Way2Go Core Education! There's a stunning face2face & online buzz at Core's Ulearn conference (Christchurch, NZ) 2009. The tools used alone, prove how in tune they are with cutting edge ICT. It's possible to be at one breakout, while at the same time, attend several others located blocks way from each other. Or for that matter, when most presenters are in the land of nod!
CoveritLive / Backchannel & more.
Ulearn's on twitter, coveritlive, facebook, a wiki, flickr and now probably 100s of blogs. There's video, photography, TV, student reporters and website support that's not only accessible for delegates, but globally. Curious kids who are checking in on eTeacher 'yours truly' are here too. They're virtual delegates - digging in to even the latest on tweets through to even Netsafe voting campaigns, while behind the scenes, they're sharing views on what they hear (from the horrific, to the amused and exciteable).
Key Snippets Accumulated So Far...
(thanks to tweets leading us productively astray), here go my favourite ones (and after 11 years as a face to face teacher & 9 years as an eTeacher, I agree!):
CoveritLive / Backchannel & more.
Ulearn's on twitter, coveritlive, facebook, a wiki, flickr and now probably 100s of blogs. There's video, photography, TV, student reporters and website support that's not only accessible for delegates, but globally. Curious kids who are checking in on eTeacher 'yours truly' are here too. They're virtual delegates - digging in to even the latest on tweets through to even Netsafe voting campaigns, while behind the scenes, they're sharing views on what they hear (from the horrific, to the amused and exciteable).
Key Snippets Accumulated So Far...
- Change the system, not the child.
- Do things with children, not to them.
- Testing content is dead as it is freely available to all
- Don't write a strategy for something you haven't used
- Teacher has to talk less, so that the kids can learn more.
- A goal for schooling: "its the best 6 hours of a students day".
- Goggle Apps = ownership of learning, feedback & feedforward;
- You can lead kids to the internet but you can’t make them think
- All curriculum planning documents MUST incorporate ICT in tchg.
- Imagine if the goal for 'education' was not to kill curiosity & creativity.
- Kids will have access but yearn for structure – that's the role of educators.
(thanks to tweets leading us productively astray), here go my favourite ones (and after 11 years as a face to face teacher & 9 years as an eTeacher, I agree!):
- Online education is more effective than face-to-face learning;
- Online learning combined with some face-to-face learning (blended learning) is the most effective;
- Face-to-face learning alone is the least effective method among the three types studied. (notes to self for 2moro nite: must blog a personal take on this...)
- ...for more around this, see Derek Wenmoth's latest presentation notes
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