Posted in Education on Jun 12th, 2008 No Comments »
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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 on Apr 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
The University of Georgia published the article 6 C’s of Motivation which specifically deals with how to increase student motivation within the classroom.
These six C’s:
Choice – students get to choose what interests them most.
Challenge – making difficult tasks encourages children to strive.
Control – “If students are involved in the process of classroom control, they will be more [...]
