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Roland Gesthuizen

The Seven Spaces of Technology in School Environments on Vimeo - 1 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Mar 11
     
    "Matt Locke originally came up with the concept of the Six Spaces of technology (test.org.uk/​2007/​08/​10/​six-spaces-of-social-media/​). I added a seventh earlier this year, Data Spaces, and have played around with how education could harness these spaces, and the various transgressions between them, for learning. This short presentation tackles the potential of adjusting our physical school environments to harness technology even better. What happens when we map technological spaces to physical ones?"
Amanda Rablin

Learning Spaces Framework - 0 views

www.mceetya.edu.au/...eWorld-LearningSpacesFWork.pdf

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  • Amanda Rablin on 20 Mar 09
     
    April 2008 publication from MCEETYA as part of the Learning in an Online World series. This one focuses on Learning Spaces for contemporary learning.
Roland Gesthuizen

Is There a Future for Computer Labs? -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Though centralized PC labs have been an important part of both campus space planning and IT infrastructure for the last two decades, this may be changing.
  • other kinds of student-centered academic computing support will certainly be required. This support will take the form of computer collaboration, friendly small group huddle areas, and virtual computer labs
  • "cloud computing" significantly lessens the need for traditional computer labs
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  • While it may be tempting by those on some campuses to interpret the trend away from providing computer labs as opportunities to save on computing related space allocation and IT funding, they really represent a call for allocating space and funding in new ways.
  • The need to allocate resources properly will necessitate institutions to learn how to continue to meet challenge of creating non-traditional learning environments that support collaborative mobile computing.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 10
     
    Though centralized PC labs have been an important part of both campus space planning and IT infrastructure for the last two decades, this may be changing.
Kay Oddone

The language of Webkinz: Early childhood literacy in an online virtual world Rebecca W.... - 1 views

www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/...dce1028_black_2010.pdf

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  • Kay Oddone on 10 Feb 11
     
    In recent years there has been an explosion of virtual worlds intended for early childhood populations; however, because the majority of research on games and such worlds has focused on adults and adolescents, we know very little about these spaces. This article attempts to address this gap by providing a qualitative content analysis of the affordances that Webkinz World an online environment that as of March 2010 had over 3 million unique site visitors per month, offers for children's literacy and language development. Analyses suggest that the site provides unique opportunities for immersion in literacy-rich contexts and academically-oriented practices that may enhance those that are readily available in many children's daily lives. However, looking beyond the discrete linguistic and technical aspects of learning in Webkinz World reveals a designed culture with limitations on learning and a constrained set of literacies and social messages that warrant further critical exploration.
  • Kay Oddone on 10 Feb 11
     
    In recent years there has been an explosion of virtual worlds intended for early childhood populations; however, because the majority of research on games and such worlds has focused on adults and adolescents, we know very little about these spaces. This article attempts to address this gap by providing a qualitative content analysis of the affordances that Webkinz World an online environment that as of March 2010 had over 3 million unique site visitors per month, offers for children's literacy and language development. Analyses suggest that the site provides unique opportunities for immersion in literacy-rich contexts and academically-oriented practices that may enhance those that are readily available in many children's daily lives. However, looking beyond the discrete linguistic and technical aspects of learning in Webkinz World reveals a designed culture with limitations on learning and a constrained set of literacies and social messages that warrant further critical exploration.
Cathy Oxley

iPad Space Science Portal - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Oxley on 14 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Cathy Oxley on 14 Jan 13
     
    This is a wiki set up as a student-directed learning portal for Year 8s learning about space. It includes compulsory and free-choice activities. Students must accumulate 100 points. Analysis showed that student results improved significantly.
nathandh_2000

Will Smart Phones Eliminate the Digital Divide? -- THE Journal - 0 views

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shared by nathandh_2000 on 02 Feb 11 - No Cached
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      nathandh_2000 on 02 Feb 11
       
      No they cannot, screen size is a major issue. Which ever way you look at it an image the size of a postage stamp is the size of a postage stamp
  • Today, in the PC world, whether a computer is a Dell, a Gateway, a Sony, etc., one puts a layer of software on that device, and then from a user's perspective all those different devices are the same. That is what is going to happen shortly in the mobile device space. Different companies are going to build a layer of software that makes every smart phone--android, [Windows Phone 7], iOS, etc.--appear the same to the teacher and the student.
  • We need to accept the fact that mobile technologies are an integral part of the kids lives and an integral part of 21st century knowledge workers' lives. We need to stop looking at the past and look to the future. We need to step forward and say: We need to do 21st century education in the same ways we are doing 21st century commerce, 21st century health, etc. There are risks; absolutely. But staying where we are in schools--using 19th century technology and fooling ourselves that we are teaching 21st century skills and content--is truly doing our students a huge disservice. You can't teach 21st century skills and content with 18th century paper and pencil tools.
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  • Within five years, every K-12 student in America will be using a mobile handheld device as a part of learning, according to Elliot Soloway, a professor at the University of Michigan.
  • "Smart phones are the one technology that can eliminate the digital divide," he told THE Journal. "Given the cost of the device, it is very conceivable that every child, rich or poor, can have one 24/7."
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