Posted in Education, Education Reform, Tech Advancement on May 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
The ’Digital Natives’ of the 21st Century present a somewhat stark yet enlightening message in this video. Engage them using technology “whatever, whenever, wherever”. Their demands are simple, yet their plight is fearful to many teachers who have simply got lost in this technological world.
One child mentions ”At least once a week 14% of my teachers let me create [...]
Posted in Education, Education Reform on Apr 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Papert in his article The Gears of My Childhood explores the importance of choice and passion in constructionism. The idea that children, on areas with interest can learn with enthusiasm, fun and excitement is illicited to his audience through his own personal anectdote of playing and modelling gears as a child.
The problem is that as prospective [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Apr 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
Now I don’t think there’s one ‘youngen’ around who hasn’t heard the rants of a more senior person about today’s anti-social children who spend more time in front of televisions, computers and other gaming consoles rather than outside playing with friends.
And if you haven’t heard the rants, then you’ve probably heard the reports.
Well, for a [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Apr 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I’d have to say I agree with Ashleigh’s blog 3 X’s mark the spot! Which, through the use of Idel Harel’s “The Tree X’s” explores the idea that the “internet is one of the best tools for learning that should be used with traditional strategies as well”
The 3 X’s Harel speaks of – eXploring, eXchange [...]
Posted in Education Reform, Tech Advancement on Apr 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Lia Timson reports on how the digital age is changing teaching in her article ‘A different class’ published in the Sydney Morning Herald on April 3, 2008.
She writes how “students will be able to produce work at school, access it from home and share their reports with parents, who will also have electronic contact with [...]
Posted in Education Reform, Tech Advancement on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jamie McKenzie’s article ‘Stuffing Technology into the Curriculum’ accuses the Australian and State Governments of jumping into the deep end by pushing “technology intergration onto classroom teachers without first gathering evidence that this was a worthwhile endeavor [sic]”
I think it’s proven that it has been a worthwhile endeavour, but as McKenzie continues in saying, teachers [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
In fellow blogger, Cathie’s post Changing Attitudes Towards Learning she not only discusses how modern day teachers have started to “integrate technology into their everyday lessons” but also how it is “important that we give children the tools and knowledge needed to keep pace with this rapidly developing society.”
In responding to her post, I thought that this knowledge that [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Mar 8th, 2008 No Comments »
When you look at your kids do you see them as being native to India, China, Australia, Canada, England? Have you ever looked at them as being ’Digital Natives’ ?
Well, Marc Prensky delivered a Speech to the Consortium for School Networking in 2004 where he defined the modern day child as a ‘digital native’ whose differing formative experiences [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Mar 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
I happened upon a new (and more child friendly) rendition of the Spice Girls hit ‘If you wanna be my lover’ and thought I’d share it.
Download Video: Posted by gtrees at TeacherTube.com.
Probably what struck me most was these two lines:
“If you wanna be my teacher, you’ve got to be up to date – with the [...]
Posted in Education Reform on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
The Australian Governmental site Study in Australia states that “Australian schools are world leaders in applying technology to education” and that such technology is “a part of everyday learning”.
My question: is there a fair distribution of technology within Australian schools? Of course technology can be as simple as a pen or an eraser but for arguments’ [...]
