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A Brave New World-Wide-Web
Posted on September 26, 2008 at 8:12pm — 1 Comment
Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy!
Posted on May 11, 2008 at 12:38pm —
Do not go quietly into your classroom
I spent Friday morning with 22 student teachers and a couple teachers from my school. My goal was to introduce them to the world of web2.0, wikis, and del.icio.us. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad- I didn't really get into delicious beyond an introduction. That aside, I think this group of future teachers really understood my point that education is changing and our teaching needs to change too!
Posted on January 29, 2008 at 9:21pm —
"You can't go back now, can you?"
It's the old allegory of the cave.
Last Friday I was leaving the school and I popped into my VP's office. Among other things, Anthony and I often talk about technology in the c… Continue
Posted on December 20, 2007 at 11:53am —
"I speak digital"; Digital Exposure
I've bounced some digital immigrant/native ideas around a few times. Now I have one more thing…
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Hi, this is Kevin. Hope your summer is going well and you had some time to relax.
I've started a new Ning network for Middle School Science Teachers and I thought you might like to join as you are also a m.s. science teacher. I thought it would be really good to have just middle school science teachers share some of their labs, demos, concerns, what works and what doesn't about teaching this level. Hope to see you there.
Thanks, Kevin
Thanks for the response. I really do have a lot gong on. My life seems to be on the net. My teaching job keeps me real busy as you know.
The non-profit is new as of last year and I'm trying to make things happen, but everything takes time. I'll be in the Philippines this summer to visit family and try to build the shelter. I'll post updates on the spcshelter site.
Take care, Kevin
I tried to post back to your blog, but the box wouldn't expand, and gosh, your response made me want to say more!
"Perhaps our delivery of the message needs to change."
I agree with every point you've made, Dave, but especially the last one. Who is helping teachers to use Google Maps--and how: is it a one size fits all approach to pro-d (the fire hose method)? My observation is that the best tech pro-d (pro-d that sticks, and changes how one teaches) is small group or one-to-one, occurs at the point of need, and has follow-up when a teacher gets stuck. So much of what I observe in tech pro-d has been subtlety underpinned with a message of, "you mean you don't know how to...". So disrespectful. Doesn't win friends or influence people.
I know you've done your masters in leadership, so you've probably read Deming on quality (I just re-read this),, and Wheatley on organization--if teachers who use tech sparsely or poorly are the outliers, what must the system do to address them, and so address the needs of students? I think tech training needs re-visioning; I would love to see examples where meaningful, respectful teacher in-service is happening.
You look like a busy man with your priorities straight. Put you on my aggregator--looking forward to reading your thoughts.
I saw the Wiimote on TED talks--now THAT's creativity! How great that a student made it for you.
About Middle Schools thing: we've been k-6, 7-9ish 10-12 for a while. We are in the midst of a reconfiguration, with all the pain that goes with that kind of change. I am optimistic that good teaching & learning will still take place, and although we've closed some schools, we are keeping programs that matter (like elementary music, which some districts have had to cut).
Take care, good luck with the move, and nice to meet you!
Jan
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