Here’s something different. Young people, working and learning collaboratively, to produce apps. Apps for Good Debbie Forster
The Shock of the New
1 May 2013
(With apologies to Robert Hughes) Innovation in education is all too often understood as curriculum revision: the process and structure of education itself is often assumed to be fixed. Can technology challenge this hegemony? What does innovation in education look like? A discussion on tools to promote innovation in teaching and learning.
Is teaching a technology, or is it more than that?
30 Apr 2013
In this fair land there has long been a stratified interpretation of the purpose of education: which layer of the strata provides your perspective is unlikely to change, and it screens out the possibility that that there are other ways of viewing and interpreting the “how things should be”. The schools and the classes that… Read More…
Handing over to the learners
30 Apr 2013
Katya Toneva set up a creative project for her teachers and students based on the Flat Classroom concept. The learning gains are considerable, not least those that are grounded in the affective skills of collaboration: improving their own learning and performance, problem solving and working with others. Using Web 2.0 tools for enhancing learning –… Read More…
Who needs to know what? Facts, knowledge and competences.
29 Apr 2013
The Shock of the New illustrated some of the ways in which technology can enhance learning. Innovation in education is all too often understood as curriculum revision: the process and structure of education itself is often assumed to be fixed. Can technology challenge this hegemony? What facts and knowledge must young people know? What competences… Read More…
What is the relationship between learning and technology? Is there one?
26 Apr 2013
The regular overhaul of the United Kingdom education system brings to the surface many of the tensions of society itself. The conflation of international school rankings, economic decline and the prospect of dominance by what used to be described as the emerging economies has spurred Government in 2012 to declare the need for schools to… Read More…
Devices and their possibilities
22 Apr 2013
Current discussions about the role of student-owned, hand-held technologies are often grounded in assumptions based on limited evidence. Kevin Burden, from Hull University, carried out research in Scotland into the use of iPads. His findings suggest some ways in which schools can maximize the potential of such devices, should they wish to utilize them. Can… Read More…
It’s still a vision thing
17 Apr 2013
It’s fifteen years since interactive whiteboards started to appear in UK schools, and many now regard them as passé, and are waiting for the Next New Thing to appear. Indeed, some teachers never use them, even though their classrooms may be equipped with them. Understanding a technology, knowing how it is used and being able… Read More…
ICT delusions: Plus Ça Change?
4 Apr 2012
The regular overhaul of the United Kingdom education system brings to the surface many of the tensions of society itself. The conflation of international school rankings, economic decline and the prospect of dominance by what used to be described as the emerging economies has spurred Government in 2012 to declare the need for schools to… Read More…
Learning in Liminality
28 Feb 2012
Mise-en-scène A MirandaMod. A group of people come together in a room. They are joined by others: not present other than as words writing themselves on a screen; as a low-resolution images and voices echoing across continents; as symbols on a growing map of concepts and ideas. Some will have made their mark earlier, leaving… Read More…
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