Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
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Above is my vlog response to the BECTA Article that encourages the use of digital video in the classroom. I most certainly agree with the suggestions raised especially in regards to student engagement and motivation.
PS: It would appear that you may need to click the download link to view my video as the integrated Quicktime player doesn’t [...]
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Dalziel presents an article on the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) within which he suggests that “the main elements [of learning design] tend to include greater focus on “context” dimensions of e-learning (rather than simply “content”) and greater recognition of the role of “multi-learner” (rather than just single learner) environments”.
What I take from this is that [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, I viewed my first slideshare example, and I was quite impressed. It is a website that allows you to view, download and share presentations. What a fabulous idea!
It’s a really worthwhile idea to support, because when you think about it, all over the world, presentations are being written that have been written many times before. [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Wow, a really interesting podcast got me thinking, but there are a few points I’d like to examine:
Suggesting that 20th century literacy involved memorising facts from a textbook is to some degree true, at least for the first 75% of the century, but things were already changing before the 21st century rolled in.
Comparing a Mario [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
An interesting video shared on YouTube provides insight and encouragement for teachers that wish to experiment with pdocasting in the classroom. The point I wish to comment on is raised at about 1:23 in the video. The author states “today’s students are already publishing material on the Web”. I absolutely agree, and this is a [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Oct 10th, 2008 No Comments »
After briefly summarizing educational research and the potential for the integration of ICTs into the classroom Romeo goes on in his discussion to give two visions for the future of education. Both are extreme examples of in which direction technology could head.
Scenario 1 seems to involve a school comprehensively run almost solely by technology, and [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Theories of Learning on Oct 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
Ackermann’s helpful article describes the distinction between the two labels above, though both are predicated on the belief that a child’s knowledge is “actively constructed” in their interactions with their surroundings.
It is suggested that Piaget’s Constructivism seems to ignore the individual differences between children, their learning styles and their varying contexts, which are dealt with in Papert’s Constructionism. Ackermann concludes [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Familiarity on Oct 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Prensky’s “digital native/digital immigrant” work has proven to be fertile ground for our band of digital education bloggers, often with some deal of criticism, but I think I’m going to put my hand up and admit it . . .
My name is Basil, and I’m a digital native. There, I said it, it’s off my chest.
I attended [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Aug 14th, 2008 No Comments »
I read an article entitled “Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Curriculum-based Technology Integration Reframed” (Harris, Msihra and Koelher) which unforunately was on print media, but there is a helpful wiki maintained by one ot the authors (Matthew J. Koehler) which summarises the main point behind the TPCK framework.
In all honesty, I don’t see this model as [...]
