Connecting the Unconnected
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This presentation was delivered at the CESI Conference, Dublin 4th March, 2017. The theme of the conference was Making Connections: Transformation Through Technology and Teamwork. The objective of Connecting the Unconnected invites teachers to go back to basics and to reflect on the primary function of learning, which is the relationship between the teacher and student. The presentation suggests that technology and learning will only be successful when we as teachers truly understand the communities we are tasked to serve.
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- 1. Joanna Norton Connecting the Unconnected Using the community as a learning canvas University of the Arts, London MA Applied Imagination ‘How can we re-create canons of knowledge to include the voices of the voiceless?’ Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 2. Diversity of student cohort 1. New analysis from the Demos Integration Hub shows that ethnic minority children now represent 26 per cent of all school students in England (Burgess, 2015). 2. 90% of teachers are white, middle class and predominately female (DfE, 2011) 2 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 3. Knowing my students 3 At the University of the Arts, I now teach the children of the super-rich. Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 4. Connecting Thinking with Technology 4 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 5. Your community as a resource 5 How can we remove barriers between the school and the community to allow for the free movement of learning? Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 6. Connecting the Unconnected Make connections between concepts and contexts and consider how to apply to practice. A Morning of Inspiration Walking Mathematically Exploring connections between mathematics and innovation. Fashion’s Biological Future Exploring human reproduction, wearable technology & photography Applied Creativity for Teachers and School Leaders Use the community as a learning canvas. Drifting to engage with the student voice. 6 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 7. Task 1 7 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton You will see images of four different projects. Decide what the projects are and how you could use them in your own context?
- 8. Paris 2050 8 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 9. A Surrogate Robot 9 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 10. Drone Port Rwanda 10Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 11. Learning outcome: photoshoot to showcase learning 11 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 12. Turn to the person next to you. Discuss activities/strategies you use for getting to know your students. How often do you use getting to know you activities? How well do you know your students? 12 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 13. How do you get to school? 13 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 14. Psychogeography and getting to know your students 14 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 15. Let’s take a break 15 Find an object. Close your eyes. Compose your shot using sound rather than vision. You have two minutes. Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 16. The Blind Photographer by Julian Rothenstein & Mel Gooding Cconnecting the Unconnected #CESI2017 @joannapnorton 16© Gerardo Nigenda This work has been described as “an erotic visual poem, in which braille text is punched into monochrome images of bodies and faces” (Nigenda, 2015).
- 17. Left-field Questions Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton 17 How often do you ask your students left-field questions? What are the benefits of such random questions? How often does your research take you beyond the curriculum?
- 18. What do you see? 18
- 19. Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton The Geometry of Pasta by Jacob Kenedy & Caz Hilderbrand 19
- 20. #poundlandpedagogy 20 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 21. Geometry in the community 21 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 22. Redesigning your house/community with FabLab 22 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 23. Drone Port Rwanda Local solutions to local challenges: Concept design Product design Graphic design Engineering Mathematics Architecture Sketching/drawing 23 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 24. The poetry of code 24 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
- 25. Any questions? 25 Connecting the Unconnected #CESICon @joannapnorton
Editor's Notes
- Despite my experience as a teacher, I find I spend even more time getting to know my students. Many of my current students live in the most expensive parts of London/the world, while I live in deindustralised city, one of many that voted for Brexit. The differences between the teacher and student are stark.
- In my own teaching context, BYOD is simply standard practice. While there is no shortage of technology, there is a clear lack of critical thinking. My practice therefore has gone back to basics – what is thinking?
- If the current education system is failing vast numbers of children, how can we re-connect with these communities for teaching and learning purposes?
- This slide offers an outline for the CPD in Applied Creativity for Teachers and School Leaders.
- Paris is committed to reducing greenhouse gases by 2050. This is a mockup from the architect Vincent Callebaut on the role architecture will play in this process.
- The Surrogate Robot by the artist/designer Keith Kamholz. This will be used for exploring the ethics of robotics.
- Drone Port Rwanda will use Drones to transport goods and medical supplies between villages at the same price of a motorbike.
- One of the learning outcomes will be to plan a concept for a photoshoot based on learning that has taken place. This is a model that will be offered to teachers and students.
- If you take the same route to the same school everyday, how well do you know the communities that you are tasked to serve?
- Psychogeography will be used as a method of re-creating schools with their communities.
- An example of a left-field question given to students.
- While the activity can be percieved as a creative exercise, it has been inspired by the work carried out by photographers in The Blind Photographer. How can we take approach SEN teaching from different perspective?
- Typical answers include shapes, circles, rules and pasta.
- I use pasta to introduce geometry. I want to prepare to students to re-design their communities. Even the poor have access to pasta.
- The inspiration for this approach came from Poundland, which is located within my own deindustrialised town. Here people can buy two bags of pasta for £1.
- Students can therefore take the concept of pasta, geometry and start to describe where students live. This is then used to redesign their home/community.
- Futurice provides a great model for this.
- Drone Port Rwanda offers local solutions to local problems. Given the large numbers of African children in British schools, we are able to introduce positive models of innovation from Sub-Saharan Africa in the classroom.
- At an introductory level, given the growing interest in coding, this model is designed as a collaborative model between coding and English poetry.