EdTech Teacher - iPad Summit Lemelin, Simard, Owen 2015

1. Beyond using an iPad – Transforming
pedagogy and learning spaces
Nathalie Lemelin, Director of Innovations in Teaching & Learning
Nathalie Simard, Grade 3 French teacher, Integration Specialist
Michele Owen, Grade 7-8 English teacher, Integration Specialist
Lower Canada College, Montréal, Canada
November 17, 2015

2. Our milieu

3. Reproduced with the permission of the authors: tpack model mishra and koehler 2006

8. - Alan November
"We have inherited an organizational structure
in which the teacher owns and manages the
learning. This industrial model underestimates
the natural curiosity of students to direct their
own learning."

9. Nathalie
Simard
Grade 3
- Project-Based Learning
- Transformed her classroom
space

10. Action
research in
2013-2014
Our objective: Finding out if my students were
learning more with technology
one group with one group without
(journals, post-tests, observations, interview, etc.)
-Results of this research: changes in my pedagogy

11. -Interactivity
-Collaboration
Communication
-Autonomy
-Creativity
-Critical thinking
(reflexions)

12. -Autonomy (search by
themselves, find themselves)
-Give freedom
(they decide)
-Make them create and think
-Give opportunities to talk,
to collaborate
-Differentiation
(stronger and weaker)
- Requires strong organization
Big topic to
research
+
Centers
proposed
by the teacher

13. Gave space to my students
where they can be engaged
and
learn in action
-High tables (standing up)
-Low tables (work on their knees)
-Collaborative tables
-Balls and « moving » chairs
-Four low white boards (collaborative work)

14. -Concentration corner (individual)
-Creative and arts corner (long table)
-Technology corner
(iPad, Green blinds)
-Relaxing corner (books and couches)
-Materials needed are always available

15. Use of technology
+
Projects based learning
+
Appropriate learning
environnement
=
Significants learning and
engaged students

16. How that works every day?
-What do you know?
-What do you want to know?
-List of projects
-Centers are mandatory, others not
-All the competencies
-Choices for the students (order,
team, oral presentation, etc.)
-Google doc for daily check in
-Google doc to register (oral)
-Alone or by team
-Always projects to put them in action

17. -List of appointments on
the board
-Give-me-six! and 3-3-3
-Mini-me’s
-Traditional teaching (clinics)
-Traditional spelling tests, but
at their own rhythm and level
-Organize EXPOS to show
WHAT WE NOW KNOW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ivhJYGz5CI

18. Before
Now!
After

19. Michele Owen
Grade 7-8
English
- Making learning visible
- Transformed classroom
with IdeaPaint
- Later with mobile furniture

20. Prior to 2014
Communicate
Share
Collaborate
Create • Smartboards
• Two whiteboards
• 1:1 computers
• Large desks
• Projector at front of
room
• Door creating
division
• Computer used for
word processing
and big projects

21. December 2013
Teacher iPad - students still with 1:1 computer
• A lot more mobile
• Screenshots
• Pictures (camera)
• Cloud (Google Drive)

22. September 2014
Grade 7 - iPads Grade 8 - Macbook
• Short creation
• Pictures
• Pen and paper
• Demonstrate their
learning in multiple ways
• No easy camera or video
built in
• Hard to move around
• Recording more difficult
• Paper and technology
not easy
• No ability to hand
write/sketchnote

23. Share Collaborate
Communicate Create
Independent critical
thinkers
Meet needs of all
students
Movement
Visible Learning
Diversify
Assessment
December 2014
But needed a change in design

24. Classroom Re-design - New Furniture and Idea Paint
Increased mobility and movement
space for students to collaborate and show their learning/understa
March 2015

25. Significant Changes to my Teaching and to
Student Learning
• Students up and moving
• Makes learning visible
• Collaboration
• Easy to scan and see what
students are doing
• Large area to brainstorm and
collect ideas
• All students working,
engaging with material
• Ability to diversify
assessment

26. Collaborative Brainstorming and Discussion

27. Demonstrating Understanding
in a Variety of Ways

29. "I am a lot more interactive. I like being
able to visualize what other people
think and see their way of presenting
the topic."
"I can see the different steps my peers have
taken to solve a problem."
"I feel more involved when I use the
whiteboards. I also like it because I can
easily connect and express my ideas
with my peers.
"It is more active than just sitting and typing on our
iPads."

30. Collaboration
Visible
Thinking
Sharing
Diverse
Assessments
Engagement
Critical
thinking

31. -Chris Lehmann
“Technology should be like oxygen; ubiquitous,
necessary and invisible.”

33. The pieces in
the puzzle
Teacher mindset
Brain research
Training
Action Research
Sharing best practices
Pedagogical intent
=
Engaged creative learners, critical
thinkers, avid collaborators,
excellent communicators, curators
of knowledge

34. Moved from integrating to
innovating with technology

35. -George Couros
“Innovation is not reserved for the few; it is
something we will all need to embrace if we are
to move forward.”

36. Stay in touch:
Nathalie Lemelin
nlemelin@lcc.ca
@nlemelin
Michele Owen
mowen@lcc.ca
@mowen05
Nathalie Simard
nathaliesimard@lcc.ca
@NSimard3