reflections
I was not sure what to expect on the first night but we launched straight into the course.
My initial impressions are positive. I like the flexibility of the session times. Also the ability to attend at any of twelve locations is innovative. I will be in Auckland for Week 2 so I am finding out where I can attend a class while there.
The 32 week programme is going to be a challenge but I am especially excited about the leadership aspect of the programme.
Response to What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skills: Grant Lichtman at TEDxDenverTeachers
A really useful and interesting Ted talk. The main idea that I got after one viewing was the discussion around the movement from an industrial age model of learning to one which was more collaborative, self-managing and incorporates life-long learning. I liked the idea that learning can take place outside the four walls of a classroom and move into an 'anywhere-anytime' concept.
I want to view the talk again to consolidate some of the ideas.
My initial impressions are positive. I like the flexibility of the session times. Also the ability to attend at any of twelve locations is innovative. I will be in Auckland for Week 2 so I am finding out where I can attend a class while there.
The 32 week programme is going to be a challenge but I am especially excited about the leadership aspect of the programme.
Response to What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skills: Grant Lichtman at TEDxDenverTeachers
A really useful and interesting Ted talk. The main idea that I got after one viewing was the discussion around the movement from an industrial age model of learning to one which was more collaborative, self-managing and incorporates life-long learning. I liked the idea that learning can take place outside the four walls of a classroom and move into an 'anywhere-anytime' concept.
I want to view the talk again to consolidate some of the ideas.
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