The Australian Curriculum and in particular the Digital Technologies subject area are not overly complex, rather they are evidence of our increased expectations of what constitutes an educational entitlement for children and young people.

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_E...

When our thinking begins with what the experience will be like for the learner we are placing them deliberately at the centre of our intentional Learning Design.

Students have a tremendous capacity for intensity. - Gary Stager

Some interesting insights and positions contained in this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-06cPuXf30

To progress change, we need to be very clear about the narrative we will use as a beginning.

There are two parts to change, there is the physica, doings and actionings and then there is the perception shift where we move from should to must.

Should is a call to action and change that is driven by someone else.

Must is a call to action and change that has become a matter of critical self-efficacy.

We need to scope the current reality and then create an environment through questioning that disrupts the current paradigm.

The Teaching for Effective Learning Framework (TfEL) is a useful place to strategically explore this.

It is the South Australian position.

It focuses on transforming the work of educators as lead educators and professional designers of intentional learning. It places front and centre, educator voice through current appreciative and applied research.

The companion gives educators a way into exploring their pedagogical practice in small and easy to manage steps.

It is not meant to be a linear progression but designed to build a story of reflective practice and appreciative inquiry.

Social media spaces are about connecting this further through participation and contributions in a growing professional learning community.

Change as an ongoing habit, not a timely effort to 'catch up'. (Semmens, 2016)

Why do we need these aras of focus in the Australian Curriculum?

Technology as the conduit between content and creative application.

We can engage with content critically & creatively, explore content c&c, apply content c&c, publish content c&c.

This shifts when we move from a paper paradigm to a digitally connected paradigm.

Some useful links to explore:

Everything is a remix https://vimeo.com/139094998

Humans need not apply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

An important consideration to make here is that the focus on Coding must be reconsidered as an outcome of Computational Thinking in the Digital Technologies subject area in the Technologies learning area in the Australian Curriculum.

Back to my earlier point, change as a habit, not an effort.

Until something becomes part of our regulr daily consideration nad Learning Design we must incorporate it deliberatley otherwise it gets lost.

You may be familiar with the concept of 10 000 hours of focused attention and practice being required to become an expert in something.

When we look at the Australian Curriculum Technologies learning area and the subject of Digital Technologies we are faced with the challenge of a completely new area of learning.

It is important to make the distinction between the ICT General Capability and the reference to digital technologies in other areas of the curriculum and the subject area of Digital Technologies contained in the learning area of Technologies.

Spending time deconstructing the subject for 20 hours will place you in a position of familarity so you can apply Pedagogical Content Knowledge as part of your intentional learning design.

Here is a link to support you in this:

http://www.acleadersresource.sa.edu.au/
Take the time to understand what the two may look like in their individual contexts.

Using a spreadsheet (GC) Creating a database (DT)
Effective google search (GC) Understanding Websearch algorithms (DT)

What are the 3 Big Ideas contained in the Teaching for Effective Learning Framework (TfEL)

https://www.facebook.com/teachingandlearning/posts/840790219328543

Things to design towards as part of the Learning Design you use to implement the Digital Technologies and Critical and Creative Thinking.

What do you notice when you think about this?
Any alerts?
What resonates?

Critical and Creative Thinking will sometimes require a focus on counter intuitive thinking?

Is this the case?

How would we use this position to deliberately incorporate C&C with Digital Technologies?

The TPACK Model provides an agnostic framework that supports intentional PD that can progress this.

I cannot stress this enough. Make it a central message in your work to progress this area of learning.

As we engage in these areas of learning we must be mindful of the inscription we place over the narrative that the learner creates.

Moving from skills and knowledge to application of these as strategy to attribute to other areas of learning.

How often do you draw on the authentic narrative from the learner as evidence of their learning?

Who is doing the thinking?

Move from telling to asking as a dominant behaviour.

If we assume that teachers are well equipped to develop their capacity to work as Professional Learning Designers we focus on different places for improving teaching and learning.

Does what I am teaching have the capacity to be applied?

Roll of the teacher and the outdated flipped class paradigm. Flipped classrooms don't in themselves make better learning experiences or more effective teaching and learning outcomes.

The NMC K-12 Horizon Report is a useful document to explore



aka 21st Century vs Universal skills vs Contemporary Learning

Seely Brown
Weinberger
1/2 life of facts

Differentiation.
Challenging learners.
Time and Energy that is used in the class

Not on script

Karen Butler:

Digital Technologies 101:
Short intro to Tech – both
https://www.emaze.com/@AFQWLZOT/technologies-what-are-they-for

Short intro to Digi
https://www.emaze.com/@ALTWOQWR/short-intro-to-digitech


Two days workshop on Digi
https://www.emaze.com/@ALQIOICF/day1and2_technologies-learning-area-copy1

Transforming tasks
https://www.emaze.com/@AICCRTFT/transforming-tasks---digital-technology

My Blog
http://mrs-butler.com/2016/01/28/how-can-technologies-connect-with-what-mak...

You can contact LAren via Twitter @kbutler65

Also about.me/kbutler65
Project Officer Primary Learners
Learning Technologies

Excellent space for curating and shifting from a paper to a digital paradigm

Linden Park Primary School
2014 Minecraft National Park Project

The award winning video: 2015 National Park LPPS - Final Entry - Video.mp4 255.6 MB ***
Five screenshots to support the entry:
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2015 National Park LPPS - Final Entry - Screenshot 2.png 288.07 KB
2015 National Park LPPS - Final Entry - Screenshot 3.png 755.54 KB
2015 National Park LPPS - Final Entry - Screenshot 4.png 1.37 MB
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· A thank you card from the class – each student signed the original of this card.
2015 National Park LPPS - Final Entry - Class Thank you to the organisers.pdf 344.94 KB
The government’s press release announcing Room 21 as the state winners:
· 20150715 Minister Media Release.pdf 132.26 KB ***
A selection of the media stories about Room 21 along the way:
Carl Smith from ABC’s Behind the News visited late April. We had a great day discussing national park design, working in teams, using Minecraft as a design tool then being interviewed by Behind The News for the students’ early thoughts on the project – as a BtN news story on ABC3. It was interesting to see 3 hours of filming edited down to 3 minutes – but it’s great. Our segment starts just after the 10 minute mark. 20150505 ABC BtN.mp4 *** 81.88 MB
The ABC has developed a BtN teacher resource for the episode – our was used to help other students across Australia learn about designing national parks. The resource can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/teacher/episode/20150505-minecraftingpa....
Then 170+ students around Australia went onto the discuss the project: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4226619.htm
A shorter segment on ABC3 News: 20150506 ABC 3 News - Minecraft National Parks.mp4 33.27 MB
· Late May the story then left our shores and appeared re-packaged on the BBC in the UK (under arrangement with the ABC). I don’t have the actual file, but you read the story and watch the video at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/32847385
The class was again on ABC 3 News in July. Research from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) shows teachers should use the hugely popular children's digital game Minecraft to help teach maths, design, art and geography. To explain on ABC 3 News (a news show for children), ABC journalist Carl Smith used some of the footage he made when he visited our class earlier this year. My kids watch ABC 3 News every night and the segment was a complete surprise. You probably heard the excited screams from our house. It was even shorter than the earlier BtN segment, so less students, but still included Linden Park Primary School minecrafters. It is the first story. 20150708 ABC Behind The News - Research re Minecraft in Classrooms.mp4 33.29 MB. By the way, if you are interested in the university research, more information can be found at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/minecraft-successful-classroom-tool-r...
A selection of the media stories once it was announced that Room 21 had won:
The major interview on Channel 10 News with the students, Miss Wingard and the Director of National Parks: 20150715 Channel 10.mp4 *** 46.72 MB
ABC BtN giving an update re the winners: 20150721 BehindTheNews Update - LPPS at 4 mins and 58 seconds.mp4 87.54 MB 20150721 BtN Transcript.doc 97.5 KB
Indaily Article https://cf.dropboxstatic.com/static/images/icons/icon_spacer-vflN3BYt2.gif2... Indaily.pdf 424.07 KB
Discussion on radio: 20150720 Interview on Radio Adelaide - Bension-Siebert-20-July-2015.mp3 3.95 MB
The Messenger Newspaper: 20150722 Messenger Newspaper.png 32.3 KB
· Our school newsletter: 20150731 School Newsletter.pdf 1.75 MB
· Then the exercise was included in an engagement booklet re how to successfully engage with children 20151224 Government Example of Engagement.pdf 282.79 KB
Thanks again to Linden Park Primary School for enabling the students to become involved in this project.

Link to the Transforming Tasks Tool:

http://www.acleadersresource.sa.edu.au/features/transforming-tasks/workshop...

3D Printing
MakersEmpire
Viking Chess aka Kubb

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