I just attended the 21st Century Learning Conference. One of the keynote speakers was Mark Treadwell from New Zealand. He has recently written a book (hot off the press … literally) titled: “Whatever! The Conceptual Era and the Evolution of School v2.0”
Some highlights from his talk include project based learning has been around a long [...]
“Cutting -edge technology is as perishable as a truckload of ripe bananas;
it’s worth a fortune today, but if not used quickly, it becomes worthless.”
William Knoke, Bold New World (1996)
It seems that the theme of faculty training is the key of the positive technology experience … for faculty and students. A major goal of technology needs [...]
“Just for that Johnny, you don’t get to use the computer today!”
Ouch … technology used as a punishment is as bad as making a kid do push-ups in Phys Ed class as a punishment. One of the first things we need to learn is to not use a technology activity as a punishment OR reward. [...]
Fasten your seat belts, this fast paced vodcast will demand you attention. Michael Wesch has put together a YouTube favorite of what Web 2.0 is today. His insights will help all of us to say, “Oh yea, now I get it!” You won’t be lulled to sleep with this one.
Enjoy!
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… when you see it? Kids will believe anything just because it’s on the web. Here is a website for kids to research … it’s all about the Northwest Tree Octopus. It is so cool … BUT … it’s all fake. You can really use it as a research assignment and have kids find more [...]
The recent EARCOS teachers conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. I was able to attend a workshop session with Art Costa titled: Learning to Listen with Skill and Empathy. I didn’t expect to be impacted as much as I was … I guess I should have known better.
In a very simple and effective means [...]
In the article, The Digital Learning Environment: What the Research Tells Us, written by Kate Kemker written in 2005, she highlights some research about learning environments. I would like to highlight some of the findings and comment on them.
THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
Technology is a tool to be employed by the students in all curriculum areas to [...]
Top 100 Tools for Learning
In July 2007 Jane Hart, head of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, in Somerset, England asked 64 e-learning experts to list their top 10 productivity and teaching tools. A free PDF download version lists the tools by type and gives key information about each one.
The top ten most [...]
There is a challenge today that teacher’s must face … teaching the digital native. All of us, teachers, are digital immigrants. So how do we reach out to these kids? Here are some suggestions:
1. Change our presentation. Reach the kids by picking up the pace – go faster, less of the step-by-step teaching approach. Give [...]
Occasionally I come across people who wonder “How kids can do that?” They see them working five windows of MSN, texting on the mobile phone, and homework at the same time. I know people wonder because I look at my own daughter in amazement. “How does she do that?”
Marc Prensky wrote an article in 2001 [...]
