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If the learning outcome stays unchanged from the learning that occurred without the tech tool, then the “new” technology merely is a glorified (and usually more expensive) version of the traditional one used in the past.
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If the learning outcome stays unchanged from the learning that occurred without the tech tool, then the “new” technology merely is a glorified (and usually more expensive) version of the traditional one used in the past.
Languages and Learning: BLC 08 DAVID TRUSS "THIS MY BLOG HAS TAUGHT ME"
It is BLC 08 and in particular these 2 talks by Ewan McIntosh and David Truss, that I credit with the creation of this blog and my Spanish wiki http://spanishingrosvenor.wikispaces.com
Here's to connecting with others and pushing ourselves further in 2009!
In the beginning… « Adventures in Middle School
The goal of all this is to imagine. As I have told my students every year, at the end of the school year, I will be the one who has learned the most. I feel the same way about this blog. Even though I’m the one writing, I want to learn the most. Thanks to David Truss and his BLC08 presentation “This, my blog has taught me.” What an inspiration.
dkuropatwablc08 / FrontPage
Below you will find descriptions of each of the presentations I gave this year at Alan November's Building Learning communities Conference.
blog of proximal development » Blog Archive » Conversation with Pre-Service Teachers - The Set Curriculum
“I need 89% on this assignment to get into Queen’s.”
That’s when I realized that, to Julia - one of the best students in my class, one of the best writers - writing was really only about getting a grade. It had no other meaning or purpose. All of her learning was reduced to one thing - the need to achieve a certain average.
- That’s when I realized that, to Julia - one of the best students in my class, one of the best writers - writing was really only about getting a grade. It had no other meaning or purpose. All of her learning was reduced to one thing - the need to achieve a certain average. - datruss on 2008-05-28
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“I need 89% on this assignment to get into Queen’s.”
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That’s when I realized that, to Julia - one of the best students in my class, one of the best writers - writing was really only about getting a grade. It had no other meaning or purpose. All of her learning was reduced to one thing - the need to achieve a certain average.
Ripples and Tidal Waves | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
So many things had to coincide for this opportunity to open up for me. It has been all so overwhelming! A new job, an old job that I couldn’t just drop, and a presentation opportunity… all vying for my time and energy
Do not go quietly into your classroom | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
I think this group of future teachers really understood my point that education is changing and our teaching needs to change too!
Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner | Marc Prensky | Edutopia
One of the strangest things in this age of young people's empowerment is how little input our students have into their own education and its future.
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One of the strangest things in this age of young people's empowerment is how little input our students have into their own education and its future.
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So, whenever and wherever I speak, I do my best to bring my own students to the meetings. I ask my hosts to select a panel of a half-dozen or so kids of different grade levels, genders, and abilities to talk with me and the audience.
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November Learning - David Truss
David has been using his 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog as the hub of his personal learning environment for two years now, charting his use of Web2.0 tools with his students along the way. His blog profile describes him as, "A husband, a parent... An educator, a student... A thinker, a dreamer... An agent of change." He obviously has a few paradigms to work from!
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"I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives." It isn't about Nativism, it is about exposure and competence.
David has been using his 'Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts' blog as the hub of his personal learning environment for two years now, charting his use of Web2.0 tools with his students along the way. His blog profile describes him as, "A husband, a parent... An educator, a student... A thinker, a dreamer... An agent of change." He obviously has a few paradigms to work from!
Digital Edventures: Words of wisdom
It is helpful to have like minded colleagues supporting this approach to teaching and learning, it is not always easy when you feel you are on your own with this one, and hard to imagine with the technology we now have at hand that so many continue to act as if they can continue to teach AND ASSESS in their time honoured traditional ways.
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It is helpful to have like minded colleagues supporting this approach to teaching and learning, it is not always easy when you feel you are on your own with this one, and hard to imagine with the technology we now have at hand that so many continue to act as if they can continue to teach AND ASSESS in their time honoured traditional ways.
EFL Geek 3.0 - ESL & EFL in Korea - Why would you teach without technology?
We need to shift the focus off the technology and emphasize the way it can affect the teachers’ teaching style and ultimately the students’ learning.
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We need to shift the focus off the technology and emphasize the way it can affect the teachers’ teaching style and ultimately the students’ learning.
injenuity » Down In Front
If you don’t keep your mind open to new experiences, you are in the way of learning. If you take more than you give, you are in the way of learning. If you use your voice to tear apart learning metaphors, destroy other people’s ideas, or make personal attacks, however passive aggressive, you are in the way of learning.
Student Creators: How to Contribute to the Internet | Edutopia
- When young people help to create content for the Internet -- when they experience being active participants, contributing to what there is online -- they are more likely to see the Internet as a resource that they understand and use effectively. - datruss on 2008-05-27
The Three “E’s” « Ed Tech Journeys
- Educators don’t need to feel threatened by this because we still maintain our own ownership and accountability; but to educate the disaffected, angry, and powerless students in many of our traditional classrooms, we must open the circle of power to include the learners themselves. - datruss on 2008-05-24
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Educators don’t need to feel threatened by this because we still maintain our own ownership and accountability; but to educate the disaffected, angry, and powerless students in many of our traditional classrooms, we must open the circle of power to include the learners themselves.
injenuity » Teaching and Learning With Twitter 2008
Here are my early thoughts on the learning,
[Worth reading again!]
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Here are my early thoughts on the learning,
Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy » Busy Time Rants
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I LOVE this quote:
Let us forget the term “technical support” and focus on “innovation support”.
- datruss on 2008-05-22
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Let us forget the term “technical support” and focus on “innovation support”.
The Pulse: Willfully Ignoring the Lessons of the Past
- The following video clip is a 1940s-era news-reel style report on the latest thing, "progressive education." Beware the ideas are quite radical! Schoolwork is relevant, learning-by-doing is advocated - datruss on 2008-05-21
designmatters » Design Matters :: Dean Shareski
See planning at 11:30 "Planning as part of your assessment... with clear purpose... Classes that podcast almost always use a written script, and yet often visually based projects have little or no planning. Without a clear purpose, kids are just wasting their time. You have to help them focus.
bRinging tools to class | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
- many students don’t know the capabilities these machines have… should we not be helping them learn what’s possible? - datruss on 2008-05-15
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