“In too many cases, we bolt new technologies on top of current learning tools in the standard learning environment, which effectively means we give our kids a thousand-dollar pencil.” – Alan November.
which has lead me to find the author's book "Who Owns the Learning?"
I've been struggling the last few weeks, each night I come home, think about the teachers I have worked with and think about where I would place them on the E-Learning Framework. My inner struggle is that I know for a fact a few of them would put themselves in a very different place than I would. Using 'Mathletics' does not mean you are 'Extending' or 'Empowering'!
I think that in order to make a difference to student outcomes and to prepare learners for life beyond school, we need to change our pedagogy first, then integrate the technology whether that's one computer.......or 30 iPads.
I plan to continue to challenge the teachers I am working with in the time I have left in this role and into the future.
It's NOT about the 'cool' apps, it's NOT about the 'wicked websites'.........
It's about
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Creating a Global Audience
I've just bought Alan November's book (I love the Buy Now with 1 click option on the Amazon store - it means I can download the Kindle version immediately to read via the Kindle App on my iPad) so I am interested to see if he thinks the same.
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