JJFBbennett: Robinson, Cator, Fullan, Hattie and Clark: My top 10 points

Ken Robinson, Karen Cator, Donald Clark, Michael Fullan and John Hattie.

My top 10 points

Need to consider the purpose of education, technology and great teaching
We live in revolutionary times and we need a revolution in education
Two of the big influences on education are; population growth and technology
The rate of societal economic and technology change will continue to accelerate
Educators need to recognise the scale of this challenge
Educators need to recognise education as the key to the future
What is considered good teaching has a long academic history
The present education conversation is not occurring in a vacuum
Great teachers make deep learning out of learning technology
Technology in schools requires great teachers if learning improvement is to be gained

The fundamental question that all teachers should ask is: How do we as learners learn today?
Today we learn through a variety of resources
It is easy to become frustrated by technology in the classroom
We are presently at Education's Internet Moment
Mobile technology is in every pocket and hand bag - students can Google it
Social Interactions enhance learning
Digital Open Education Content is growing
Employ Big Data to make decisions
The need to move from textbooks to digital learning resources is necessary
Employ digital resources to personalise learning

Technology is changing the education conversation
Technology is an irresistible engagement pull
Technology can deepen learning
Deep learning through critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaboration, character education and citizenship
Use technology purposefully - real life problem solving
Technology is persuasively impacting across society
Make how to use technology on your terms
Students working in groups and teachers are orchestrating learning as change agents and activators
Students need to be active as partners in learning
Use video for the understanding of content and classroom interaction for deep learning

The essence of good teaching is that the learning intentions are very clear and success criteria is absolutely obvious
The amount of peer work should be dramatic
There should be lots of discussion about the task and lots of peer involvement within the task
Set challenging goals that exceed 'doing-your-best'
Show students what success looks like
Spend time helping students learn the strategies of learning
Teachers need to spend more time talking about teaching and learning
Teachers need to talk less and listen more to students
The teacher's job is to help students exceed their expectations
Teacher mindsets are the important factor to improving teaching and to be active change agents

There has been more pedagogic change in 10 years than the last 1000 years
Use video recordings to enable ongoing learning
The online classroom session needs to be recorded for future learning participation
The classroom lecture: student have been distracted by this boring pedagogy for a 1000 years
The internet has changed the learner's relationship to learning
Online videos require: Brilliant teaching, they are simply recorded, they are only a few minutes long and they are what the students need
Online engagement requires instantaneous and continuous feedback
Online learning platforms (eLearning) will soon gain adaptive capacity through artificial intelligence
Online learning platforms will know the students learning progress and report achievement progress to the student and teacher
Resisting technology in education is futile