The Benefits of Digital Learning
1. Richer Resources
2. Customization & Personalization
3. Cognitive Tutors
4. Engagement and Interactivity
5. 100% participation
6. Digital Archives
7. Collaboration
8. Global Publication
9. Online Learning Communities
10. "Serving the Net"
11. Crowdsourcing
12. Software that gets smarter
13. Internet of Things
'If there is too big a disconnect between school and the rest of society, people start to think we have got our heads in the sand - and the boys think we are even bigger idiots than they do normally,'' he laughs.
''I remember when it was raised with me I did my principal thing about thinking more of the risks,'' Mr Bain-King says.
The comments are particularly useful - I think showing that many in the community "don't get" higher-order thinking and the Forgetting Curve. We do better than "copying as learning."
This series has been very insightful. I think teachers who are threatened and against technology don't understand what Matthew Kay eloquently states in this article: it's not about the technology, it's about people and pedagogy.