One of my recent posts prompted this reply from Simon and I would like to respond to it. The posts in this series are challenging the use of filters and internet blocking in schools and questioning the reasoning behind it. The second post provides a solution to this. Simons responce is below: “While you’re at [...]
One of the frustrations I had in China was the so called “Great Firewall of China” which blocked access to many sites often without apparent reason. The Blocked sites include social media like facebook, communication tools like twitter and strangely enough Google Spreadsheets , sites but not documents. However, tools like Astrill which allow you [...]
This is a follow on post from the cell phones in class post. One of the comments I received cause me to reflect on the influence teachers have. Chris left this comment: I like what you said about respect your students’ privacy. My seventh grade math teacher confiscated a note I was writing in class [...]
Wow, what a week. 4 days of presentations, 5 flights and 7 sessions. I have to say it was fun but I was pretty jaded by the end of the experience. The robotics sessions in Rotorua, were great fun, hands on experiences. As tools for learning and constructing knowledge and understanding they are superb. In [...]
