Ian Jukes is a researcher and presenter I have wantde to meet. His paper on Digitial Children is one I have read and enjoyed. It even warrants a page on my wiki. So I must admit I was looking forwarded to Ian session today….
….and I was not disappointed.
At about a million miles per hour, Ian [...]
The Otago Daily Times reports on Saturday 21st June that “School opts for free Software”
The school has decided to stop using the ministry’s SMS (School Management Software) and it hope to be the first school “to exclusively use free ‘GNU/Linux’ software on school managment and classroom computers”
But the best thing about this statement is this. [...]
This last week has been quiet on the blogging front as I have been busy with examinations and marking. It is fair to say that I have been reflecting on my own marking and the comments colleagues have been making too.
As our curriculum gears itself towards 21st century education and the 21st century learner, assessment [...]
One of my current blog topics is 21st Century teaching and learning. I have written a number of posts on this topic.
I believe there are three factors or areas that key to 21st century teaching and learning:
The 21st Century teacher and learner
The 21st Century Learning space
Facilitating 21st Century learning by changing
resourcing
teaching skills
the curriculum
I have combined [...]
I blogged a while ago on 21st Century Learning spaces. I believe that we must change not only what we teach, how we teach it, when we teach it but also the spaces we teach in.
Classrooms must reflect the learning paradigm we use and the audience we are addressing. Fundamentally classroom design has not changed [...]
http://www.edutopia.org/ikid-digital-learner-technology-2008
Marc Prensky has written an excellent article on the 21st Century Learner. You need to read it.
Throughout the article he has made several observations that I find interesting and challenging.
“During my talks, however, I typically look out at oceans of white hair. Never — I can’t even say rarely — is a kid in sight [...]
(with apologies for the tardiness)
Most of us have met them. If we teach in independent schools, higher decile schools or teach in more privilaged areas they are becoming increasingly common. Even the more short sighted of teachers can see them increasing as our future becomes increasingly electronic. Whether we call them Digital Natives (Marc [...]
This is an excellent Youtube Video by Prof Stephen Heppell. Its an interesting commentry about learning, the role of the teacher and schools. Well worth a watch. This video sits well with my earlier post on 21st Century Educators.
Schools of the future
Stephen ahs also got his own youtube channel - again worth a visit for [...]
The more I have considered teaching and learning in the 21st Century, the more convinced I am that our teaching and learning spaces must change to reflect the paradigm shift we are seeing with 21st Century learners and educator.
Classrooms have improved since the 19th Century, but essentially they are designed for the same traditional mode [...]
How do we take measure of ICT integration or implementation? Its not something we can score on a scale of 1 to 10 or measure as achieving with excellence or just passing. The benchmarks for every school and every classroom are different.
In preparing our students for the 21st Century, we must prepare them for the [...]
