Staff Meeting: Learning Maps

"Changes almost never fails because its too early.  It almost always fails because its too late."

The Innovators Mindset

George Couros

• Da Vinci - innovations never took off.  He was seed-planting though!

Infinity Learning Maps

A practical in-road into the science of learning-how-to-learn...

Why? Findings from Learning & Change Networks.

• Students often passive recipients
• Teachers are important in the students learning.
• Parents are important in their childrens learning.
• Students would like more agency in their learning.
• Students are unsure of what an active-connected learner looks like.

Process

• Draw
• Discuss and reflect
• Set a change goal
• Record

Outcome

Each learner, with support from teachers, family and whānau, setting a learning-to-learn change goal.

Purpose of Learning Maps

• For learners to take responsibility for their learning
• For learners to better understand and improve their learning
• To find out some big picture trends across the school.
• For teachers/parents to get to know learners/child
• A catalyst for learning conversations with students, teachers and whānau.

To get to know ourselves as learners.

• Who helps you with your learning?
• What tools helps you with your learning?
• Where do you learn?
• What are your interactions between the people, places and tools?

Interactions are shown by arrows:

• A little bit of learning (skinny arrow)
• A lot of learning (fat arrow)
• Learning comes in to me and I give it back (reciprocal)
• A challenge in my learning (zigzag)

Every map is the right map!

It's not an art competition!

My Learning Map: