Welcome to my blog! I'm Karen Belt, a Deputy Principal, working at Lynmore Primary School in Rotorua, New Zealand. In the past I have taught Years 0 - 4 and used 1:1 iPads to engage and motivate learners and improve student achievement. This blog documents my teaching and leadership journey and my learning processes with iPads in the classroom. I am a Google Certified Educator #SYD17 and I'm proud of having been a member of the inaugural Manaiakalani Digital Teaching Academy(MDTA) program and a Spark Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher (MIT) and an inaugural Manaiakalani Google Class OnAir teacher.

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

GAFE Summit Day 1 Keynote - Time to Wonder

Once again I'm at Aorere College for this years Google Summit.   This year I'll be presenting two sessions with a colleague, on Explain Everything and Seesaw.  It is great to networking with old friends and catching up with fellow Googlers from #SYD19.  I'm excited for a day filled with ideas and Googliness :)


Today's opening Keynote is entitled Time to Wonder by Lisa Highfill. 

Time to Wonder

Have you ever been embarrassed by your good ideas?  Or too scared to share them with others?  Fear of putting your ideas out there?  Time to do something with them.
"The value of an idea lies in using it" - Thomas Edison
Lessons should attempt to accomplish this kind of learning.  How do you create an environment for good ideas to grow?


How do you inspire curiosity?  
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein
Use the internet to inspire learners - find movies or images that are powerful and inspire curiosity.  Multimedia text sets are a way for learners to lead their own learning and explore a range of media resources.   This allows the teacher to move away from being the holder of all knowledge. 

A question is the most powerful force in the world.  How can you inspire your students to ask more questions and wonder more about what they are seeing?




We are the architect to learning experiments in the classroom.  How can we build agency and 'get out of the way of the learning.'  How can we build dynamic lessons that build curiosity?  Hyperdocs are a way to giving students ways to learn in the smart package.  Give your students voice and choice to hand in their project. 


'Sketchquoting' - a way to making note of all the things that resonate from a piece of text - a great way to analyse a piece of text and remember the important parts.

The ultimate goal of any classroom is to have engaged, inspired, thinking, creating, empowered, connected learners.

An inspiring keynote to start the day - resources discussed during the session are available here:

Digital Ideas and Books to explore

Answer Garden
Teachersgiveteachers.net
Canva
Thinglink
Book:  Make Just One Change - Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
-  Dan Rothstein & Luz Santana 
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  1. Dorothy Burt19 April 2019 at 07:13

    Sounds like some very familiar ideas to you! It would have been interesting to see them repackaged in the way you described here

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