Michael Wesch has written a brilliant article called ‘A vision of students today (and what teachers must do)’ which is featured on the Britannica blog. Wesch talks about how he asked his students how many of them did not like school. Over half of them raised their hands. When he asked how many of them [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Hating school, loving learning
Posted in Education, Web 2.0, play, tagged bloggingcorner08, curriculum, del.icio.us, Education, engagement, Facebook, independent learning, inquiry, internationalplp21, learning, MySpace, school, Sorensen, technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wesch on October 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
early images of reality from picture books and today’s clickability
Posted in Education, flickr, learning, tagged books, childhood, concepts, early childhood, google, Google Earth, Google Maps, ideas, illustrations, imagination, information, internationalplp21, internet, knowledge, learning, maps, reading, reality, teaching, Web 2.0 on October 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We take for granted today the clickability of information. We should think back, really think back properly, to the days before we had the internet as a source of information.
I was talking to my son today about our early conceptions, and we shocked ourselves about uninformed and xenophobic ideas we had of people and cultures [...]
Confessions of an online junkie
Posted in Web 2.0, internet, tagged Ariel Meadow Stallings, balance, creative, habits, hyperconnection, internet, Lauren O'Grady, life, online, productive, Stephen Downes, time, virtual, Web2.0 on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In leaving a comment in a discussion about the balancing act between actual life and online life, I quoted Lauren O’Grady in her blogpost “Hyperconnection!! Arggh this changes everything.. for me anyway” where she talks about a time when a friend made her realise how much her hyperconnectedness was affecting her relationships with family and [...]
Teachers today on Youtube – how do you rate?
Posted in Education, Web 2.0, teachers, tagged challenge, change, digital, digital_age, generation, global, ideas, internationalplp21, kids, students, teachers, today, video, Web2.0, youtube on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Is the picture of teachers in this video fact or fiction?
Let’s have a look at some of ideas here.
Firstly, teachers today work in a world that is fast-paced and rapidly changing.
Do we realise this fully?
Teachers today work together to facilitate, innovate, coordinate, participate, investigate, advocate and illuminate.
How are you [...]
Change hurts but we don’t want to get stuck to the chair
Posted in Education, Teacher librarians, Web 2.0, tagged 21st_century_learning, change, face-to-face, fear, internationalplp21, learning, new, PLP, schools, Sheryl_Nussbaum-Beach, teaching, technology, Will_Richardson on October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Even sitting in the same room but moving the chair to face the opposite way gives you a different perspective on things.
Today our team of 5 joined other Australian teams and our leaders, Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, for the first face-to-face Australian meeting for the Powerful Learning Practice program. Will and Sheryl spoke [...]
Animate your language lessons
Posted in Education, Web 2.0, humour, photos, play, tagged assessment, comic, comicstrip, edmodo, EFL, English, enjoyable, ESL, fun, ICT, interactive whiteboard, internet, Joe_Dale, Jose_Picardo, language, learning, LOTE, Nik_Peachy, podcasting, teaching, technology, tools, voki, Web2.0, wordle on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a nifty little application I can imagine would make language learning fun.
Joe Dale (October 11) put me onto the Animate application for language learning on Jose Picardo’s blog
In the About section of his blog, Box of Tricks, Jose Picardo explains the role of technology in student learning:
Technology has been demonstrated to be [...]
Captain Planet and Powerful Learning Practice
Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, tagged 21st century, Education, learning, mission, PLP, Powerful Learning Practice, professional development, sharing, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, teaching, team, Will Richardson on October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Did you ever watch Captain Planet? My older son, now 18, used to love the show, and for some reason I’ve had an image in my mind of our PLP team as Planeteers. This Monday a small team from our school will be embarking on the Powerful Learning Practice journey led by Will Richardson and [...]
What is this?
Posted in photos, play, tagged art, digital, guess, image, photo, picture on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can you guess what these pictures are? Leave your guesses in the comments section.
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