This wiki seeks to bridge the gap to help teachers see that technology doesn't
have to be an add-on that distracts them from focusing on the curriculum
Blog post that encourages all teachers to get online to improve their practice and sharing what they do to a personal learning network. Download the PDF poster to put in your staffroom.
"it is worth reflecting how the initial setup and training can have a real impact on the success or failure of a 1:1 programme. The recommendations below are borne out of a desire to help teachers without overwhelming them and to model good practice to students. There are many apps that could have been chosen, but those mentioned below are considered generic and able to serve a purpose across the curriculum."
Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. We inv
In the end, driving change in schools means remembering that technology alone isn't revolutionary. Technology just makes it possible for teachers and students to do revolutionary things.
Our choices about technology need to start and end with our beliefs about learning. Forgetting to put learning first in ANY conversation about education is a recipe for failure.
"Facebook has added an incredible complexity to our lives and relationships for one simple reason: it is in writing. The courts have always put things "in writing" in higher esteem above word of mouth. Now that we are inundated with video, text, and photographs and a set of complex relationships - we end up with things "in writing" that are distributed far beyond our true "friends" into places that get us in trouble."