This handbook has been informed by the work of fourteen teachers who are interested in how technology is used in classroom teaching and who took part in Futurelab's digital participation project. Rather than being prescriptive, it aims to provide information which will help teachers to make the best use of their own expertise to support students' emerging digital literacy.
we do a lot of school to students, instead of telling them and explaining to
them, what is our vision? Why are we giving them laptops? It's not because they
deserve them. It's because we expect something to change in education. Why
aren't we telling them these things? Why aren't we sharing our vision with them,
because they can help?
get kids communicating with one another outside their own circle of friends
create challenges on the web for kids to collaborate, that lead to more social
interaction rather than less.
challenges for them is, how do they create learning opportunities that are
beyond for example, a worksheet, or beyond that listening to the teacher and
doing what the teacher says, and they've really worked very hard to develop
those skills.
exploring what other people are doing around the world.
they have to learn about copyright, and they need to learn about cyber safety.
they perhaps don't understand the consequences of what they might put up there.
'If games are the answer, what's the question?'
having kids make their own games
Are you going to sit passively and wait for the information to come to you, or
are you going to go out and find it and if you can't find it, you make it.
What impact is digital interactive technology having on education? And what will the classroom of the future look like? These are just some of the questions that were raised at the 2010 Australian Council for Computer Education conference.
Basically a list of what it takes to become a progressive teacher that engages with learning technologies and adopts new learning spaces. As an Australian, I smiled at the second item.
Analysis of 1,461 courses using Blackboard in spring 2010 showed that D and F
students used the course management system 47 percent less than students earning
a C or higher.
Can technology support student learning by raising self-awareness?
To find out, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County built a "Check My Activity" (CMA) tool that lets students compare their use of resources in the university's Blackboard course management system to that of other students.
Analysis of 1,461 courses using Blackboard in spring 2010 showed that D and F students used the course management system 47 percent less than students earning a C or higher
"As people share more information about themselves online, the internet, in effect, has created a public transcript of consciousness -- storing our thoughts, locations, social lives and memories in data warehouses all over the world. This has enabled technological advances and shaped our social interactions. It's also really freaked some people out. "
"A growing number of educators and advocates in the online safety field are now embracing the term 'digital citizenship' to describe education about privacy, safety, security and responsible use of information and communication technologies (ICT). There is also a growing understanding of the importance of beginning this education when a child first starts their use of ICT. "
Perhaps you've attended some high brow conference that produces 10 bullet points on "How to Change Education"- and not much happens. Maybe you work an at institution that restricts you from using a certain technology or forces you to use another. And while the image of a revolutionary edupunk is charming, most of us are not ready to burn down our organizations- we believe in their purpose. Despair not! There is something out there- an approach of creatively side stepping what limits us, to exploiting what we are forced to use in new ways, to sneak innovations in the back window that don't rock the house.
"Facebook, the third most populated country in the world, is a huge part of many students' lives. Students do a lot of writing on Facebook. To leverage students' familiarity with Facebook for a history lesson, Derrick Waddell created a Facebook template for historical figures. "