I haven’t written a post here for so long. I have been writing but elsewhere in forums and studying towards a Masters in E-Learning and Digital Education certainly takes up a lot of time. However that’s no excuse and I could share some of my reflections from my study here. Anyway I came across . . . → Read More: Innovative and Competitive Schooling is our Future
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I recently attended the Digital Technology Symposium in Auckland. It was an inspirational few days with a wide range of keynote speakers and informative workshops. Sitting amongst 250 technology educators I felt part of an emerging impetus for the melioration of ICT in our schools. The workshop were great, Wednesday and Thursday were opportunities to . . . → Read More: Digital Technology Symposium A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future by Seymour Papert Papert makes an interesting point. I agree computers need to be seen as a tool, an extension of our creativity, like the pencil or the brush. Once we understand how to use it and in most circumstances students need . . . → Read More: Comments on Papert’s reading I’m a real fan of Sir Ken Robinson and RSA Animate and here they’ve joined forces to present a fabulous video which discusses the shifts that are occurring within our education systems, a must see for educators and parents alike. Share . . . → Read More: RSA Animate Changing education paradigms I was heartened when I came across a book during my son’s kindergarten years by Pennie Brownlee who encouraged parents and teachers of young children to ask children to tell them about their drawing rather than something like “what is that you’re drawing, is a duck”? However, I was surprised how this philosophy seemed . . . → Read More: Don’t stifle their creativity As soon as there’s a new kid on the block someone wants to deconstruct it and show us all the pitfalls. “Young people of the digital native generation possess sophisticated knowledge of and skills with information technologies.” The above quote from the Bennett, S., Maton, K., & Kervin, L. (2008) reading I find . . . → Read More: Time to put the brakes on This was a great reading. I’m totally onboard with Prensky’s suggestions that the ‘digital native’ has a different way of thinking and that we must meet the needs of our students. My own son of 14 often comes home from school annoyed at having to copy text out of a text book or worse . . . → Read More: To what extent do you accept Prensky’s analysis? In the last 10 years my ability to use digital technologies has grown from barely being able to turn a computer on, to feeling confident enough to run classes in Photoshop and everything in between. I just can’t seem to get enough of the stuff and arvidly seek to find ways to organise the plethora of media . . . → Read More: To what extent do you identify yourself with the “digital immigrant” generation? I guess that depends on who is asking the question. A digital native might answer no but then find themself unable to get a job because of some inappropriate comments or behaviour on their Facebook profile. Openingly sharing private details online, easy passwords and unprotected profiles might mean their bank account has been . . . → Read More: Are there any benefits in being a “digital immigrant” As a student in a virtual environment I feel I would benefit using a mix of synchronous and asynchronous approaches. Distance learning can be an islolating experience, especially when feedback or assistance is needed and you sometimes have to wait days or even a week to get a reply from your tutor, it tends to break the . . . → Read More: Synchronous or Asynchronous Learning? |
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