tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post4301892609305261562..comments2019-10-05T00:47:29.193+13:00Comments on In My Ele_ment: (Modern) Learning EnvironmentsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-70587361600812761242014-10-22T23:53:44.969+13:002014-10-22T23:53:44.969+13:00Neil Fraser
3 Oct
to me, Karla
Hi Annemarie
I h...Neil Fraser<br />3 Oct<br /><br />to me, Karla <br />Hi Annemarie<br /><br />I have added a comment - I suppose you have to approve it first before its publish.<br /><br />It's also rather disappointing that it's not you on the photo!! I really thought I had sussed you out to be the one on the left!!!! But you are right, it was even before our era. <br /><br />Maybe it's about time both Mrs H's start growing their hair - bring back them good ole days. You both will actually like to sit under those old fashioned "hair dryer space thingies" to get the multi-storey hairstyle. The only difference is that you will not be reading a 1960s magazine, but have your i-Pad and mobile phone to read.<br /><br />Have a good weekend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-49415313892781714522014-10-22T23:53:14.766+13:002014-10-22T23:53:14.766+13:00Just in case you think the photo was me it's N...Just in case you think the photo was me it's NOT! Even I'm a bit young for that, by a decade I think. I remember my cousin Di rocking that hairstyle and she is definitely ten years older!<br /><br />I love your critique and added ideas. Could you add these to the blog as a comment? It really adds to the discussion. Or I could. <br /><br />So sad that the MOE is so on a different page. If they advise Hekia, all is explained. Unfortunately, I do know some "12 year olds" in the MOE who seem to have skipped being experienced teachers. Though methinks some real 12 year olds might do a better job.<br /><br />Thanks. I'm still grinning about my visit to "yours" and have promoted the school everywhere I go. Rachel Roberts said she had visited recently. <br /><br />I still have some drilling down to do into the deep and meaningfuls but that can wait till after Ulearn or if I get Karla cornered with a wine!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-89645703570723122652014-10-22T23:52:20.735+13:002014-10-22T23:52:20.735+13:00And now for some ramblings of my own...
Upon refl...And now for some ramblings of my own...<br /><br />Upon reflection, I think our very own MOE is to blame for the confusions of "environment". I often refer to our "school environment" which covers our teaching & learning programmes, our school culture, staff-student relationships, engaging our parents, etc, etc, - oh yes, and our physical spaces. About 5-6 years ago, the MOE property division visited schools and clusters to explain the revised 10 Year Property Plan guidelines. I recall the meeting held in our area, with the big focus on MLEs. Yep - physical spaces. As for the rest of the MOE (curriculum development, etc), there was never even a hint of MLEs. And as a result, many schools associated the coin phrase MLE was just the modernisation of learning spaces. I am yet to attend any MOE meeting (admitting that we are stuck out in the mud flats) where the MOE has delivered any message of linking the physical environments to the learning and vice versa. This is the very reason why our BOT is about 18 months behind in getting its 10YPP approved. The MOE property officer who visited our school could not see our vision for learning - and was unwilling to even engage with us after the initial meeting. In fact, the property officer had the audacity to even suggest we revise our physical environment as there are "many other models" to choose from. She could not see the link between our learning vision and our physical spaces. In fact, it was asked if we put vertiface on the walls of our single cell spaces, with a few adaptions, would it get approved? I know, a naughty trap question - but she fell for it. The property officer was really buzzing with suggestions and after about 5 minutes I stopped her, thanked her, and then told her that it was not going to happen at NPS as it was not our vision for learning. You know the rest - The MOE threw the guidelines in our face and at the same time the BOT decided to take matters in their own hands and opened the classrooms. The good news is that after 18 months of head butting, we are about to submit our 10YPP. It will be interesting to see if the MOE will sign it off.<br /><br />This disparity still exists in so many schools today. We visited a school last term which is about to be "snupped". The MOE is insisting on putting 8 data points in each learning space in spite of the school requesting for an effective/modern wifi system throughout the school. Irrespective of experiencing the term "ubiquity" daily in our lives, the MOE is yet to see the connection.<br /><br />Sorry for the long waffle, but in short, the confusion of MLEs was rightly initiated by the MOE Property Division. But sadly, the Property Division never mentioned it to the other MOE departments... the left hand of the MOE does not speak to the right hand, and as a result, MLEs was never connected to the "learning" by the MOE - and still not today.<br /><br />Enjoy your break from routines...more time to be online?<br /><br />Regards<br />Neil<br />(emailed by principal@ngatea.school.nz - pt 2 of 2)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-43347774510824997732014-10-22T23:51:10.329+13:002014-10-22T23:51:10.329+13:00Good morning Annemarie
Firstly, I was struck by t...Good morning Annemarie<br /><br />Firstly, I was struck by that hairstyle. Priceless. And even the QB can't produce such historical artwork.<br /><br />I do love your style of writing - it certainly draws one into the reading & easy to read. I think that you write exactly what is going in the heads of a lot of others, ie what is this "MLE thing"? And what comes through strongly, is that it is a mindshift of looking what "learning is" and how we offer it in our schools/classrooms. I think that there are many teachers ready & wanting the change, but its leadership that needs to make these mindshifts.<br /><br />You are right - it starts and ends with "learning". And this applies to all aspects of teaching. Take ICT for example. I recall coming to NZ in 1996 (still running in nappies, Karla?). At my first school we had 3 Apples (you may still recall those blue & green shells). It's nearly 20 years later, and many schools have not made that mindshift. I spoke to a principal of a local school last week who is going to purchase 48 desktop computers as stand-alone devices (The school was gifted the money). It is so important to have a strong vision when bringing change to any learning environment. And to see & develop that vision, one must have an open mind to change. <br /><br />I like your submission. It's certainly well written without being filled with deep research terminologies/jargon. It took me down a journey of reflections. Well done!<br /><br />(emailed by principal@ngatea.school.nz - pt 1 of 2Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158734129279460696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-71824060427984943292014-10-21T19:35:43.991+13:002014-10-21T19:35:43.991+13:00And modern becomes "how we do it around here&... And modern becomes "how we do it around here" too quickly.<br />Too true! Great read and thank you Annemarie ;)Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273965048066443163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-59207662821710102622014-10-04T10:35:21.631+13:002014-10-04T10:35:21.631+13:00Annemarie. I to like your blog and will visit from...Annemarie. I to like your blog and will visit from time to time as I try to understand gamification of learning in this month. All of this post resonates with me. My own Learning Environment is 24/7 includes our physical rooms at school, my home and extends presently to Twitter, Blogger, Google everything, iPhone APPs and at least 3 Aotearoa cities as I continue to learn with and from my children. I like the idea of disruptive feedback Sonya. One thing that has stayed with me in the last 10 years is the challenge of school as a place vs school as a concept and combining that with transitioning from school and classroom to learning centre and learning environments leads me to feel excited. As you know one of the first to get up if dance is happening. Thank you for your questions. One of my Guru's in education in 2006 was "Peter Senge" and I found him in a book called "Schools that Learn" said Pedagogy is "All of the practices and processes that shape what people know and how they come to know it" In that sentence I learned that pedagogy belonged to the learner and not the teachers and learning which I know to be true through practice is 24/7 if I want it to be. As for dropping the "Modern" I offer another spiral to the conversation. There is a dynamism going on (though latent) in Secondary School Kapahaka about what constitutes Traditional and a breaking free into "different" performance on the stage. The most "modern" team this year according to traditional status quo thinkers (including me) won the competition. Their performance? Out of the cube let alone the box. But was it modern? Some say the performance was harking back to their particular tribal story and tradition but it looked innovative and totally revolutionary, 5 years ago would they have won, no. What I guess I'm saying is yes I agree drop the modern. Unless the inclusion of it continues to disrupt the status quo and ideas and thoughts are able to continue to be made and remade because the word itself is a disruptor. One more before I go back to Twitter I love the idea of co-learners designing the learning environment and that modern learning environments don't mean splashing out or building a new school. Will be trying that, it is Spring and time to rejuvenate.Paaperehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482256831496764087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-79894047322190880842014-10-03T16:40:27.310+13:002014-10-03T16:40:27.310+13:00Love this post. Thanks Anne-Marie! Have been havin...Love this post. Thanks Anne-Marie! Have been having similar thoughts lately. And you've just given me a few more ideas for "learning activities." ;) Alex Le Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755886879677562881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017546676108501997.post-59596716142532975332014-10-03T13:19:21.881+13:002014-10-03T13:19:21.881+13:00Annemarie, I like the way you have written this in...Annemarie, I like the way you have written this in first person. The post is understandable and easy to read. I like too how you made links to some ideas that have been written about by our own educators. I look forward to seeing how this post is modified as you receive disruptive feedback from some of the thinkers and bloggers that we have in this area. I hope someone takes your post and responds to it with why they think we should keep modern in the equation. Sonya Van Schaijikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18137962247304160923noreply@blogger.com