But I guess this is more than computers and computing, its actually all about ICT – information and communications technologies. Many of us may have seen the recent release from Google about a project they are working on called Project Glass. http://g.co/projectglass and perhaps you have looked up the video on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4 Aside from the privacy and [...]
I think its fair to say that most people accept that the 19th century model of education is not applicable in our 21st century world. However, few people have ever experienced 21st century learning, particularly our students parents and in many case ourselves as teachers. I think most educators accept as well that the focus [...]
In the first post we looked at those things that are driving us to change. These are the expectations of the wider community and our students. Having established the aspects that are driving our change we need to set goals and objectives. When it comes to setting goals I like the SMART concept: Specific Measurable [...]
The Expectations of stakeholders Recently, I have been working on a program for the senior school and it is interesting to reflect on this. The first point of reflection is the “why” question. Why do we want to incorperate technology into the program, and this isn’t just a technology program it is actually about any [...]
“The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education. Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make email usage look like a rounding error in terms of the Internet capacity it is going to consume.” John Chambers CEO Cisco Systems Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10537986 Are we [...]
