Posted in Reactionary Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
I read Warky’s blog posting on Gee’s article, Learning by Design: Good video games as learning machines, which I had also read.
I absolutely agree with the three points he raises on using gaming the classroom. I’ll admit I’m also a nerd, I play World of Warcraft (WoW) and teach computers and I think that puts me up with [...]
Posted in Reactionary Posting, Technology Integration, Theories of Learning on Oct 26th, 2008 No Comments »
I was experimenting with GeoGebra for a mathematics teaching methods assessment when I recalled Nico’s post on the subject. It really is quite useful software (and free, which is its major advantage over the more popular commercial software Geometer’s Sketch Pad).
The potential benefits have already been discussed by Nico in his post. What I wished to add [...]
Posted in Reactionary Posting, Technology Familiarity, Technology Integration on Oct 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
There seems to have been some hype surrouding Fisch’s post being voted the most influential on Edublogs in 2007. There are some controversial things in this post, and after reading Matthew K’s thoughtful take on it and Chris’ enjoyable rant, I feel compelled to comment also.
I absolutely enjoyed reading Chris’ three reasons why Fisch’s statement (about not being [...]
Posted in Reactionary Posting, Technology Familiarity on Oct 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Paul raises some interesting points in relation to Prensky’s Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants literature. The whole concept of the native / immigrant does carry the baggage of immigration connotations and political correctness.
Quite rightly Paul points out that in the article the digital immigrants are ostracised and berated for their lack of expertise. This got me thinking. Perhaps the digital immigrants will [...]
