Alan November, November Learning
Notes taken from November’s talk at the St. Clair RESA Symposium on
21st Century Learning
August 13, 2008
Port Huron High School
- Marco Torres and his students’ video
- Invite students to step up and be teachers themselves
- My talk is not about technology — it is about new roles
for the learner and the teacher that are enabled by the technology- I am going to suggest that you get rid of your technology
planning committee - What is the problem that technology is trying to solve?
- We originally focused on teaching — what if we focus
on learning instead? - The solution is not the technology — it is information
and relationships
- We originally focused on teaching — what if we focus
- We need to have a global learning committee
- Who owns the learning and who should own the learning?
- I am going to suggest that you get rid of your technology
- A Plan to Shift Control of Learning to the Learner
- Don’t mistake this shift of control as me saying “we
don’t need the teacher,” because we do and they need to be even more
creative than before- Job 1: Curriculum Review Team
- Put students in charge of reporting on class
activities and curriculum review
- Bob Sprankle‘s Room 208 Podcast
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- Each week, have a student be the official
photgrapher, recorder, reporter, and producer and these students create
a curricular review through a podcast - The important piece is not about the podcast, but
about the context for teaching in learning- Teachers should bring two kids with them, one of
them being the “mess up” kid, when they come to technology training
- Teachers should bring two kids with them, one of
- Each week, have a student be the official
- Put students in charge of reporting on class
- Job 2: Tutorial Design Team
- Bob’s Primefactor video
- All the children produce short movies about concepts
presented in class- My question — how do you ensure that students get
all the content if they focus in on producing only short segments
deeply?
- My question — how do you ensure that students get
- Using Jing
to construct a screencast that can replace long sets of instructions - We want children to contribute to the curriculum and
learn good quality design
- Job 3: Scribe Team
- Someone takes the official notes and posts them to
the class blog - Importance of note taking, especially in math as it
results to operations - Google Docs for collaborative note-taking
- Someone takes the official notes and posts them to
- Job 4: Researcher
- One student is sitting at the computer finding
answers to questions that are raised in class (not the teacher) - Globalizing the curriculum
- Kiva: loans that change lives — microlending for third world countries
- Global giving team
- One student is sitting at the computer finding
- Help students manage their own learning and contribute
to their communities, as well as other communities around the globe
- Job 1: Curriculum Review Team
- Don’t mistake this shift of control as me saying “we
thanks for getting the details right. I am impressed with the clarity of your notes. It is a fun time.
Wait! He’s not the real Alan November! I AM!