This is one of our stops during the Australia trip. New technologies enable museums to create learning experiences for teenagers
where they can authentically research, create, communicate and collaborate.
Museum Victoria is using 21st century communication technologies to support students to investigate the past, both online and onsite. This session will outline how two programs developed by Museum Victoria, Making History and 600 million years in 60 seconds, are transforming museum learning for 21st century learners.
The new programs enable teenagers to collaborate with their peers, communicate their ideas, create new digital media and make sense of the world around them. 600 million years in 60 seconds is an onsite education program at Melbourne Museum where exhibition objects are the learning focus and ICT tools are used by students to communicate their understanding of key concepts. Making History is an online resource where experts share historical knowledge and experience as well as an online gallery that can host student generated digital histories.
This is a great tool for Students and Teachers to use flash cards online. You do have to register for the site but it is free! This is a database of flashcards from other teachers.
On line resource that teaches kids to be safe online. Automatically corrects and reports. W should consider this for Mt Abe in general, but certainly for a 1:1 world.
Between adaptive software that can present and assess mastery of content, video games and simulations that can engage kids on a different level, and mobile technologies and online environments that allow learning to happen on demand, we need to fundamentally rethink what we do in the classroom with kids. (personal communication, October 1, 2011)
This is a video of an online meeting I had with several educators around the state. Bram, the moderator from Danville, has created a wonderful Inspiration presentation considering many aspects of eportfolios.