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Suz Arnott - Don Collins - Principal of Coburg Senior High School

11:46

Suz Arnott - CSHS is very different layout, very few walled classes
school had been closed down for 2 years, gone through a few changes over the years
felt like the Mary Celeste - vacant classrooms etc...
opportunity to reconstruct the school to become a 21st C learning environment
many discussions with key steering committee

11:47

Suz Arnott - People are not disturbed y events but by their view of events - Epitectus: 1stC stoic philosopher

Images to stimulate though on images and context
Cutting through to what is important

11:50

Suz Arnott - "Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time"

There have always been technologies which educators have not embraced, like the pencil, pen, etc.

11:51

Suz Arnott - The great deception - having all the "right gadgets" does not mean that students are using tech effectively

11:52

Suz Arnott - What do we need to change to create real transformational learning happening in the class?

If it doesn't make a difference to the learning outcomes, is it worth it??

11:53

Suz Arnott - Techno'd and tooler

social and moral conscience
critical thinkers and researchers
capacity to make connections with curent decisions
multiliterate

11:55

Suz Arnott - how honest are we being about what we are doing?

reflection
innovation requires
creativity
will to do
critical research
reflection = revolution

11:59

Suz Arnott - killing sacred cows
developing effective educational leadership

- trust
- identify strengths and weaknesses
- inspiring, leading by example
- listening
- modelling
- care
- have a passion
- planning
- goal congruence

leadership belongs to everyone

bad leadership
doesn't listen
not sharing leadership

12:02

Suz Arnott - The ten faces of innovation - Tom Kelly
value of watching and learning

12:04

Suz Arnott - QR code - delivering data to your mobile devices
QR - quick response
Can embed directions and information

12:07

Suz Arnott - CSHS - more a workplace of learning than a school
environment supports 21stC learning styles
incl. sharing, collaborating, skills, inquiry.....

12:12

Suz Arnott - during construction, how to create a safety net?
providing open spaces, yet some spaces which can be closed. staff start to feel confined in those rooms :)
series of shots of students working in the open spaces

12:15

suzi_q - http://twitpic.com/59ds3 - #itsc09

12:15

Suz Arnott - closed spaces for sound proofing etc creating digital work
use mobile phones as a resource, creating images, blue tooth to mac, create digital story

12:18

Suz Arnott - was able to select staff, and build their tech capabilities, not all gurus. selection criteria was being a good teacher

12:23

Suz Arnott - video of life at the college, innovation and expectations

12:24

Suz Arnott - focus for teachers should be on becoming better teachers to allow students to achieve better outcomes

12:25

Suz Arnott - chi.mp to manage many accounts

12:26

Suz Arnott - looking, learning new things, sharing

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