The leadership team need to prioritise, make it part of action plan and find a way to encourage / support those who want to learn or those who don’t Shireen – 4 hours ago

Replying to: Natasha: If we want to find out what is happening in the world, we look at the news. Is there something that we can look at to keep up with the now literacy? Is that social networks or is there something else we should be monitoring regularly to keep up?

We should expand it to learning from each other and our practices at IGB. Between primary/secondary. We are/will be teaching same students. Consistency/alignment?
Ola – 4 hours ago

If we want to find out what is happening in the world, we look at the news. Is there something that we can look at to keep up with the now literacy? Is that social networks or is there something else we should be monitoring regularly to keep up?

Natasha – 4 hours ago

Will Richardson of modernlearners.com talks about the the skills of the future being the unlearning, re-learning and reinventing yourself.
Aga – 4 hours ago

How to persuade teachers who might be “stuck in their ways” – constantly modelling it
Maheen – 4 hours ago

You start with your content and objectives and you amplify it through how you teach it.
Flavs – 4 hours ago

Replying to: Natasha: I think there needs to be a balance. We need to expose

students to a variety of techniques and ensure we are also incorporating the now literacies.

Replying to: Rhona: Should we teach how to use the NOW literacies – how to write for Twitter for example – and should we move away from teaching genres of letter writing, narrative etc?

I think writing narratives is still a good skill, maybe we can teach writing/communication for different purposes and letting kids experiment how to communicate on different platforms
Maheen – 4 hours ago

Replying to: Rhona: Should we teach how to use the NOW literacies – how to write for Twitter for example – and should we move away from teaching genres of letter writing, narrative etc?

I think there needs to be a balance. We need to expose students to a variety of techniques and ensure we are also incorporating the now literacies. Natasha – 4 hours ago

Replying to: Rhona: Should we teach how to use the NOW literacies – how to write for Twitter for example – and should we move away from teaching genres of letter writing, narrative etc?

Should we teach how to use the NOW literacies – how to write for Twitter for example – and should we move away from teaching genres of letter writing, narrative etc?
Rhona – 4 hours ago

Encourage students to share the ideas and that making mistakes is okay – growth mindset
Maheen – 4 hours ago

Know “thyself”/ how do you learn? – reflecting on our own literacies and learning toolbox.
Aga – 4 hours ago

Don’t google only things, search people, search for primary sources (e.g. via crowdsourcing).
Aga – 4 hours ago

Some interesting questions to consider: Did I have a global audience in mind? Did I connect outside my classroom? Did I take other perspectives into consideration?
Flavs – 4 hours ago

Mind shift to start thinking that your voice can reach the world. But why should we go viral?
Natasha – 4 hours ago

Now literacies lens include: global, network, basic, information, media, digital citizenship
Maheen – 4 hours ago

Now Literacies engage all of us in reading, viewing and presenting across media. We are all curators of information/thinking/learning.
Aga – 5 hours ago

traditionally – literacy = read, write and understanding
NOW literacy = anything help you learn about new things can be considered as literacy
Ella – 5 hours ago

being able to read, write and understand a content or information, but now literacies ‘ how to upgrade and amplify our way to learn and make it visible, document it and share it to others.

NADIA – 5 hours ago

Replying to: Maheen: Literacy used to mean just reading and writing, but is now expanded to be able to read in different media. Literacy isn’t just written, but also visual and oral and learning how to navigate through different media and write for different audiences/purposes.

As an educator, we feel illiterate because we don’t know the language of twitter or other platforms, can exclude you from a large amount of information.
Maheen – 5 hours ago

Definition of Literacy
it’s about comprehension – being able to find information , organise it and be able to draw information together from different media.
Rhona – 5 hours ago

Literacy used to mean just reading and writing, but is now expanded to be able to read in different media. Literacy isn’t just written, but also visual and oral and learning how to navigate through different media and write for different audiences/purposes.

Maheen – 5 hours ago

Partner: To try, shape, reshape, express ourselves (art -sharing and creating), enhance lessons through literacy.
Natasha – 5 hours ago

Replying to: Maheen: I think we’d have to look at the whole set of notes afterwards and choose the main points. Although as this is note taking and the ongoing conversation, I can see that as being a difficult task

Just a thought about using this tool for those whose first language is not English, might be very challenge at the beginning, since it takes longer for them to figure out what to write on here..
Nancy – 5 hours ago

Replying to: Maheen: The menu on the side allows for a scratchpad where you can draw or write equations, so it might be useful to contribute not just through writing something down

Replying to: Aga: As educators we have a responsibility to grow our repertoire of tools available, so as to know what can we offer as choice to our children. We also share a responsibility to grow more discerning of which of the tools will truly redefine learning and add value to it.

I think we also have a responsibility to allow students to learn how to responsibly use these chats for educational purposes rather than “chat”. Natasha – 5 hours ago

I think it has definite value as an in-class tool in DP/university settings to ensure everyone gets all the information from a lecture – everyone can access backchannel faster – maybe some people don’t have WhatsApp or WeChat K_aran – 5 hours ago

As educators we have a responsibility to grow our repertoire of tools available, so as to know what can we offer as choice to our children. We also share a responsibility to grow more discerning of which of the tools will truly redefine learning and add value to it.

Aga – 5 hours ago

The menu on the side allows for a scratchpad where you can draw or write equations, so it might be useful to contribute not just through writing something down
Maheen – 5 hours ago

There should not be an expectation for all children to use this tool – but that they should be exposed to it and have the opportunity to participate with it. Rhona – 5 hours ago

From Magnus: Do you have any experience how this might work in a class setting for note-taking?
Maheen – 5 hours ago

I think we’d have to look at the whole set of notes afterwards and choose the main points. Although as this is note taking and the ongoing conversation, I can see that as being a difficult task
Maheen – 5 hours ago

The importance of evidencing learning, ” if you just say something” how will it impact the learning of others. Being able to write things in different languages, at your own pace, helps give access to children/learners who are not naturally verbal. It makes us also reflect on the thinking of others.

Aga – 5 hours ago

I didn’t hear the question because I was writing something down. Please could someone write down Flavia’s questions.
Shireen – 5 hours ago

Do you have any experience how this might work in a class setting for note- taking?
magnusd – 5 hours ago

Using new tools – practice, discuss, reflect on it. I also think a good way to learn new technology is just to experiment/play around with it
Maheen – 5 hours ago

Replying to: Ola: how to use tools meaningfully and add quality to learning

This is a valid question. I want to know too Ting – 5 hours ago

Crowdsourcing on Twitter: posting your question on your feed with # targeting groups that can potentially answer it for you #pln #plc #pyp #pypchat etc.
Aga – 5 hours ago

Replying to: Shireen: The back channeling is interesting… I am worrying more about what to write / not write rather than focussing on the content of the ‘lecture’. Don’t feel I have anything to write. It is a distraction.

I feel the same way too. But I am trying not to care. haha Ella – 5 hours ago

Crowdsourcing – ask people to contribute resources – e.g. each person donating a dollar. “How are we embedding this into our learning?” Natasha – 5 hours ago

The back channeling is interesting… I am worrying more about what to write / not write rather than focussing on the content of the ‘lecture’. Don’t feel I have

anything to write. It is a distraction. Shireen – 5 hours ago

webucation is when people are willing to be vulnerable to share their learning no matter they succeed or fail
Ella – 5 hours ago

Documenting what we’re doing, our passions and interest and sharing with others so that we can take part in this educational exchange of “taking and giving”.
Aga – 5 hours ago

Webucation is only possible due to educators documenting learning experiences and sharing them through the internet
Maheen – 5 hours ago