tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29405013510916457062024-03-14T15:46:45.732+07:00SC Digital Leader Education Programme for MOE SingaporeAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419631251635340625noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-54070760679459411262015-07-20T16:12:00.003+07:002015-07-20T16:12:20.512+07:00Reflections - RH<span id="docs-internal-guid-ebf0194f-aab6-d9f1-93fe-cba171ade4e1"></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-72942642092154586602015-07-20T11:39:00.001+07:002015-07-20T12:45:28.497+07:00My thoughts - learning in a digital age<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />95Anniversaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355822917859556702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-41136242602776949482015-07-20T11:38:00.001+07:002015-07-20T12:53:06.953+07:00Reflection.......<br />
Reaffirmed that it is important to understand the fundamentals of the tools and the eco system before designing lessons. Creating a culture of support rather than blame will help students to thrive better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-15671618569464570952015-07-20T11:35:00.005+07:002015-07-20T11:35:45.882+07:00Reflection:<br />
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1. Leaders need the moral courage to do what is right, even if it is hard and not popular<br />
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2. A leader has walked the roads of the student (this Principal came from a poor background, a school that is not a school) and thus felt passionately for the students. If she can break out from poverty, so can her students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-58149496836959777512015-07-20T11:33:00.008+07:002015-07-20T12:47:22.630+07:00Yang Cherng's Thoughts<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We talked about cyberwellness and the importance of teacher-student relationship this morning. These conversation were mostly teacher-centric.</span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-7773291271196708392015-07-20T11:32:00.005+07:002015-07-20T12:45:27.803+07:00<br />
There is abundant information outside the classroom in the networked world. Students can leverage technology to learn and tap community knowledge in the digital world. Teachers need to connect with their students and design learning that is relevant to them, and enable them to take responsibility of their learning.Bee Tinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15254507127656891436noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-65921159432725482792015-07-20T11:30:00.005+07:002015-07-20T12:45:29.385+07:00Leaders in Digital LiteracyLeaders in Digital Literacy must go through the phases of a learner, problem solver and reflective practitioner. Without these stages, the progress to becoming a leader will be stunted. Similarly, the same space and free time must be given to learners in digital literacy. Let the learners try, let them experiment and let them explore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-86740093076114405642015-07-20T11:29:00.004+07:002015-07-20T12:47:42.274+07:00Reflection from Alan GohInternet connectivity and advancement in tools enable us to design our learning space
1. Learning is personal – We take ownership of our personal or professional learning in the learning communities.
We dictate what we want to learn? How we want to learn? Who we want to learn from?
2. Implications on being connected – tools, content, community. Self-awareness is critical as we are visible in the community. We should be aware how we represent ourselves when participating in the community exchange.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-8266890669672326212015-07-20T11:29:00.002+07:002015-07-20T13:15:21.527+07:00Reflection from HidayahAs we move towards a shift in the education landscape, we have to be well equipped about the fundamentals and the ecosystem of how the tools and applications function. Only then can effective teaching and learning take place. As a teacher, we need to be prepared that what we want to teach may be taken to another level when our students explore other platforms to extend their learning experience. It is then crucial that the teacher be the pivotal point to assess what is relevant. Shaireyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660500110573611085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-67804704518518569732015-07-20T11:28:00.010+07:002015-07-20T11:28:32.750+07:00Reflection - WenWhere there is fear, there is hope<br />
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What resonated was the Linda Cliatt-Wayman's strong passion and belief that there was possibility in every child and the potential of what each child could be.<br />
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The slogans were a good way to shape the school's vision and galvanise everyone to move in the same direction. I particularly like how she builds each person's self esteem through affirming her love for them. This was the core of her leadership and one that would remain even after the staff or students have left the organisation.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-87695292481144979612015-07-20T11:28:00.002+07:002015-07-20T11:28:04.448+07:00My Reflection (Valerie)<div class="MsoNormal">
The internet is such a huge mass
of connection and it’s crucial that kids understand what it means to be
connected in the space. The right questions need to be asked to set them
thinking about their role in the space and the potential danger they are
setting themselves up for if they do not have a clear understanding of the
social media space they are on. As educators we also need to be familiar with
the entire digital ecosystem by being connected to a variety of online spaces.
We need to know the affordances and norms of one space to another. In this way,
we are at a better position when introducing different tools/spaces in the
classroom. <o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17180997024278025452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-78157604117228120272015-07-20T11:27:00.014+07:002015-07-20T11:27:51.647+07:00ComPassion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Linda Wayman is a woman of compassion and passion. Her motivation to persist in school reformation is the result of her background growing up in a school that is not a school. Refusing to let the school under her charge continue in a path that will be a reflection of her past experience, she has dedicated her life to help her students.<br />
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I am inspired by her resilience and courage to believe in her students and importantly her teachers to steer the school away from their seemingly destined path.</div>
Isaac Nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767039411087631010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-32714477984211231122015-07-20T11:27:00.009+07:002015-07-20T11:27:28.220+07:00Jenny's ReflectionTechnology is already available. How can we tap on it to facilitate, inspire and engage our learners? Every student or each group of students is a little different. As teachers, we must be ready to tweak our plans and processes to reach out to each and every child. We must be prepared to throw out our plan even if it is just for one student. Digital age is about problem solving, adapting, changing, communicating ideas, perspective taking, co-creating knowledge, questioning, creating.<br />
<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-79408504581108466012015-07-20T11:27:00.006+07:002015-07-20T11:27:25.534+07:00Vera's reflection from AM sessionI had a good reminder of why we should integrate technology into teaching and learning. The reality that students thrive in now is different. Technology is now a way of life and schools cannot just "try" and catch up. Schools have to be relevant and make learning authentic for students. If we want students to learn with technology, we must first know what that entails and show them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-68485467008726994922015-07-20T11:26:00.008+07:002015-07-20T12:45:34.875+07:00Farly's Thinking....I think the problem is that we do not spend enough time walking the talk. We do not understand each tool enough - play, familiarize and make mistakes with it for us to know what we can do with it. We also do not give enough time for us to represent our ideas about each tool or how to use it the way we want to.. so much of the knowledge does not stay nor owned.<br />
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How can we creatively do this? When I think deeper, into the context of work that I am doing with teachers, I agree that while we want to cater to individualised spaces for learning, we also want to know what the learning is and about. How can teachers represent what they know in a way that is meaningful for them? How do I empower my learners to acquire knowledge, build it according to how they define it and then continue on it so that they get more out of it than they initially started.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317071966358382231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-32196329200351829182015-07-20T11:25:00.014+07:002015-07-20T12:45:08.957+07:00My insight<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The morning session reinforced the importance to know the ins and outs of the internet to be an informed educator. One can stay ignorant but he will become irrelevant and disconnect from his students. Educators function in an ever-changing context and profile of students. Hence teachers' professional development should include digital competency too. </span>wonderful tampineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954589624333211365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-20493808512190507972015-07-20T11:25:00.010+07:002015-07-20T12:48:33.462+07:00Reflections from AzaThe extent of how vast one's tweets can reach out to calls for a more critical self-awareness of what one tweets.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491121414862916612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-73894601565177615082015-07-20T11:25:00.006+07:002015-07-20T12:48:03.678+07:00Reflections from Serene<br />
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and potential of new forms of communications made possible by emerging
technologies, it is vital that teachers comprehend how these tools may be
leveraged in the designing of purposeful integrative learning experiences to
crystalize students’ digital competencies and not merely subject mastery. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-40522889064166168622015-07-20T11:24:00.027+07:002015-07-20T12:46:06.844+07:00Pauline's Insights...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">One question that struck me this morning is</span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">It seems that we may be sometimes assuming that our students know how to learn in the ICT-enriched learning environment, especially as they are supposedly "THE" digital natives". But why is it still so difficult for teachers to seamlessly integrate technology into T&L? Maybe we should rethink how we can do this better by considering the needs of our students who may not know what they don't know before even thinking of how to engage them in this learning environment to design for learning to happen. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>So maybe the first step for myself would be to reflect how differently I am learning now (either at work or building my interests) vs how I used to learn when I was in school... </i></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08824740548205578588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-35639009656822475302015-07-20T11:24:00.009+07:002015-07-20T12:46:02.742+07:00Nelson's mind....from morning 20 JulyIt suddenly dawned on me that knowing who owns what social platforms, online tools and communication tools in the digitally connected world is important and we need to share this with our students. This is critical as media companies merge and acquire each other, they own tremedous amount of personal information too. As these personal information in each platform are mapped together, they can form full digital image of an individual or a community.<br />
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Digital privacy can be compromised if all eggs are put together due to mergers and acquisitions.Disturbing global trends. Information in the hands of a few.or in a One super company.Nelson Chonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626461412921835500noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-7326819298463896092015-07-20T11:22:00.020+07:002015-07-20T12:55:16.464+07:00Lily's Reflection for Morning's Session<div style="border: 0px; color: #383838; font-family: gotham, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.571428em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
This morning's session reminded me the importance of making things concrete from abstract for our students. The challenge we face is how to equip teachers to with the skills to facilitate this. </div>
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I like the example of how teachers need to explain the concept of internet through a simple analogy of a city ie how it is <span style="line-height: 1.571428em;">connected, with good and bad people, with places are like cinema and different norms. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.571428em;">This really makes it relatable and easier to understand for the students. It is good reminder for us to consciously role model this for our teachers in our PD sessions.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117815688851145396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-29575318404090213292015-07-20T11:22:00.002+07:002015-07-20T11:22:01.734+07:00What is professional is also personal...Always believed that you can never separate your personal life from your professional life. It is impossible to split the person unless you are not fully immersed in it. SJHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684598034483529717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-53821873469325782932015-07-20T11:21:00.017+07:002015-07-20T12:51:07.896+07:00Reflections from XT<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tend to be overwhelmed by big stuff that we have to tackle on a daily basis that we sometimes lose sight of our purpose. It is always easier to go with the flow of things rather than to challenge the assumptions. Do we still dare to dream as we once did as a child? Have we truly made meaning out of our purpose as an educator in school or in the headquarters? How connected are we to the ones who truly matter - students?</span></div>
TANXThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03514129160474628501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-21325738333942006862015-07-20T11:18:00.005+07:002015-07-20T12:48:46.082+07:00Linda Lim:<br />
Reflections from Linda Cliatt-Wayman's TED talk<br />
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The whole notion of the school as a 'ecosystem' could not be more poignant. The school leader has the mandate! If your role 'is to lead, LEAD'. Dont skirt around it! Take the responsibility and lead. The learning environment in the school is the responsibility of the leader.... 'breathless'. ...<br />
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"So What -- Now What?"<br />
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"If nobody tells you today that you are loved.... remember I do!" Tough! Fearless Love!<br />
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Aside... i wonder... if the ecosystem notion of the school is a real and strong one, perhaps, we cannot 'fault' the teacher if he / she do not want to open up the boundries of the classroom. He/she may not want the culture of the school to 'infiltrate' his/her classroom.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327558732944536305noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940501351091645706.post-70166335871724798622015-07-20T11:17:00.009+07:002015-07-20T12:45:19.551+07:00My reflections:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Donaldson’s Review: literacy, numeracy and digital competence. It is interesting that he emphases on “digital” as it
seems normal to many that we are already living in a digital world, why need to? With fast and the evolution of technology, and
with our kids the fingers and thumbs generation, it is imperative to educate them digital as part of holistic education and we should not underestimate the power and influence of the “1s and
Os”.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4