NetGuide - Youngsters gripped by technology
This is a must read for parents and educators. It confirms the importance of digital education to keep our students switched on when they walk into the classroom. Share with me your thoughts.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Inspired Impact Conference Day 1
Conferences are always inspiring, hundreds of educators get together discuss their views and share ideas. This is what I love the most about attending conferences "Networking". Lots of trade stalls all handing out things for free, have myself another years supply of pens, a large amount of chocolate and even a rugby ball. However there is more to an educational conference than free trade stalls and have lunch with your co-workers. To me it is about listening, engaging and implimenting the main message. After several workshops during the day sometimes these messages get lost however today I have come away with some key points to ponder and look towards implementing them in my classroom this year.
Dr Anne Davies alerted me to the fact of co-construction of success criteria and making sure that the students expectations are the same as the teacher.
Dorothy Burt from Point England School in Auckland, was the most inspiring speaker of the day. I attended her workshop on 'Literacy in the Digital Age'. She discussed the literacy cycle, and the need for quality teaching, creating the digital object, then publishing it online to recieve feedback. By publishing it online not only do students recieved feedback but they also reinforce learning by watching it over and over again.
Dorothy raised two very important questions that I believe every educator should ask themselves and then think about their response.
Dr Anne Davies alerted me to the fact of co-construction of success criteria and making sure that the students expectations are the same as the teacher.
Dorothy Burt from Point England School in Auckland, was the most inspiring speaker of the day. I attended her workshop on 'Literacy in the Digital Age'. She discussed the literacy cycle, and the need for quality teaching, creating the digital object, then publishing it online to recieve feedback. By publishing it online not only do students recieved feedback but they also reinforce learning by watching it over and over again.
Dorothy raised two very important questions that I believe every educator should ask themselves and then think about their response.
- What do our students do when they are at home?
- Have our kids failed at school or have we failed them?
Dorothy was also the keynote speaker after lunch, her address was "Heating up the 21st Century".
Main Points
- Plan, Process, Produce, Publish
- We need to be aware of digital citizenship
- Teach digital literacy
Well that is a lot for one day and I am well ready and excited for tomorrow.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
i-Pod Touch
After following what Nick Rate has been saying regarding the i-pod touch I thought it was time to purchase one myself and add my thoughts.
After only a week I have been blown away with the opportunities that it has for the classroom. The instant access to the Internet allows you to access information instantly along with sharing your own ideas.
I am amazed with the free applications, at present I have been using the skype application, TVNZ and many more. Unfortunately blogger does not match with word press, that I can work out, so it makes updating our blogs difficult. However the ease to upload photos and share on web is efficient.
I found it easy to set up email and now have instant access to work email. It has made me excited to see how the i-phone could be used in the classroom. With the camera and videoing functions, the constant access to call people, anytime access to the internet, to me it seems like the logical next step in the classroom. It raises this question in my mind, will we see the days of computers leave the classroom and hand held devices, such as i-phones and i-pod touches, revolutionise the classroom learning?
I am keen to use my i-pod touch in the classroom and see how the students repond to it. At the moment I am so hooked that I imagine that they will be to.
After only a week I have been blown away with the opportunities that it has for the classroom. The instant access to the Internet allows you to access information instantly along with sharing your own ideas.
I am amazed with the free applications, at present I have been using the skype application, TVNZ and many more. Unfortunately blogger does not match with word press, that I can work out, so it makes updating our blogs difficult. However the ease to upload photos and share on web is efficient.
I found it easy to set up email and now have instant access to work email. It has made me excited to see how the i-phone could be used in the classroom. With the camera and videoing functions, the constant access to call people, anytime access to the internet, to me it seems like the logical next step in the classroom. It raises this question in my mind, will we see the days of computers leave the classroom and hand held devices, such as i-phones and i-pod touches, revolutionise the classroom learning?
I am keen to use my i-pod touch in the classroom and see how the students repond to it. At the moment I am so hooked that I imagine that they will be to.
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