Innovative+Teachers

 =[|Tony Ryan] =


===Tony Ryan is an educational consultant from Brisbane, Australia and a regular presenter at U-Learn and Learning @ School Conferences. One of his presentations at U-Learn this year was simply entitled 'Innovative Teachers'. He asks the question [|'What is innovative?'] and believes that sometimes when a teacher considers themselves innovative, perhaps they are not! ===

Some notes to share from Tony's presentation ~ > Do you ~
 * __**Teaching**__ is about __**modeling**__ what it is to be a __**grown-up**__, it should be __**'spiced up and exciting!'**__
 * Read about **[|Tech Luddites]**,[[image:arrow.JPG]] __**Tech Neutrals**__[[image:arrow.JPG]] and __**Tech Initiators**__[[image:arrow.JPG]] - where are you on this continuum? Where would you like to be on this continuum?
 * Consider the three Ps....
 * What is __**POSSIBLE**__ in your thinking?
 * What is __**PROBABLE**__ in your thinking?
 * What is __**PREFERABLE**__ in your thinking?
 * Experience the __**'Aha!'**__ moment, share it, spread it!
 * The __**20% Experience**__ - for 1 day per week try new things, move out of your comfort zone
 * __**Best**__ Practice - __**NEXT**__ Practice - ** __ [|ZEST PRACTICE!] __ **
 * __**Insight**__ before __**information**__
 * __**Innovation**__ is the process - **__Creativity__** is the attribute!
 * __**20th Century learning**__ ~ Behavourist, Constructivist, Cognivitist
 * __**21st Century learning**__ ~ Constructivist, Meta-cognivitist and introducing ....
 * __**Google**__ - what it offers that many people are not aware of:
 * Click on 'Show Options' to discover
 * Wonder wheel
 * Google timeline
 * Google squared
 * GoogleWave - (launched in the near future)
 * Google Translate
 * What should be driving our planning? - __**Key Competencies - not content!**__
 * So... are ​ you ready to be a teacher in 2010??**
 * Create __** POWERFUL **__ learning experiences?
 * __** Co-create with fellow**__ learners?
 * __** Obsess **__ about __**your own learning**__?

Let me paraphrase that... So...you are saying that...
 * You __**can create**__ powerful learning experiences!
 * You **__can co-create__** with fellow learners!
 * You __**are obsessed**__ about your own learning!

**Congratulations, you are ready to take on 2010!**