This title comes from an article in the Australian last weekend. Technology is changing the way we learn, the way our students learn, and it must have that effect too on the way we teach. It is interesting to read what the first teacher interviewed for this article says:
an initial steep learning curve is followed […]
Check the video The Voices of Learning at http://www.learning2008.com/
One of the speakers, Don Tapscott, says, when asked what they were doing online, people were given 4 choices:
Working
Learning
Collaborating
or having fun?
The people being asked the question said the choices weren’t real - because they were all one and the same thing.
So what do you when you are […]
In 1999 UNESCO proclaimed 21 February as The International Mother Language Day, to be observed throughout the world. The day is celebrated to promote mother tongues and encourage linguistic diversity and multilingual education. Activities during the event aim to increase the awareness about linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based […]
In the last couple of days I have been enjoying the postings over on The Bamboo Project blog as Michele Martin grapples with ideas about how as individuals incorporate the new media tools in our own personal learning environment. Some of us have really been among the early adopters, although in many senses still digital […]
This is a 5 minute video created by Elliot Masie on July 2 just after he had bought his new iPhone
http://www.learning2007.com/iphone1
He promises that the Masie Centre will be doing more in-depth reports in the coming weeks. His first impressions are interesting.
I currently am subscribed to an email service from the Masie Center (http://www.masie.com/)
It called TRENDS […]
As always when I conduct workshops not only am I the presenter, I am also a learner.
At the QSITE workshop yesterday participants passed on some really good links. Here are some of them:
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/theirspace
Approaching technology from the perspective of children, it tells positive stories about how they use online space to build relationships and create original […]
Bryn Jones pointed me to this site through one of his occasional postings on his blog at http://brynjones.edublogs.org/feed/
Inspired talks has a wonderful range of speakers, videos to watch. See http://www.ted.com/index.php/
The one that Bryn pointed to was Sir Ken Robinson who ‘makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, […]
Those who know me personally will know that one of my passions is crime/mystery fiction. I’m a reader not a writer.
Just recently I finished reading FIREWALL by Henning Mankell. It was written in 1997, set in Sweden, and in the opening pages a man drops dead at 11pm just after he’s checked his bank account balance […]
