Geography. Art. Maths. English & Literacy. Computing. M.guardian.co.uk. What's missing from teaching computing in schools is a big vision.
Photograph: Alamy A vigorous debate has begun – within government and elsewhere – about what should be done about information and communication technology (ICT) in the school curriculum. Various bodies – the Royal Society, the Association for Learning Technology, Computing at School (a grassroots organisation of concerned teachers) and the British Computer Society, to name just four – have published reports and discussion documents aimed at ministers and the Department for Education. Stop writing the objectives on the board. How often have you been told that writing the lesson's objectives on the board is best practice?
Can you think of even one reason why doing this might be a bad idea? Because the prevailing wind of conventional wisdom consistently blows in favor of content-bloated, prefabricated externally mandated standardized standards, it takes courage to pause and reflect. Mike Fishback offers this post titled Objectively Speaking where he identifies three reasons why we should question the wisdom behind writing the lesson's objective on the board.
Communicating objectives to students sends a strong message about who is driving the learning.Communicating objectives to students gives away the ending before the uncovering even begins.Communicating objectives to students discourages students and teachers from pursuing potentially constructive lines of inquiry that appear tangential to the objectives. Peter blaskovic. This is my experimental research in field of art, graphics, math, physics... I have fun to mix different subjects together and finding a new ways of expression. Some of them have great usage in new medias, production or simulations, some of them are just for fun. :) Experiments are created in Processing or Flash . Processing is a great open source programming language for artists.
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This final half term when the weather is at its warmest is a better opportunity than ever to explore learning outside the classroom. Learning beyond the classroom offers a whole host of opportunities you’ll struggle to find within confines of your classroom’s four walls, I’ve outlined just a few below: Make learning more engaging It can be difficult to keep kids on task in the classroom. Six Scaffolding Strategies to Use with Your Students. What’s the opposite of scaffolding a lesson? Saying to students, “Read this nine-page science article, write a detailed essay on the topic it explores, and turn it in by Wednesday.” Yikes! No safety net, no parachute—they’re just left to their own devices. Let’s start by agreeing that scaffolding a lesson and differentiating instruction are two different things.
Scaffolding is breaking up the learning into chunks and providing a tool, or structure, with each chunk. Simply put, scaffolding is what you do first with kids. Why “I Don’t Do Technology” Isn’t Acceptable. The FAA Credit Union building, which stands in for the Crime Lab in "CSI: Miami".
Image by Tony Hoffarth. Imagine an episode of CSI where the main character doesn’t “do” technology: “Tonight, on CSI: Miami, Horatio Caine investigates a brutal crime wave using only his wits and his sunglasses. He matches fingerprints, tire tracks, and fiber samples…by hand! His new motto: ‘DNA? Imagine the conversation you have with your doctor when he diagnosed you with cancer after a brief examination. “Aren’t you going to run some tests? Ridiculous, no? Arguments go around and come back again about the role technology should play in the classroom. Active Learning Means Using the Body. Good morning students!
We are going to learn how to make multiplication problems. The iCitizen Reflection #DigCit Chat & A Student-Centered WORLD - Be the Change. About. Welcome to Born to Learn, which represents the inspiration in our Responsible Subversives Network.
Here we turn the ideas of the 21st Century learning Initiative archive into inspirational animations to be watched, enjoyed and shared. So far we have created three animations which have been viewed more than 300,000 times. We have been overwhelmed by their success and are busy planning many more. Also in the Responsible Subversives NetworkThe Responsible Subversives network consists of three inter-linked sites that aim to provide the ideas, the inspiration and a community of people interested in equipping future generations to shape a better world. The ideasThe 21 Century Learning Initiative website is an archive of material selected from the past 30 years broken down into meaningful chronological eras as well as sorted by tag and category. InspirationWe are constantly looking to share the ideas of our 21st Century Learning Initiative archive in ever-more accessible ways.
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