4 Big EdTech Trends Spotted At BETT 2014 - Edudemic - 0 views
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To name a few, the national curriculum now includes coding, schools should now be teaching character, or ‘grit’ alongside subjects,
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social learning - the use of peer review through social-media like sites where students can learn from and help each other through peer-review.
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Find, Filter, Apply – Students no longer need to know everything, just how to find it, how to filter to get the most relevant info, and to apply it.
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Sonic Pi teaches coding through music. Students basically build a synthesiser, thus accidentally learn concepts such as logic, sequencing, iteration and conditionals while doing something creative and imaginative.
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These social learning activities do not just aid learning through student motivation, they can also help to build the social skills or ‘grit’ that UK schools are now compelled to teach. When interacting online students learn that it is important to emphasise positives, celebrate success, to be constructive and also learn how to take criticism thus they learn conscientiousness, teamwork and resilience.