ULearn 2018

ULearn 2018 is The Culture of Change.

Āheinga: Capability

With so much focus on the future now is the time to focus student learning on capabilities and allow these to thrive in our students.  We as educators have a responsibility to prepare our students for this unknown future and developing a skill set of transferrable skills is key to a successful future for our akonga.  As a Digital Technologies curriculum PLD facilitator the integration of key competencies and developing a framework of integration that supports schools to integrate digital technologies across the curriculum in meaningful and authentic ways.   

Hapori: Community

In this day and age schools need to collaborate as working in isolation is not in the best interests of our learners.  The old saying "It takes a village to raise a child" rings through and schools need to utilise the shared expertise of family, parents, whanau, community to build a community which fosters relationships and collective learning opportunities.  As a Digital Technologies facilitator I know that one key way of building this ecosystem is using digital tools which make engagement and communication easier and more efficient in our busy day-to-day lives! 

Hurihanga: Change

Education is changing at rapid speed and educators needs to move with these times to ensure we can provide our learners with the most effective learning opportunities we can.  From a Digital Technology point of view we often talk abut the exponential growth that is taking place but this is true in all aspects of society and it is about how we prepare our learners for the changes that are currently happening and will continue to happen throughout their life.  The importance of transferrable skills is key and we need to disrupt education as it currently stands to challenge the status quo to prepare for the unknown - transferrable learning and adaptive expertise are the answer because it is not ok to just continue educating how we have been for the past 2-3 decades...what has to change?

I am looking forward to ULearn 2018 and making connections with like-minded people who are all keen to contribute to the capability, community and change that is fundamental to our education system moving forward! 

I will post my notes from the keynotes and breakout sessions in seperate blog posts - raw notes because it isn't about what you put in writing...it's about how you put your learning into action! ENJOY!