Frank Green, Chief Executive of the Leigh Academies Trust, outlines the key messages from his keynote presentation at Learning@School 2012. Frank describes the changes made at Leigh Academy and what makes those changes so effective in transforming education, learning and outcomes for the children in the schools' communities.
Frank Green, Chief Executive of the Leigh Academies Trust, outlines the key messages from his keynote presentation at Learning@School 2012. Frank describes the changes made at Leigh Academy and what makes those changes so effective in transforming education, learning and outcomes for the children in the schools' communities.
Frank Green, Chief Executive of the Leigh Academies Trust, outlines the key messages from his keynote presentation at Learning@School 2012. Frank describes the changes made at Leigh Academy and what makes those changes so effective in transforming education, learning and outcomes for the children in the schools' communities.
Sylvia Martinez is President of Generation YES, evangelising student involvement in education reform through technology. In this keynote presentation from the 2011 Learning@School conference in Rotorua, NZ, Sylvia talks about ways Generation YES helps schools through a change process that includes student-centered teaching practices, encouragement of student voice, and technology combined with service learning.
Tony Ryan discusses the need for schools to have transformational teachers, focusing on who we are as being more important than what we teach. He outlines four roles of a transformational teacher, 'Energiser', 'Connector', 'Entrepreneur' and 'Sustainer'.
Helen Otway is in the leadership team at a pre-primary to year 8 school in Melbourne where they have been investigating new learning environments. Helen explains the three elements that were considered in their investigation: what do they want learning to look like; how can the learning spaces be used; and how will technologies be incorporated. More from ULearn >
