"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you"

Today during our mind lab session during the first 15 minutes we  has to discuss with others in our class our reflective videos on "21st century skills".

We then went ontoan Ice breaker where firstly we had to get into two teams and organize ourselves into alphabetical order of our names without talking. This was very fun!

We then had to organize ourselves into a line from how far we have traveled to come to class today. 

I traveled the farthest. We were allowed to use out devices to share the distances of how far we travelled to get to class today.

Innovative classroom culture-Creating adaptive competences. 

We then went onto talking about SMAR. I have included a video of what this means below.  SMAR stands for: Substitution, Argumentation, Modification and Redefinition.
This model was created by Doctor Ruben Puentedura who believed that technology allows students to think differently, perform new tasks,

Below is another video that we looked at during class that showed us what the SMAR model is all about. This was new to me and I really found it very interesting. If I was looking at my practice, I would say that my teaching at the moment would be at the latter stage of this model-Substitution and Augmentation. I honestly feel like I could be doing more, which has made me very excited in trialing all that I have been learning during my mind lab classes in my own classroom practise. 

We then moved onto looking at what are the 21st Century Skills that every student needs in terms of their future and jobs. 

Links to reading

Some of the skills that came up that students will need to have in the workplace by 2020 were:

1. Cognitive flexibility. 
2. Negotiation.
3. Service orientation. 
4. Judgement and decision making.
5. Emotional Intelligence. 
6. Coordinating with others. 
7. People management. 
8. Creativity. 
9. Critical thinking. 
10. Complex problem solving.

Looking at this, makes me wonder and think about are we doing this as teachers in our classrooms? How are we preparing our students for these skills for when they are ready to move onto the work force. 

We then moved onto talking about TPACK. 

So, the question that comes to my mind is "What is the TPACK model?"

I have included the video that we watched in our session that went into explaining what this model is. 

TPACK Involves 3 Knowledge areas. These are;

1. Technological knowledge.
2. Content knowledge.
3. Pedagogical knowledge.

And looking at how they work together to increase student motivation and to make the content more accessible to the students. 

Content=The WHAT The object matter we are teaching. 

Pedagogical knowledge=The HOW. What teacher tools are we going to be using? Direct instruction, Inquiry, debate, Group discussions, Modelling, How are we going to make the content more accessible by the way we present it to our students. 

Technological Knowledge= Its the PARTNER. Selecting the appropriate technologies. What technology will we choose to use to make the content more accessible to the students while supporting the pedagogical strategies. Some technologies include: Laptop, projector, Smart board, Video, Camera, Google drive, movie etc. 

At the heart of TPACK is the students needs. 

 

We then moved onto looking at useful apps. Below are some new useful apps that was introduced to us during class. 

Useful apps 

Google Maps/Earth

Tools-Google maps

Google Earth.

Google Tour builder (BETA)

We used Tour builder app to create a personal recount example for an example lesson plan.
Here is my example.
This was a new app to myself and I was very excited about using this app and am very excited about using this next week in terms of student reflections for EOTC week.

We then watched a video on Technological disruption. Below I have included this video. In this video it shows how we used to be able to hire videos and DVDs at the store to have movie nights but how times have changed now where in today's world they now have netflixs where you can use multiple devices to watch movies.

Technology Disruption and mixed Reality. 
Disruption in Education
Disrupted Domains
Which sectors/industries have been disrupted recently?
-Air BnB (Accommodation providers owns no real estate)
-Skype (Phone companies owns no telecom infrastructure)
-Alibaba (Retailers)
-Netflix  (Movie houses owns no cinema's  or physical stores)
-Facebook(media companies)
Apple and google. (software vendors)
-Taxi companies owns no taxi's (Uber)

We also watched a TED talk on how they have designed cars where you don't have to physically drive them. WOW! This was def. amazing to watch.

Collaborative task:
Which career are a safe bet?
Jobs that will exist in 20 years time

1. Teachers-What would happen
2. Industries with social interaction: Beautician
3. Paramedics, Fire fighters.
4. Social Workers, councelors, psychologist.

Will a Robot take your job

885, 000 (46%) of NZ jobs are at risk of automation in the next two decades 

Mixed reality-Virtual reality. 

What (if any) value does this tool add?
Think about the first activity that you did with Google Tour Builder, as weak as SAMAR and TPACK

What are the potential used of VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD in Education?

ARGUMENTED REALTITY
(making something to life-trigged images)

Apps: 
Ingress-Pokemon GO
Universal Aurasma
Blippar
Quiver