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PebbleBash 2010 - Resources

“ Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked. ”

Quentin Crisp

PebbleBash 2010 Themes

These are the themes that were recorded by folks at the PebblePad conference that emerged from the sessions they participated in. We’ve created 3 examples so that you can read the one you like best.

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

PebbleBash 2010 Comments

All of the comments we received are recorded in the table below. You can also see some of the actual post–its that were handed in.

PebbleBash 2010 Comments
Need for induction and training for staff and students.
Scaffolding required at some level before handing over to the student
Reflection, Storytelling, Scaffolding, Continuity through course, Agency, Organic, Growth
Embedded in the curriculum. Realising the potential. Embracing diversity.
Tools – Effective use ~ what works where? VLE PebblePad, New developments
Resistance from staff
Student motivation
Curriculum Integration
Taking the development of e–portfolio in small steps
Process Vs Product – eportfolio based learning
Active learning, student centred
Sharing – Liked idea of referencing ITE/Induction etc webfolios in job applications as well as directly with principals. Reflection – Different ways of encouraging self and peer reflection on PebblePad.
Consistency / authenticity
Student voice – listen to it!!
Personal responsibility for learning – Dialogue, peer learning, reflection Moving between (leader or reader or header?) x learning space
Transformative, passion, belief, community, paradigm shift in teacher / learner relationship, support champions who lead, snakes and ladders
Dialogue x conversations, passion x enthusiasm, integration
Change of learning designs / pedagogy = TRANSFORMATION
Critical mass? How important is it? Pedagogy not technology
Organic, flexibility, enthusiasm, personal, empowering, genre, reflection, time, conversation dialog, authentic, reflection, engage, pedagogy, interactive, creativity, support, journey, reconceptualisation
Embedding the portfolio in the curriculum essential for success
Shift and control – learner owned + conversations / dialogue
So What – Why are we doing this?
Reflection + power for eports to support
Support and encourage
Permanent and portable
Dialogue, feedback, reflection, scaffolding, relationship, implementation, communication
Quantity of information, spiral, "ficial" technical glitch – what we intend to achieve may not always be easy to realise. Support learning
Change - Organic, Strategic (institutional), Challenge "restrained anarchy" disruptive technology, new ways of learning
Enthusiasm, flexibility – so much, personal space reflection, development
Change management, pedagogical transformation, the journey
Support curriculum approach – process/strategy/policy
Autonomy ownership of learning
Smart (specific .etc.) training
Single space with wide range of uses
Importance of knowing the purpose and hence of fitness for purpose of the system used.
Difficulty of reflecting for students. Difficulty of teaching students how to reflect

Reflections on Parallel Two

After the second parallel session all of the delegates were asked to record 3 – 5 words that indicated what they had learnt from the three presentations. As each word was shared a show of hands indicated how many others in that session had recorded the same word. The biggest words were the most popular.

Parallel 1

Parallel 2 *

Parallel 3

* We can’t find the original – and you can’tt search Wordle! However, here’ts an image of it