The Challenge of iPad Pedagogy. Staff training completed.
Make no bones about it, the use of the word completed couldn’t be further from the truth. My advice to anyone else undertaking an iPad trial, be more than prepared. Imagine the most challenging class you have ever had to personalise learning for and double it. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely grateful for the vigour with which the staff and students have approached the training at such a busy time. It isn’t the device either. The challenge lies in the pedagogy. Exposure to app use, productivity and possible implications has opened up the proverbial can of worms, and it’s fantastic. Whether you subscribe to the device as a consumption, creation or discovery tool, the technology opens the eyes of educators when given time to investigate. Not that I didn’t have my own ideas! It just feels like the trial has a real chance of success and not because of the new technology. So what to do next? It’s a challenge and it’s not about the technology! Like this: Like Loading...
Instructional Design - CEET NING. CEET Moodle Meet (May 2012): Instructional Design Best Practices. Blooms Taxonomy Poster for Teachers and Students. Bloom's Taxonomy has helped teachers plan lessons and design instruction for decades now.
While other theories and systems have come and gone, Bloom's taxonomy appears to have become the most commonly used standard in many educational settings. In the 1990's, Lorin Anderson and a group of psychologists updated the taxonomy in the hope that it would have more relevance for 21st century students and teachers, transforming the nouns to verbs and making some other seemingly small but significant changes. The Blooming Butterfly poster was designed by the Learning Today product development team as a tribute to Bloom and Anderson and to the educators all over the world that continue to implement their vision. We hope that it will serve as a visual reminder for teachers as they continue to guide students to become better thinkers, just as Bloom imagined many years ago! The Poster Can be Downloaded here. Rethinking Professional Development to reach ALL Teachers.
There are millions of teachers in the world.
Professional development (PD) as we’ve known it HAS to be a technology enabled experience. Here’s why… There are some wonderful professional development experiences that teachers can tap into during the summer. Some even pay the teachers to participate. But when you look at the numbers, the “workshop in the summer” model is not sufficient. Face to face PD experiences Online (asynch and synch) PD experiences The creation of a strong professional Community of Practice among science teachers, both on-site and online. I’ve described each below. . - Jim Face-to-face PD While the efficiency and speed of online communication can be stunning, there are valuable interactions that are more efficient (and perhaps only possible) when you meet face to face. Of course any face to face professional development experience needs to be thoughtfully crafted so it is time well spent.
Online PD When I have time, I teach the “Science of Sound” course.