Hello fellow EDC3100 members
Here is a very interesting school in NSW that considers themselves a "Technology High School". Go over and have a look and post your thoughts.
Candace Merriman
Hi Everyone!
What a wonderful platform to use for interacting with each other, sharing our experiences and learning from each other. My name is Davina and I am looking forward to learning with you and from you throughout the duration of this EDC 3100 course. I have attached a link to my blog, so please feel free to browse my page and learn a little bit more about me.
Good luck everyone and happy learning!
An EDC3100 does a bit of digging and discovers that Outlook 2010 (his existing mail program) can already act as a RSS reader (though I wonder if it's as full featured) and that there are other feed readers you can install on your computer
A Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching student at CQUniversity is blogging as part of a course similar to EDC3100. She introduces the idea of blog buddies and links to some of the blog's of other students in their course.
Might be an opportunity for some cross-institutional connections.
I found this while looking for statistics on children using computers. Would love your thoughts on what you think? I couldn't believe the statistics. Had to really think about it, and I am a tad worried with the results! check out my blog for the results on how children use the internet.
I located two blogs which I thought were worth sharing with EDC1300. I came across the Ramblings of a Teacher who was shared by another student Anna Murphy and I also came across Nina Davis teaching and learning in an Australian Classroom.
The main reason for blogs in EDC3100 is to encourage reflection on what you learn during the course. But it is also hoped that it may become a part of your PLN and encourage you to continue the practice.
A bit more technical, but the Dynamic Feed Control is the tool used on the Study Desk to display updates to the EDC3100 Diigo group and eventually student blogs and the twitter feed.
ICTs are used in education in two general ways: to support existing ‘traditional’ pedagogical practices (teacher-centric, lecture-based, rote learning) as well as to enable more learner-centric, ‘constructivist’ learning models. Research from OECD countries suggests that both are useful, but that ICTs are most effective when they help to enable learner-centric pedagogies.
despite rhetoric that ICTs can enable new types of teaching and learning styles, for the most part they are being used to support traditional learning practices.
Experience in EDC3100 supports this. People tend to use ICT to enhance existing methods, rather than for transforming what they do. Especially in Assignment 3 (which is based on Professional Experience).
The existence of formal and informal communities of practice and peer networks can be important tools to support ICT in education initiatives and activities. Such support mechanisms can be facilitated through the use of ICTs.
This is one of the main reasons behind the push for you to create a Personal Learning Network. A PLN is a peer network that can be an important aid to your teaching.
Adequate time must be allowed for teachers to develop new skills, explore their integration into their existing teaching practices and curriculum, and undertake necessary additional lesson planning, if ICTs are to be used effectively
Effective teacher professional development should approximate the classroom environment as much as possible. "Hands-on" instruction on ICT use is necessary where ICT is deemed to be a vital component of the teaching and learning process. In addition, professional development activities should model effective practices and behaviors and encourage and support collaboration between teachers.
A summary of work done by a World Bank supported group. Attempts to summarise what is known about the use of ICT in education -- original shared by Lisa Stewart
An #edc3100 student's description of the process of creating a concept map as part of the week 2 path. Highly recommended in terms of demonstrating a process to follow and as an example of a learning journal post.
Be sure to take part in the survey toward the end.