Presentation made at H818 conference on Openness and Inlcusion

1. Nicola Morris
How to Think IT for parents

2. How to Think IT for parents
Nicola Morris
Playing short video
extract

3. Every Parent
Matters
Proven impact on
achievement
How can we
contribute?
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4. The parent’s perspective:
Research highlights
50% worry that
their child does
not think
about the
information
they find
47% believe
their child to
be more
skilled than
they are
Only 25% feel confident enough to
help or supervise

5. The child’s perspective: Research highlights
How easy do you find research?
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Com
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fo r t
ggle
Stru ant
nd w
a
help

6. Thinking about research:
Grab
and go
Accept
being
told
it’s ok

7. Do you want more or less help?
Helpful
Show an
interest

8. Achieving parental inclusion requires:
Knowledge and
understanding
Skills
Attitude and
belief

9. A toolkit
for support
Web
OER
Leaflet
Jorum image courtesy of Jorum team via Flickr)

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Resources
Infographic
Presentations

12. STOP
LOOK
THINK
Created

14. Directed by the crowd....
“Blogging and tweeting about our fears and our
mistakes...falling into the audience and
trusting... we want to help each other”
adapted from Palmer (2013)
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15. Think IT .... A route to inclusion
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16. Contact details and further information:
Think IT highertraining.wordpress.com
Email: nicola@highertraining.co.uk
Twitter @NicolaJMorris