Monday, February 22, 2010
First of the season exhibition...
First of the season exhibitions went so well.... history of Islam powered by a Mahara,wikispaces,diigo,youtube combo net gen powered
Friday, February 19, 2010
Exhibition season starts next ...
Exhibition season starts next week: http://bit.ly/aPlvVp public, students, constructionism
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
1 to 1 computing: a chisel for your bricks and mortar....
We are facing a time of amazing decision making potential in Maine. Adopt 1 to 1 laptop computing statewide and the transformation that is needed to make the initiatives work, or retreat in the face of another status quo grab and hold.
" its the death of education, but the dawn of learning and that makes me very happy" - Steven Hepple
Data to support Dr. Hepple and 1 to 1 learning environments are within a JTLA article (Weston & Bain 2010).
Now is the time for powerful leadership from teachers, students, community members, and visionary administrators. Maine has a gift in visionary programing like MLTI that can make learning communities that matter in the 21st century.
Reference:
Bain, A, & Weston, M. (2010). The End of techno-critique: the naked truth about 1:1 laptop initiatives and educational change. The Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment , 9(6),
" its the death of education, but the dawn of learning and that makes me very happy" - Steven Hepple
Data to support Dr. Hepple and 1 to 1 learning environments are within a JTLA article (Weston & Bain 2010).
Now is the time for powerful leadership from teachers, students, community members, and visionary administrators. Maine has a gift in visionary programing like MLTI that can make learning communities that matter in the 21st century.
Reference:
Bain, A, & Weston, M. (2010). The End of techno-critique: the naked truth about 1:1 laptop initiatives and educational change. The Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment , 9(6),
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Social Justice and Learning
The worlds people are in need, and so many are acting as global citizens to help. Innovation and world systems may need to change to address a post-earthquake Caribbean, and indeed need to change to curb the ecological overshoot we face collectively as a world.
The students I teach and learn with yearn to help others and are doing so in democratic learning environments using salient eLearning tools like Mahara and Diigo.
This is human nature.
Are your learning spaces co-created and enabling learners to connect with the world through tying curricula to their values as global citizens?
The students I teach and learn with yearn to help others and are doing so in democratic learning environments using salient eLearning tools like Mahara and Diigo.
This is human nature.
Are your learning spaces co-created and enabling learners to connect with the world through tying curricula to their values as global citizens?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Learning and Lemonade
I sent this post to the ACTEM listserve this morning and feel like the time is now for a bit more blogging....no promises as school is on, but I will try to lay down some more thoughts on a regular basis.
Not to barge in on the multitude of important issues being discussed, but a recent blog post from Seth Godin caught my eye and applies to what many of us are doing as 21st century learners and educators.
Seth's post deals with innovation. In a simple scene he sets two lemonade stands against each other, one traditional and one new in many ways.
In the traditional setting things are predictable, easy to measure and accepted. In the new setting the issues dealt with in the traditional setting are absent and replaced by an enduring understanding of the process by the young woman selling lemonade and the consumer.
Education is like a lemonade stand. We can move or systems to highly mobile, agile, and authentic experiences, that inherently will look different, assess different, and inspire differently. Or we can make our traditional systems "better" with new technology, labs,enhancements of traditional power structures, and "better" traditional curricula (AP and other standardization).
Maine has an amazing chance to break the mold of educational systems and look to new and visionary learning systems. Are we?
Not to barge in on the multitude of important issues being discussed, but a recent blog post from Seth Godin caught my eye and applies to what many of us are doing as 21st century learners and educators.
Seth's post deals with innovation. In a simple scene he sets two lemonade stands against each other, one traditional and one new in many ways.
In the traditional setting things are predictable, easy to measure and accepted. In the new setting the issues dealt with in the traditional setting are absent and replaced by an enduring understanding of the process by the young woman selling lemonade and the consumer.
Education is like a lemonade stand. We can move or systems to highly mobile, agile, and authentic experiences, that inherently will look different, assess different, and inspire differently. Or we can make our traditional systems "better" with new technology, labs,enhancements of traditional power structures, and "better" traditional curricula (AP and other standardization).
Maine has an amazing chance to break the mold of educational systems and look to new and visionary learning systems. Are we?
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