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Tanya Little

The Tail Wagging the Dog - Again! | Where 2 Now? - 6 views

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  • Once this program has been implemented, how do we measure our success?
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 14 Mar 13
       
      How will you measure the success of any attempt you make when integrating ICTs into your teaching?
    • Faeza ms
      Faeza ms on 18 Mar 13
       
      Perhaps by reflecting on the way ICT has transformed the learning? In what ways has ICT integration improved the quality of the learning experience?
    • Matthew Clarke
      Matthew Clarke on 19 Mar 13
       
      Going on the last comment, I guess it goes back to 1 of the Postman's theory, about there being two sides to a story. For every advantage there is always a cost involved. How do you measure the success of ICT and what is the cost involved?
    • Brooke Clark
      Brooke Clark on 20 Mar 13
       
      I believe that you have succeeded in incorporating ICT's in your pedagogy when students are able to achieve outcomes that they may have otherwise struggled to achieve and when the ICT component adds to the learning experience rather than deducts from it.  When you make ICT the tool rather than the lesson.
    • Sue Day
      Sue Day on 20 Mar 13
       
      well stated! I agree on the importance of the ICTs being the tool!
  • Will any student learning objectives have even been considered? Eventually, maybe. But not until after the die has been cast, defining the hardware and software parameters that will make up “the solution”.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 14 Mar 13
       
      This is the "technology tail" wagging the "education dog".  Technology first, learning second.
    • Teresa Morgan
      Teresa Morgan on 02 Apr 13
       
      I'm confused by this statement. Shouldn't learning come first and then technology to enhance the learning? I might just have to go back over and read this section again from week 3.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 02 Apr 13
       
      "Tail wagging the dog" is meant to indicate that it is the wrong way around. In theory education should come first.
  • One would expect that any educational organisation whose primary purpose is the delivery of education, would have learning outcomes at the heart of any planning process considering the distribution of such a large allocation of money.
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  • Why can’t we build our school ICT infrastructure plans around the learning needs of students, and create a quality teaching environment and professional development program that supports these needs, rather than the other way around?
    • Matthew Clarke
      Matthew Clarke on 19 Mar 13
       
      I'm a little confused? isn't this supposed to be what we are trying to do. If using the tool belt theory, aren't we meant to TEST, whether our ICT's are applicable and most appropriate?
    • sarah wittman
      sarah wittman on 22 Mar 13
       
      hear hear for the last highlight in this article
  • djplaner on 14 Mar 13
     
    Another "EduDoggy" example. This time in the context of NSW schools and the Federal Government's recent "Digital Education Revolution".  This is only of interest to make the EduDoggy point and will be pointed to (maybe) during next week's content.
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  • Matthew Clarke on 19 Mar 13
     
    Another "EduDoggy" example. This time in the context of NSW schools and the Federal Government's recent "Digital Education Revolution".  This is only of interest to make the EduDoggy point and will be pointed to (maybe) during next week's content.
  • Brooke Clark on 20 Mar 13
     
    Another "EduDoggy" example. This time in the context of NSW schools and the Federal Government's recent "Digital Education Revolution".  This is only of interest to make the EduDoggy point and will be pointed to (maybe) during next week's content.
  • Sue Day on 20 Mar 13
     
    Another "EduDoggy" example. This time in the context of NSW schools and the Federal Government's recent "Digital Education Revolution".  This is only of interest to make the EduDoggy point and will be pointed to (maybe) during next week's content.
  • Teresa Morgan on 02 Apr 13
     
    Another "EduDoggy" example. This time in the context of NSW schools and the Federal Government's recent "Digital Education Revolution".  This is only of interest to make the EduDoggy point and will be pointed to (maybe) during next week's content.
Noel Kibai

Bloomin' Apps - 2 views

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  • Katie Reed on 14 Mar 13
     
    Apps for the Classroom
  • Noel Kibai on 24 Apr 14
     
    Kathy Schrock is an Educational Technologist and has provided professional development workshops, online graduate courses and online webinars for schools, districts, and organizations in all areas of educational technology. This site has plethora of recommendations for Apps both students and teachers can use which coordinate nicely with Bloom's Digital Taxonomy.
K Lobegeiger

Preparing for Prac! | ictinearlyprimaryeducation - 0 views

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  • K Lobegeiger on 26 Apr 13
     
    For my professional development I am attending a little rural school with a total of 29 students. I rang the school and booked an appointment to meet the principal, the teacher (my mentor) and the students that I would be interacting with.
djplaner

Differentiated instruction at a glance - 0 views

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differentiation

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  • djplaner on 07 May 12
     
    A flash-based "lecture" introducing the idea of differentiation
Fran Gemmell

Technology in education: if students aren't worried, why are teachers? | Teacher Networ... - 2 views

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  • Third, and most importantly, it requires us to shift the power of learning from the teacher to the student; to become the facilitator for learning rather than the deliverer of knowledge and in so doing, to let students lead their own learning. That is a very disturbing prospect for many educators – and parents – because it's all about relinquishing control and taking risks.
  • what each student needs to learn, when they need to learn it.
  • potential of students to learn independently and collaboratively.
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  • developing our students' capacities as discriminating, self-regulated learners in an open-source world.
  • Fran Gemmell on 20 Mar 14
     
    A blog about embracing digital technology in the classroom. Has some interesting comments about teacher attitudes to technology and new ways of learning. May be something to consider in reasons for using ICTs in the classroom
Trish Smith

Digital Practice Guide - Smart Classrooms - 0 views

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  • Trish Smith on 11 Mar 14
     
    Worth a read!
Nicole Hunter

SpeEdChange: Changing Gears 2012: rejecting the "flip" - 2 views

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  • From the 1890s until World War II homework was consistently highly controversial, with laws against it (California 1901 among many others),
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 10 Aug 13
       
      For me, this is an illustration of "technology becoming mythic". i.e. today, many parents/teachers assume homework is a given.  And yet 100 years ago there were laws against it.
  • omework is a link from school to home that keeps parents informed about what the school is teaching, gives them a chance to participate in their children's schooling, and helps to keep the schools accountable to parents. Not to assign homework is to exclude parents from playing an active role in their children's academic development."
    • Jackie Litwinczuk
      Jackie Litwinczuk on 12 Aug 13
       
      I hear this quote so often but I really believe if the parents want to be involved in the children's learning, they need to spend time in their child's learning environment.
    • Justene Webb
      Justene Webb on 13 Aug 13
       
      Here, here, I so agree with you Jackie so often parents only find themselves in school to make a complaint or the like never have I seen a parent just wanting to spend time in their childs classroom just to see. It would be beneficial for all if there were time when this could happen.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 13 Aug 13
       
      Connections with parents is important. In fact, it's one of the AITSL professional standards. But I wonder why parents don't spend more time in their child's classroom? I'm sure there would be many parents (but perhaps not all) who want to be more involved with their child's education, but who can't for various reasons.  I wonder if we can make it easier for them to be involved?
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 13 Aug 13
       
      Actually, entirely by accident I came across this post from Nicola's blog http://nixxuni.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/using-technology-to-inform-parents/
  • Our students deserve more imaginative thinking than that. And all of our students deserve an educational environment which moves us toward equality of opportunity, not further away from that.
    • Justene Webb
      Justene Webb on 13 Aug 13
       
      Equality is something that would be missed in a flipped classroom. With the cost of living increasing not all families are going to afford the technology that a flipped classroom requires students to have access to at home.
    • Colleen Lenehan
      Colleen Lenehan on 14 Aug 13
       
      Wouldn't lack of equality be bridged if the students who didn't have access to the internet went to school early or stayed back a bit later to listen to the videos. If there was supervision, what difference would it make being at school or at home for the video presentation?
    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 18 Aug 13
       
      I agree with a comment made above too, that maybe the school day needs to be re-arranged if a flipped classroom pedagogy is going to be introduced - give students time during normal school hours to watch the videos then have the classroom discussion
  • djplaner on 10 Aug 13
     
    A reading for week 5.
debgran

To PD or not PD? - 2 views

Enjoyed Jonah's comments in his blog "Do Teachers need to learn how to learn" - http://salsichteach.edublogs.org/2012/01/02/do-teachers-need-to-relearn-how-to-learn/ - about whether teachers are to...

Learning education

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christinepeterson66

! ! ! ! 7 ! ! ! ! TechKnowLogia , November/December, 1999 © Knowledge Enterpr... - 0 views

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  • Second, there are profound concerns now about the gapsopening up between the ICT haves and have-nots, betweenthose who reinforce their access to, and use of, ICT ineducation by what they have and do at home, and those whoenjoy little of either.
  • More and more people are “knowledgeworkers”. Development competitive edge, whether it be forthe individual, the enterprise, the region or the country,
  • recognition ofthe key role of learning throughout the life span to meet awide set of ambitious policy and personal objectives.
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  • digital divide may become everybit as profound as earlier forms of rigid social and educationselection.
  • ICT in EducationWhy Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are W
  • Whether ICT willlive up to the many far-reaching educational promises beingtouted depends enormously on how it is used in practice. Itdoes not represent a technical solution to long-standingchallenges
  • Generally, ourcultures become increasingly technological cultures: athome, in the community, at work, and - importan
  • depends increasingly on how knowledge is used and howexpertise is deployed.
  • in education.
  • Globalisation offers considerable opportunities
  • Students can dialogue with their counterparts across theglobe. Teachers can create networks and be members ofprofessional teams drawn from far and wide, rather than feeltrapped within the boundaries of the single classroom or eventhe single school.
  • Can we tolerate asituation where Education might fall increasingly behind soas to become out of step with these other characteristics ofcontemporary life?
  • not difficult to see why ICT becomes so important inthis context. The search is on for flexible, individualisedforms of learning and accreditation suitable to the broadlifelong learning agenda, often outside institutional walls -the promise of ICT here is obvious.
  • there is a world of difference between the “knowledge”society and the “information” society, between knowledgeitself and information.
  • Putting computers in classrooms and wiring upschools does not of itself create exciting new learningsituations that are about changing the ethos of classroomsand the culture of institutions. It is on this latter point thatthe CERI case studies will focus
  • New sources of learning materials drawnfrom right around the world are accessible via the Internet
  • information may evenmake us less knowledgeable if we become overloaded bydata and instant communication.
  • christinepeterson66 on 03 Aug 15
     
    Although an older article it still has many relevant ideas for ICT today
  • christinepeterson66 on 03 Aug 15
     
    Although an older article it still has many relevant ideas for ICT today
djplaner

Learning effectiveness of applying automated music composition software in the high gra... - 0 views

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research music scaffolding

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  • The paper is mainly to explore the automated music composition experiences for the students in the high grades of elementary school who are unfamiliar with the professional music theory. The proposed Automated Composition for Music Education (ACME) software was developed to help the students to compose the rhythm and melody themselves, while chord configuration and arrangement are automatically generated.
  • Finally the students in the experimental group using the ACME teaching materials showed a better learning effectiveness at both reaction level and learning level, than those of the students in the comparison group
tamarasteinhardt

Assessing learning and using evidence to differentiate - 1 views

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  • tamarasteinhardt on 06 Mar 17
     
    Jump on and have a look at assessing learning and using evidence to differentiate. This is a 6 step professional development provided by The Department of Education and Training Queensland via The Learning Place.
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