http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/ Teaching History in Morocco Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:12:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-24 xpatasia Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:20:41 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/#comment-24 Hi David, Thanks for the post over on my blog. I will certainly keep an eye out for David Navis and Gwynne Jones from HKIS at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference. I am really busy trying to get the word about the conference out to the schools at the moment. The biggest challenge that I am finding is that the smaller International Schools are not so interested. After dozens of emails to schools like American International and YCEF, I spent two days of last week knocking on doors in a suit and tie with a pile of posters under my arm. I got the response from most that you refer to in your latest post. "The SMT of the school is far too busy to consider replying to your email or meeting you to discuss an EdTech conference in Hong Kong." I am amazed at how many schools in 2008 still see the use of tech for learning as a luxury or, worse still, they buy an IWB for every classroom and say that they are a state-of-the-art high tech school! I have to say that this also reflects in the acquisition of a VLE by schools. There are a lot of them out there that have not done any real planning or evaluation of their needs. They just want to put something in that serves out work to kids, especially in times of flu suspension like we had last week, and move on. I really don't know how you would involve them in a conversation. The school that I referred to in my post takes around a week to respond to email from me and doesn't return phone calls. I am really hopeful that I can make some breakthroughs when a few of their staff attend the conference. I would have preferred it to have been some of the SMT but with these schools I welcome and encourage baby steps. Stay in touch! Paul Hi David, Thanks for the post over on my blog. I will certainly keep an eye out for David Navis and Gwynne Jones from HKIS at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference. I am really busy trying to get the word about the conference out to the schools at the moment. The biggest challenge that I am finding is that the smaller International Schools are not so interested. After dozens of emails to schools like American International and YCEF, I spent two days of last week knocking on doors in a suit and tie with a pile of posters under my arm. I got the response from most that you refer to in your latest post. “The SMT of the school is far too busy to consider replying to your email or meeting you to discuss an EdTech conference in Hong Kong.” I am amazed at how many schools in 2008 still see the use of tech for learning as a luxury or, worse still, they buy an IWB for every classroom and say that they are a state-of-the-art high tech school!
I have to say that this also reflects in the acquisition of a VLE by schools. There are a lot of them out there that have not done any real planning or evaluation of their needs. They just want to put something in that serves out work to kids, especially in times of flu suspension like we had last week, and move on.
I really don’t know how you would involve them in a conversation. The school that I referred to in my post takes around a week to respond to email from me and doesn’t return phone calls. I am really hopeful that I can make some breakthroughs when a few of their staff attend the conference. I would have preferred it to have been some of the SMT but with these schools I welcome and encourage baby steps.
Stay in touch!
Paul

]]> http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-23 A Learning System: At What Cost? | An Expat Educator in Asia Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:27:43 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/#comment-23 [...] their integration onto school portals as referred to here by another member of the podcast team, How to Expand the Learning Community to the Parents?, I really can’t see why schools should not save their money and collaborate with a local team [...] [...] their integration onto school portals as referred to here by another member of the podcast team, How to Expand the Learning Community to the Parents?, I really can’t see why schools should not save their money and collaborate with a local team [...]

]]> http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Shifting Our Schools episode 6: How to expand the learning community to the parents? at On Deck Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:18:19 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/how-to-expand-the-learning-community-to-the-parents/#comment-19 [...] that provides the tools to make the components of your plan a reality. David> See his recent post that focused on two themes. One being that schools should use their portal to build on current [...] [...] that provides the tools to make the components of your plan a reality. David> See his recent post that focused on two themes. One being that schools should use their portal to build on current [...]

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