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Improving the 
Quality of our 
Conversations 
Ian Gray 
… in an electronic era 
www.histconversations.blogspot.com
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results 
How well do 
students 
converse? 
Mainly MS, SS, urban, upper middle socio-eco 
where quality of conversations fit a bell curve … 
 aim to skew it more toward conversing ‘very well’
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results 
Students are reasonably 
good at empathising.
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results 
Teaching large 
groups is still the 
norm but many 
opportunities 
exist for small 
group 
discussions
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results 
In whole class activities 
students are not usually 
seated so they can 
“eye-ball” each other.
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Survey Monkey Results 
How often is 
electronic 
feedback used?
WHAT DO WE THINK? 
Strategies to help students learn to dialogue 
 Catholic school contextualises learning within values like 
respect … an expectation to listen to one another 
 I model and explain what I am doing 
 Openly acknowledge differences in the classroom - 
everyone has a right to communicate their thoughts 
 Tasks set eg orals, completion of questions on a 
computer which is projected, role plays. 
 Excursions, guest speakers, writing from a particular 
perspective 
 Reinforce showing respect for fellow students by 
remaining quiet and listening while others speak. I then 
reiterate what the student said , give further 
information. and ask for responses
more comments 
• Small discussion groups. 
• In larger groups, I need to regularly wait for silence 
to allow students to speak 
• Use of blogs, suggestion boxes and responding to 
an article using One Note and annotating the 
article before emailing it to a peer for a response 
• Turn taking Ensure everyone is included in 
questioning 
• 'Gallery walk' - post it notes for feedback and 
reflection. Jigsaw collaborative learning strategy, 
online blogs 
• In terms of creating empathy, which I believe 
stimulates dialogue, I have used visualisation 
techniques most recently with success.
History is based upon shared perspectives 
 We need dialogue, not monologue. 
 Better conversation = improved 
learning outcomes 
 A conversation is “A conversation is 
a dialogue, not a monologue. That's 
why there are so few good 
conversations: due to scarcity, two 
intelligent talkers seldom meet.” 
Truman Capote – c 1960 – American 
author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, In Cold 
Blood etc 
 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/trumancapo1 
24425.html#20VfhQTgvDIoKXBX.99 
WHY DOES IT MATTER? 
https://encrypted-tbn0. 
gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUYAcoGuvU0 
WGleMLjQUFiTry8xZ5NccjAlVuB72hFYPdcK55X
WHY DOES IT MATTER? 
New media is already here and already challenging preconceptions about 
‘good’ communication 
The Conversation 
eg here is about 
WW1 
https://mail.google.com/m 
ail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/14 
788eb95d5c9843
Universities are increasingly virtual 
WHY DOES IT MATTER? 
UQ News Dec 2012 
• 91% of students 
use laptops 
• Courses require 
them 
• MOOCS 
• etc
RISE in Narcissism 
EVIDENCE OF DECLINE 
NOT just 
media hype 

RISE in Narcissism – epitomised by monologue conversation 
• 18-19 year olds are now more narcissistic than 18-19 year olds in 
1980s and 1990s as measured on the same scale. 
• eg narcissists lack empathy and in conversation wait until they 
can have their say 
EVIDENCE OF DECLINE 
• plastic surgery rates have exploded since 1990s 
• rise in materialism, which correlates with a rise in narcissism 
• eg % agreeing "being very well off financially" was an 
important life goal 
• 2013 = 82 % 
• 1969 = 45% 
• 1974 = 45% 
References:… 
• The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean Twenge, 2010 
• http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/young-people- 
today-are-more-narcissistic-than-ever/5457236 
• http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/the-new- 
narcissism/5572544
EVEN ‘PR’ PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
• Emergence of the internet 
• emergence of “selfie” culture 
• internet enables fame seeking in ways not possible decade ago 
and celebrity culture promotes this 
CAUSES 
• Strong correlations between those scoring high on narcissism 
and those having very high number of friends on Facebook 
too much screen time ….
Courier Mail 
April 19, 2014
Discussions about “Screen Time” were prominent in 2014 whether judged 
by talk-back radio. twitter, staffroom talk, discussions with the rellies, 
eavesdropping or numerous blogs eg
IT’S ALL TECHNOLOGIES FAULT 
OR 
ARE THERE OTHER CAUSES AND 
TECHNOLOGY CAN BE PART OF 
THE SOLUTION? 
 
CAUSES
CAUSES 
• The self-esteem movement in parenting and education. 
• Twenge argues that rather than telling a child they are special, 
parents should just say: “I love you”. 
• otherwise what is going to happen when the child goes out 
into the world and the world doesn't treat him or her as 
special? 
• & incidentally self esteem does not equate with higher 
academic performance: 
• highest academic achievement = among Asian 
Americans and they have lowest self esteem 
• the most successful CEOs by income/happiness 
index are the least narcissistic 
• the resilience movement promotes self efficacy – ie if 
I work hard and focus I can improve.
Teachers causing disengagement by: 
- limiting student choice about the variety of ways that students 
receive information and evidence learning 
- not understanding that choice and variety is nigh on impossible in 
a purely paper-based classroom 
CAUSES 
Parents and teachers not engaging in the sort of conversations 
young people want to have 
• see Dr Cheryl Sim, Griffith Uni ---QHTA Journal 2010, 
• republished with permission from Sim, Cheryl (2010) Sustaining 
Productive Collaboration between faculties and Schools. Australian 
Journal of Teacher Education ,35, (5),18-28. 
This is not pandering. This is conversing. 
We can’t address narcissism if we’re not in the room 
– the virtual room. 
remaining Historical Technophobes ….
Antiquarianism and fears limit capacity to use technology and 
improve conversations 
Media Reports feed fears 
Historical Technophobia 
“student engagement with computers can damage their brain” 
7.30 Jan 27 2014 
Socrates - writing would "create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, 
because they will not use their memories." 
Conrad Gessner 1565 – printing press will overwhelm our senses with 
information 
Sanitarian Medical Journal 1883 - schools ‘exhaust brains and 
nervous systems and imprison bodies’’ 
TV = the end of education 
CNN 2014 : “Email hurts IQ more than pot” 
ALL provide zero evidence. 
BUT …
Technology that existed when we were born seems normal, anything 
that is developed before we turn 35 is exciting, and whatever 
happens after that is treated with suspicion. 
Writer Douglas Adams 
In 2010 Shermann Young did 
not argue for the end of the 
book but the end of nostalgia. 
Long Live the Book !! 
Causes: attitudes
Causes: attitudes 
recent empirical research on 
Factors Impacting Teachers’ Adoption of Mobile Learning confirms: 
• user’s beliefs and attitudes determine, to a large extent, 
teachers’ adoption of technology, 
• especially beliefs and attitudes about perceived usefulness of the 
technology and its ease of use 
From DERN (Digital Education Research Network) .. 
managed by ACER
Universities, school and home practices shut down conversation 
• a Masters degree- electronic submissions “marked” with a biro 
without comments 
• a History professor says ignore all prior knowledge - only his notes - 
on the web will be assessed 
CAUSES 
• busy parents engage in “instructional conversation” 
• “--- Hi –have you finished your Homework? How did your 
spelling test go? 
•  student disengagement 
• content and pedagogy irrelevant to their personal 
interests. 
• "Teaching to the middle" means not teaching to any 
student's zone of proximal development
1. Teach students how to dialogue 
1. use rules for speaking and for electronic engagement 
2. encourage outside the square thinking = risk is OK 
3. reduce content 
1. too much content detracts from dialogue. 
SOLUTIONS 
Based on much practice and theory eg Dianna Laurillard, University of 
London http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Laurillard_conversational_framework 
4. role model – dialogue 
1. Here is a blog by a principal who is into digital leadership .. 
http://esheninger.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/why-digital-leadership-digilead. 
html?m=1
False or 
‘Red Herring’ 
path 
Wrong = E 
standard 
ie you might even 
‘shepherd the user 
into conclusions 
which ‘score’ different 
levels of ‘points’ say 
on a 15 point scale !! 
A 
A-A+ 
B+ 
C 
D, for 
stop 
here or 
keep 
going 
START 
HERE 
QN=? 
Source 1 
Source 2 
Source 3 
create your own adventure 
ppts
SOLUTIONS 
6. Find out why Social Media Awareness Is Important In The Early Grades: 
http://bit.ly/1sil29U 
7. motivate reluctant learners with technology eg 
http://home.edweb.net/motivating-the-reluctant-reader-through-technology-25- 
resources/?utm_content=buffer96d34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com& 
utm_campaign=buffer ……both among my tweets …July 7 2014 
Engage in the sort of 
conversations young 
people want to have: 
shorter, sharper, anywhere, 
anytime, BLENDED 
The Blended Synchronous Learning 
Handbook - US Dept of Education - freely 
available under a Creative Commons 
licence
Coffee Shop Conversations
SOLUTIONS 
9. Higher Order Thinking Skills & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the 
Classroom|Langwitches Blog http://t.co/edS2O816 #edtech --Sue Gorman 
(@sjgorman 
10. Find 10 Ways to Use Instagram in your classroom…twitter …iangray9 
5 ways to improve classroom discussions 
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/make-class-discussions-more-exciting-richard-curwin 
BACK CHANNEL 
TodaysMeet, Padlet, Forum on your LMS 
Groups discuss; one student records on forum 
POLLING 
Mult choice quiz on mobile (or laptop) ….could be on survey monkey …correct 
answers …. discuss tonight 
Poll Everywhere allows text polling 
Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer 
quizzes,. 
story telling enhanced by elearning - tools include Animoto; Slidestory, Storybird; 
http://elearningindustry.com/7-tips-integrate-storytelling-next-elearning-course
COUNTER BALANCE NARCISSISM IN ASSESSMENT 
- require collaboration 
- you both explored different aspects of topic X ….now find the 
commonalities 
SOLUTIONS 
FIND COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE 
eg https://www.diigo.com/ 
Make format of assessment an advocacy 
website, a proposal etc 
designed to improve the situation for others 
- Seniors – How prevalent is Domestic Violence in Australia? 
How did it get like that and therefore what can be done about it?
avoiding antiquarianism 
U Magazine Sunday Aug 10 2014...Dr Michael Dezuanni from the Child and Youth Research 
Centre QUT researched ipads in kindergarten and found they CAN improve communication 
and their use did not diminish physical activity or create anti-social behaviour
Crowd sourced editing 
SOLUTIONS 
• a form of conversation 
• now used by Smithsonian and Nat Lib of Aust as well as Wikapedia 
• have student ‘crowd’ create and update Glossary in 
Moodle/Blackboard 
• empower students --- enrol in Mod Hist 2 as teachers with upload 
rights 
• any sabotage tends to be quickly quickly corrected 
Benefits of mobile phones in class: 
• students take snapshots whiteboard notes 
• record teacher oral feedback 
• back up internet searching device 
•  freeing time for conversation 
http://www.insidebayarea.com/education/ci_25396070/cell-phones-proving-their-usefulness-classrooms 
Music with Study --- much research to suggest that playing 
music while studying is a distraction from and not a benefit to 
study. Ask on the blog and the research can be revealed.
SOLUTIONS 
SOLUTIONS - research in your classroom It’s only just beginning
The future will be different 
It’s up to your imagination 
and 
creativity
The future will be different 
conversation 
time 
www.histconversations.blogspot.com

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Conversations oct1 2014 ian gray at htaa confce

  • 1. Improving the Quality of our Conversations Ian Gray … in an electronic era www.histconversations.blogspot.com
  • 2. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results How well do students converse? Mainly MS, SS, urban, upper middle socio-eco where quality of conversations fit a bell curve …  aim to skew it more toward conversing ‘very well’
  • 3. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results Students are reasonably good at empathising.
  • 4. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results Teaching large groups is still the norm but many opportunities exist for small group discussions
  • 5. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results In whole class activities students are not usually seated so they can “eye-ball” each other.
  • 6. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results
  • 7. WHAT DO WE THINK? Survey Monkey Results How often is electronic feedback used?
  • 8. WHAT DO WE THINK? Strategies to help students learn to dialogue  Catholic school contextualises learning within values like respect … an expectation to listen to one another  I model and explain what I am doing  Openly acknowledge differences in the classroom - everyone has a right to communicate their thoughts  Tasks set eg orals, completion of questions on a computer which is projected, role plays.  Excursions, guest speakers, writing from a particular perspective  Reinforce showing respect for fellow students by remaining quiet and listening while others speak. I then reiterate what the student said , give further information. and ask for responses
  • 9. more comments • Small discussion groups. • In larger groups, I need to regularly wait for silence to allow students to speak • Use of blogs, suggestion boxes and responding to an article using One Note and annotating the article before emailing it to a peer for a response • Turn taking Ensure everyone is included in questioning • 'Gallery walk' - post it notes for feedback and reflection. Jigsaw collaborative learning strategy, online blogs • In terms of creating empathy, which I believe stimulates dialogue, I have used visualisation techniques most recently with success.
  • 10. History is based upon shared perspectives  We need dialogue, not monologue.  Better conversation = improved learning outcomes  A conversation is “A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.” Truman Capote – c 1960 – American author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, In Cold Blood etc  http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/trumancapo1 24425.html#20VfhQTgvDIoKXBX.99 WHY DOES IT MATTER? https://encrypted-tbn0. gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUYAcoGuvU0 WGleMLjQUFiTry8xZ5NccjAlVuB72hFYPdcK55X
  • 11. WHY DOES IT MATTER? New media is already here and already challenging preconceptions about ‘good’ communication The Conversation eg here is about WW1 https://mail.google.com/m ail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/14 788eb95d5c9843
  • 12. Universities are increasingly virtual WHY DOES IT MATTER? UQ News Dec 2012 • 91% of students use laptops • Courses require them • MOOCS • etc
  • 13. RISE in Narcissism EVIDENCE OF DECLINE NOT just media hype 
  • 14. RISE in Narcissism – epitomised by monologue conversation • 18-19 year olds are now more narcissistic than 18-19 year olds in 1980s and 1990s as measured on the same scale. • eg narcissists lack empathy and in conversation wait until they can have their say EVIDENCE OF DECLINE • plastic surgery rates have exploded since 1990s • rise in materialism, which correlates with a rise in narcissism • eg % agreeing "being very well off financially" was an important life goal • 2013 = 82 % • 1969 = 45% • 1974 = 45% References:… • The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean Twenge, 2010 • http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/young-people- today-are-more-narcissistic-than-ever/5457236 • http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/the-new- narcissism/5572544
  • 15. EVEN ‘PR’ PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
  • 16. • Emergence of the internet • emergence of “selfie” culture • internet enables fame seeking in ways not possible decade ago and celebrity culture promotes this CAUSES • Strong correlations between those scoring high on narcissism and those having very high number of friends on Facebook too much screen time ….
  • 17. Courier Mail April 19, 2014
  • 18. Discussions about “Screen Time” were prominent in 2014 whether judged by talk-back radio. twitter, staffroom talk, discussions with the rellies, eavesdropping or numerous blogs eg
  • 19. IT’S ALL TECHNOLOGIES FAULT OR ARE THERE OTHER CAUSES AND TECHNOLOGY CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION?  CAUSES
  • 20. CAUSES • The self-esteem movement in parenting and education. • Twenge argues that rather than telling a child they are special, parents should just say: “I love you”. • otherwise what is going to happen when the child goes out into the world and the world doesn't treat him or her as special? • & incidentally self esteem does not equate with higher academic performance: • highest academic achievement = among Asian Americans and they have lowest self esteem • the most successful CEOs by income/happiness index are the least narcissistic • the resilience movement promotes self efficacy – ie if I work hard and focus I can improve.
  • 21. Teachers causing disengagement by: - limiting student choice about the variety of ways that students receive information and evidence learning - not understanding that choice and variety is nigh on impossible in a purely paper-based classroom CAUSES Parents and teachers not engaging in the sort of conversations young people want to have • see Dr Cheryl Sim, Griffith Uni ---QHTA Journal 2010, • republished with permission from Sim, Cheryl (2010) Sustaining Productive Collaboration between faculties and Schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education ,35, (5),18-28. This is not pandering. This is conversing. We can’t address narcissism if we’re not in the room – the virtual room. remaining Historical Technophobes ….
  • 22. Antiquarianism and fears limit capacity to use technology and improve conversations Media Reports feed fears Historical Technophobia “student engagement with computers can damage their brain” 7.30 Jan 27 2014 Socrates - writing would "create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories." Conrad Gessner 1565 – printing press will overwhelm our senses with information Sanitarian Medical Journal 1883 - schools ‘exhaust brains and nervous systems and imprison bodies’’ TV = the end of education CNN 2014 : “Email hurts IQ more than pot” ALL provide zero evidence. BUT …
  • 23. Technology that existed when we were born seems normal, anything that is developed before we turn 35 is exciting, and whatever happens after that is treated with suspicion. Writer Douglas Adams In 2010 Shermann Young did not argue for the end of the book but the end of nostalgia. Long Live the Book !! Causes: attitudes
  • 24. Causes: attitudes recent empirical research on Factors Impacting Teachers’ Adoption of Mobile Learning confirms: • user’s beliefs and attitudes determine, to a large extent, teachers’ adoption of technology, • especially beliefs and attitudes about perceived usefulness of the technology and its ease of use From DERN (Digital Education Research Network) .. managed by ACER
  • 25. Universities, school and home practices shut down conversation • a Masters degree- electronic submissions “marked” with a biro without comments • a History professor says ignore all prior knowledge - only his notes - on the web will be assessed CAUSES • busy parents engage in “instructional conversation” • “--- Hi –have you finished your Homework? How did your spelling test go? •  student disengagement • content and pedagogy irrelevant to their personal interests. • "Teaching to the middle" means not teaching to any student's zone of proximal development
  • 26. 1. Teach students how to dialogue 1. use rules for speaking and for electronic engagement 2. encourage outside the square thinking = risk is OK 3. reduce content 1. too much content detracts from dialogue. SOLUTIONS Based on much practice and theory eg Dianna Laurillard, University of London http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Laurillard_conversational_framework 4. role model – dialogue 1. Here is a blog by a principal who is into digital leadership .. http://esheninger.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/why-digital-leadership-digilead. html?m=1
  • 27. False or ‘Red Herring’ path Wrong = E standard ie you might even ‘shepherd the user into conclusions which ‘score’ different levels of ‘points’ say on a 15 point scale !! A A-A+ B+ C D, for stop here or keep going START HERE QN=? Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 create your own adventure ppts
  • 28. SOLUTIONS 6. Find out why Social Media Awareness Is Important In The Early Grades: http://bit.ly/1sil29U 7. motivate reluctant learners with technology eg http://home.edweb.net/motivating-the-reluctant-reader-through-technology-25- resources/?utm_content=buffer96d34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com& utm_campaign=buffer ……both among my tweets …July 7 2014 Engage in the sort of conversations young people want to have: shorter, sharper, anywhere, anytime, BLENDED The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook - US Dept of Education - freely available under a Creative Commons licence
  • 30. SOLUTIONS 9. Higher Order Thinking Skills & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the Classroom|Langwitches Blog http://t.co/edS2O816 #edtech --Sue Gorman (@sjgorman 10. Find 10 Ways to Use Instagram in your classroom…twitter …iangray9 5 ways to improve classroom discussions http://www.edutopia.org/blog/make-class-discussions-more-exciting-richard-curwin BACK CHANNEL TodaysMeet, Padlet, Forum on your LMS Groups discuss; one student records on forum POLLING Mult choice quiz on mobile (or laptop) ….could be on survey monkey …correct answers …. discuss tonight Poll Everywhere allows text polling Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes,. story telling enhanced by elearning - tools include Animoto; Slidestory, Storybird; http://elearningindustry.com/7-tips-integrate-storytelling-next-elearning-course
  • 31. COUNTER BALANCE NARCISSISM IN ASSESSMENT - require collaboration - you both explored different aspects of topic X ….now find the commonalities SOLUTIONS FIND COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE eg https://www.diigo.com/ Make format of assessment an advocacy website, a proposal etc designed to improve the situation for others - Seniors – How prevalent is Domestic Violence in Australia? How did it get like that and therefore what can be done about it?
  • 32. avoiding antiquarianism U Magazine Sunday Aug 10 2014...Dr Michael Dezuanni from the Child and Youth Research Centre QUT researched ipads in kindergarten and found they CAN improve communication and their use did not diminish physical activity or create anti-social behaviour
  • 33. Crowd sourced editing SOLUTIONS • a form of conversation • now used by Smithsonian and Nat Lib of Aust as well as Wikapedia • have student ‘crowd’ create and update Glossary in Moodle/Blackboard • empower students --- enrol in Mod Hist 2 as teachers with upload rights • any sabotage tends to be quickly quickly corrected Benefits of mobile phones in class: • students take snapshots whiteboard notes • record teacher oral feedback • back up internet searching device •  freeing time for conversation http://www.insidebayarea.com/education/ci_25396070/cell-phones-proving-their-usefulness-classrooms Music with Study --- much research to suggest that playing music while studying is a distraction from and not a benefit to study. Ask on the blog and the research can be revealed.
  • 34. SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS - research in your classroom It’s only just beginning
  • 35. The future will be different It’s up to your imagination and creativity
  • 36. The future will be different conversation time www.histconversations.blogspot.com