I am excited to share some of our math thinking we've been doing this week. I have to say, I love technology, especially when it works and having WiFi in my room. I asked the student students to bring in their iPod's yesterday so they could video tape each other finding expressions in their images they've created.
The blog that I chose is run by 24 yo, Ashley Azzopardi, a Yr. 5 primary school teacher in Sydney, Australia. Her personal teaching philosophy centers on the notion of inclusive, constructivist-based, positive teaching and learning [more info in post]
Short description of a change to the Welsh curriculum with "Digital LIteracy" replacing ICT as the "3rd essential skill". An illustration that other countries are embedding this into the curriculum.
Article talking about the use of a 3D simulation (a game basically) in an attempt to help students develop empathy.
The comments include a couple of interesting perspectives, especially in terms of do you really need ICT to teach this? Aren't there other ways? Does ICT offer anything in this context?
The success and popularity of Minecraft in and out of classrooms is no surprise. It's one of the best examples of the potential of learning with games because
this is an example of how the teachers at this school have worked together to find the time for differentiated instruction and motivated the students to self-motivate