Hi All,
I hope you are all having fun! I have sent avatars to all my friends they are great stuff. I have learned a lot this week and in reflection I feel that as learning managers of the 21st century we are faced with a lot of controversy. Technology is a wonderful thing, I'm all for technology in our schools, but what about the kids that don't have access to this resource? How do they get the opportunity to interact with fellow students and their teachers to achieve viable learning outcomes? In the state school where I work, computer labs are so hard to book. Students get very little access to computers at school, it becomes quite frustrating for teachers and students alike. The students rarely get time to finish their work, and those who have no access to a home computer are disadvantaged in regards to completing the task. How do we keep these students engaged if they don't have access to the right equipment?
You would be quite amazed at the amount of students that do not have home computers.
Blogs, wiki's Avatars and Mahara are all fantastic learning tools,in an ideal world it would be great to help students on-line if they needed it, the students would learn to interact and help each other, creating learning outcomes as well as team building and learning to network. In today's knowledge based economy I feel it's important to help students become futures oriented and gain a higher level of thinking. Again I ask how do we keep these students engaged, if they don't have acess to the right equipment?
Just a little thought to ponder
Cheers
Trish
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
week 4
Hi All,
I have had a look around the mahara site and I am amazed. Do we need anything else? That site is incredible. It's like a one stop site. It was very easy to use and extremely versatile. Anyway more on this later.I have only just begun to discover this wonderful technology and thought I would share my enthusiasm.
Cheers
Trish
I have had a look around the mahara site and I am amazed. Do we need anything else? That site is incredible. It's like a one stop site. It was very easy to use and extremely versatile. Anyway more on this later.I have only just begun to discover this wonderful technology and thought I would share my enthusiasm.
Cheers
Trish
Saturday, March 20, 2010
week3
Hi Everyone,
OMG! I can't believe how little I know about technology. This week has been both exciting and frustrating as I have muddled my way through blogging, RSS and wiki. I feel so inspired I want to tell everyone how great this technology is! I feel that integrating these tools into the classroom would encourage all students to be engaged. I found all three tools easy to set up, use and navigate. Wiki would be an excellent tool to implement the "engagement theory""engagement theory is based upon the idea of creating collaborative teams that work on ambitious projects that are meaningful to someone outside the classroom"(Greg Kearsley & Ben Shneiderman) The use of "relate, create, donate" enables students to work with others from differing backgrounds allowing a greater understanding of socio-economic diversity. Imagine giving students a task where they needed to gather information from various ICT's and discuss how this information relates to their learning journey's both individually and as a group. The wiki can be used as the main discussion board to help all students to understand the task and relate to their fellow classmates. They could then blog their individual summaries and use a RSS to keep track of and comment on blogs of their classmates. You would have to ensure that there was enough time for students to do this in class time to allow for socio-economic factors(not every student has a computer at home) The information they need to find should be mapped out so as students can easily find the correct information ie:where to find u-tube presentations etc... they can of course ask other students and map their own findings on wiki.
Cheers
Trish
G.Kearsley, B.Shcneiderman Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning Version:4/5/99
OMG! I can't believe how little I know about technology. This week has been both exciting and frustrating as I have muddled my way through blogging, RSS and wiki. I feel so inspired I want to tell everyone how great this technology is! I feel that integrating these tools into the classroom would encourage all students to be engaged. I found all three tools easy to set up, use and navigate. Wiki would be an excellent tool to implement the "engagement theory""engagement theory is based upon the idea of creating collaborative teams that work on ambitious projects that are meaningful to someone outside the classroom"(Greg Kearsley & Ben Shneiderman) The use of "relate, create, donate" enables students to work with others from differing backgrounds allowing a greater understanding of socio-economic diversity. Imagine giving students a task where they needed to gather information from various ICT's and discuss how this information relates to their learning journey's both individually and as a group. The wiki can be used as the main discussion board to help all students to understand the task and relate to their fellow classmates. They could then blog their individual summaries and use a RSS to keep track of and comment on blogs of their classmates. You would have to ensure that there was enough time for students to do this in class time to allow for socio-economic factors(not every student has a computer at home) The information they need to find should be mapped out so as students can easily find the correct information ie:where to find u-tube presentations etc... they can of course ask other students and map their own findings on wiki.
Cheers
Trish
G.Kearsley, B.Shcneiderman Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning Version:4/5/99
week 2
Hi All,
I was fascinated by the term "digital natives or digital immigrant"(Prensky 2001) Students of the 21st century have embraced technology and eagerly await future technology. I am a digital immigrant so if I am going to "engage not enrage"(Prensky 2005) my students then I also feel that I need to embrace technology both now and in the future. We don't give students enough credit, they are very capable human beings. This brings me to the subject of internet access. Again I feel that if we educate students on appropriate internet use, they will be capable of using this tool to it's fullest extent. The web puts the world at their fingertips, lets educate them using their preferred method of learning. Net Alert is a wonderful tool for parents but can be extremely frustrating for students, we all want to keep our kids safe but are we suffocating them by not allowing them to use their good judgment, (that has been learned). As learning managers we will undoubtedly find it difficult to engage each and every one of our students. There are many factors to consider, such as ensuring we provide equity and equality of opportunity for all students. This will be an enormous task given the socio-economic diversity in schools. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds including religion, culture, disadvantaged and those with learning disabilities etc...But if we realize that all students are capable of achieving learning outcomes,we will hopefully close the gap between equity and equality. Unfortunately some schools are better equipped than others, which also provides great challenges for learning managers to provide equality.
Cheers Trish
On the Horizon (MCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001)
© 2001 Marc Prensky
"engage me or enrage me"Marc Prensky 2005
www.netalert.gov.au
I was fascinated by the term "digital natives or digital immigrant"(Prensky 2001) Students of the 21st century have embraced technology and eagerly await future technology. I am a digital immigrant so if I am going to "engage not enrage"(Prensky 2005) my students then I also feel that I need to embrace technology both now and in the future. We don't give students enough credit, they are very capable human beings. This brings me to the subject of internet access. Again I feel that if we educate students on appropriate internet use, they will be capable of using this tool to it's fullest extent. The web puts the world at their fingertips, lets educate them using their preferred method of learning. Net Alert is a wonderful tool for parents but can be extremely frustrating for students, we all want to keep our kids safe but are we suffocating them by not allowing them to use their good judgment, (that has been learned). As learning managers we will undoubtedly find it difficult to engage each and every one of our students. There are many factors to consider, such as ensuring we provide equity and equality of opportunity for all students. This will be an enormous task given the socio-economic diversity in schools. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds including religion, culture, disadvantaged and those with learning disabilities etc...But if we realize that all students are capable of achieving learning outcomes,we will hopefully close the gap between equity and equality. Unfortunately some schools are better equipped than others, which also provides great challenges for learning managers to provide equality.
Cheers Trish
On the Horizon (MCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001)
© 2001 Marc Prensky
"engage me or enrage me"Marc Prensky 2005
www.netalert.gov.au
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
week 1
Hi everyone,
wow! I can't believe I've made it to uni... then I find out I'm doing e-learning. That scared the pants off me, as I am a digital immigrant. My learning style is also kinestetic. I, watch, I try, I learn(flex... what was I thinking!) Any way I survived and am having so much fun. I am learning a lot about what my children know as well. They have been fantastic teachers.
I found the learning style activity interesting as I have studied learning styles in my early childhood career. My personal learning style has basically remained unchanged. Young children however have ever changing learning styles. The fact that we don't all learn the same, means that for learning managers, the learning experiences we offer our students need to be engaging for all learning preferences. ICT's will play a big part in achieving this, but we must remain open to the fact that ICT's may not engage all of our students. It will be up to the learning manager to know which student has what learning style and how best to engage them.
According to Waterhouse(2005) : "e-learning involves improving teaching and learning using instructional strategies enhanced by technology, especially computer technology". I agree with this statement as I feel to be futures orientated we must be flexible and innovative in how we teach. I hope to engage my students and encourage them to think outside the square.
I am hoping the gap between me being a digital immigrant and my students being digital natives, means that I will have the opportunity to learn from those I teach, hopefully creating a strong, learning bond with my students.I also agree with the learning engagement theory "relate, create, donate"(Kearsley1997 & Schniderman1998)giving our students meaningful tasks that relate to them directly, encouraging communication, collaboration and creativity, helping students feel as though they have some control over their learning journeys. Technology can play an important role in helping learning managers to facilitate an engaging learning journey for teachers and students alike.
wow! I can't believe I've made it to uni... then I find out I'm doing e-learning. That scared the pants off me, as I am a digital immigrant. My learning style is also kinestetic. I, watch, I try, I learn(flex... what was I thinking!) Any way I survived and am having so much fun. I am learning a lot about what my children know as well. They have been fantastic teachers.
I found the learning style activity interesting as I have studied learning styles in my early childhood career. My personal learning style has basically remained unchanged. Young children however have ever changing learning styles. The fact that we don't all learn the same, means that for learning managers, the learning experiences we offer our students need to be engaging for all learning preferences. ICT's will play a big part in achieving this, but we must remain open to the fact that ICT's may not engage all of our students. It will be up to the learning manager to know which student has what learning style and how best to engage them.
According to Waterhouse(2005) : "e-learning involves improving teaching and learning using instructional strategies enhanced by technology, especially computer technology". I agree with this statement as I feel to be futures orientated we must be flexible and innovative in how we teach. I hope to engage my students and encourage them to think outside the square.
I am hoping the gap between me being a digital immigrant and my students being digital natives, means that I will have the opportunity to learn from those I teach, hopefully creating a strong, learning bond with my students.I also agree with the learning engagement theory "relate, create, donate"(Kearsley1997 & Schniderman1998)giving our students meaningful tasks that relate to them directly, encouraging communication, collaboration and creativity, helping students feel as though they have some control over their learning journeys. Technology can play an important role in helping learning managers to facilitate an engaging learning journey for teachers and students alike.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Synopsis
Hi All,
My synopsis of design to implement the use of blogging in the classroom is as follows: Students could be asked to create their own blog recording their experiences of their school life. As a Learning Manager I could encourage students to think outside the square and hopefully engage them in a higher level of thinking, by asking them to comment on what they like and dislike, what they would like to learn about and how they would like to learn about the things they are interested in etc... Creating a larger bank of possibilities and ideas for lesson plans and learning experiences that would engage the students. Ideally while using ICT's both students and learning managers would gain greatly from this exercise. The learning manager could comment on the students blog encouraging communication skills, writing skills, technology skills etc...
The possibilities are endless......
Cheers
Trish
My synopsis of design to implement the use of blogging in the classroom is as follows: Students could be asked to create their own blog recording their experiences of their school life. As a Learning Manager I could encourage students to think outside the square and hopefully engage them in a higher level of thinking, by asking them to comment on what they like and dislike, what they would like to learn about and how they would like to learn about the things they are interested in etc... Creating a larger bank of possibilities and ideas for lesson plans and learning experiences that would engage the students. Ideally while using ICT's both students and learning managers would gain greatly from this exercise. The learning manager could comment on the students blog encouraging communication skills, writing skills, technology skills etc...
The possibilities are endless......
Cheers
Trish
Introduction
Hi everyone,
This is my very first blog. I am a technological immigrant and am having so much fun learning about information communication technologies. I feel that incorporating technology into the classroom is an amazing concept. Kids today have all this information at their fingertips, they are the ones that know technology. As learning managers we need to keep up if we are going to keep them engaged. I'm looking forward to posting more.
Happy learning everyone!
Cheers
Trish
This is my very first blog. I am a technological immigrant and am having so much fun learning about information communication technologies. I feel that incorporating technology into the classroom is an amazing concept. Kids today have all this information at their fingertips, they are the ones that know technology. As learning managers we need to keep up if we are going to keep them engaged. I'm looking forward to posting more.
Happy learning everyone!
Cheers
Trish
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