I find I am reading more and more as I get ideas sorted out around the impact on teaching and learning that technology is forming. I have started reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Like David Weinberger's work we have to rethink our idea of what is knowledge and its impact on schooling.
This seems to be at the crux of 21st century learning in schools.
Just also finished reading a couple of blogs. Bruce Hammond's blog on why we need some urgency. Why are things so slow?
Also David Warlick's blog on First Year teachers and the wonderful comment trail that follows. This does really make you think! Is this Web 2.0 stuff important or are we just playing around?
An interesting news report (from one of my teachers) states that New Zealand youth are the highest use of mobile phones in the world but our social networking is not as good.
lots happening and lots of thinking
About Me
- Brian OC
- I am a Physics teacher in Phnom Penh, Cambodia having previously worked in Uzbekistan, China, Bangladesh and Australia. Prior to that I had a career in New Zealand education and I was fortunate to establish an innovative secondary school in Auckland.
3 comments:
Hi again again :-)
you should go into your blog settings & set up word verification on your comment settings so you don't get spammed.
BTW have you also got it set so your comments come through to you on your email? thats pretty handy too :-)
Nice to get a mention in your blog. Appreciated. Must be a real challenge trying to transform a secondary school.Would love to visit one day?
By the way the JBF bibliography will be excellent when finished -have seen an early draft.
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