למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

I can’t tell whether this is just laziness, or total misunderstanding, or an extension of their overly-developed self-esteem, but I’ve never seen this before. When I asked them to “use the primary sources that have been posted in the forum”, it never occurred to me they’d do this. I begin to wonder about all this educational push toward student-created content, and what it’s led students to believe about that content. They seem to think that their writing is on the same level as that of a professional historian, worthy of citation.

I’d go bigger than educators and say that our whole society sets up people as experts who may have few qualifications!

תוויות: כלי ווב 2.0, למידה

She felt relieved several months later when required reading for one of her classes was unavailable on the Kindle, freeing her to use a regular textbook.

תוויות: דיגיטאליות, ספרי לימוד

Teachers and experts said they feared young people were missing out on the pleasures and developmental benefits of letter writing.

But in the previous week alone, almost half had either sent or received an email, or a message on a social networking site.

Handwritten letters are much more personal than electronic communication.

By going to the trouble of physically committing words to paper, the writer shows their investment of time and effort in a relationship. That's why we tend to hang on to personal letters as keepsakes.

If we care about real relationships, we should invest in real communication, not just the quick fix of a greetings card, text or email. What's more, if we care about civilised human thought, we should encourage our children to invest time and energy in sitting down to write.

תוויות: דיגיטאליות, כתיבה

In a computer lab, even one consisting of laptops stored in a big metal box that is rolled from room to room, all the units are the same. Or essentially identical when booted.

All have the same software, identical desktops, files all in the same places, mapped to the same servers, and sometimes are even connected to a master unit that can take control of the whole lab.

And all the kids using them are expected to be doing exactly the same activities on each computer.

It’s a valid question, and I think the answer lies in a fundamental mistake we’ve made over the decades in the way we’ve taught kids and adults to use computers.

First, we must allow and encourage students to freely use their own computing devices in schools (and provide them for those families who can’t afford it).

And then completely revise both the curriculum and our approach to teaching to fit the new circumstances.

תוויות: 1:1, סלולארי, שימוש בבתי ספר

dictate how political events and figures will be taught to about 4.8 million schoolchildren in Texas and beyond for the next decade.

The standards also will be used by textbook publishers who often develop materials for other states based on those approved in Texas.

While my daughter was in school, I always complained that the teachers weren't using the text books enough. Now, given the religiously-biased texts, I hope they continue their independent curricula development.

תוויות: סטנדרטים, ספרי לימוד

Karen Pugliesi, vice provost for academic affairs, says the project will help improve attendance, which is key to higher academic performance.

Research, she says, shows a real link between good attendance and student achievement. She says the system will improve student engagement and participation, putting more students on track to graduate.

תוויות: טכנולוגיה, פרטיות

Are you ready for students creating their own wi-fi hotspots? You better be. Because this is the type of thing that more than anything suggests what the future looks like: it's mobile, it's accessible, what used to be public is personal and what used to be personal is public.

Better get to work on those new digital health classes you are going to be offering. You'll have a couple extra bucks to pay for 'em now that your Internet blocking software is obsolete.

תוויות: 1:1, סלולארי, פני החינוך

המצאת העפרון לפני מאות שנים, גררה בעקבותיה התנגדות עזה לחוסר המוסריות של כתיבה שניתן למחוק אותה באמצעות הכלי החדשני והשטני הזה

Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t clean a slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?

מתוך פרסום של מנהל בית ספר, 1815

Students today depend too much on ink. They don’t know how to use a knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.

בתוך הביטאון של ארגון המורים הלאומי, 1907

Students today depend on store bought ink. They don’t know how to make their own. When they run out of ink they will be unable to write words or ciphers until their next trip to the settlement. This is a sad commentary on modern education.

מתוך כתב עת בשם "המורה האמריקאי הכפרי", 1928

Students today depend upon these expensive fountain pens. They can no longer write with a straight pen and nib (not to mention sharpening their own quills). We parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury to the detriment of learning how to cope in the real business world, which is not so extravagant.

מתוך איגרת של ארגון ההורים והמורים, 1941

Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in our country. Students use these devices then throw them away. The American values of thrift and frugality are being discarded. Businesses and banks will never allow such expensive luxuries.

מתוך כתב עת בשם "מורים פדראליים", 1950

Students today can’t prepare bark to calculate their problems. They depend on their slates which are more expensive. What will they do when their slate is dropped and it breaks? They will be unable to write!

מתוך "כנס המורים", 1703

תוויות: טכנולוגיה

It is time for every single member of the BF Community to take a stand! There is absolutely no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site!

Let me repeat that - there is absolutely, positively no reason for any middle school student to be a part of a social networking site! None.

I'm just asking that you taste your own medicine. That you stop communicating in your preferred way. Stop talking, stop writing, stop reading, stop all those conversations you have in the school corridors, at restaurants, on the phone, at the market.

Kids should not be using computers for fun. Kids should be focused on their task. That task is to be educated not entertained.

Over 90% of all homework does not require the internet, or even a computer. Do not allow them to have a computer in their room, there is no need.

תוויות: ילידים, רשתות חברתיות

Dump hardware in schools, hope for magic to happen
This is, in many cases, the classic example of worst practice in ICT use in education. Unfortunately, it shows no sign of disappearing soon, and is the precursor in many ways to the other worst practices on this list. "If we supply it they will learn": Maybe in some cases this is true, for a very small minority of exceptional students and teachers, but this simplistic approach is often at the root of failure of many educational technology initiatives.

Experts advising change often come from one of these fields and present a myopic view of how to implement ICT, rather than an integrated view that accounts for all of the interacting elements.

תוויות: הטמעה

a) it was conducted by a private consulting company, Cengage Learning so, as far as I know, there was no requirement for peer review;
b) only very limited methodological details have been publically released.

If we look at the data that this conclusion appears to be based on, it is pretty thin: "65 per cent of instructors think students are tech savvy when it comes to using digital tools in the classroom. Conversely, only 42 per cent of students believe there is enough support for educational technology, evidence of a perception gap in how adept students are versus how savvy they are presumed to be." Hardly myth-debunking evidence.

תוויות: ילידים

We say it’s about creating something entirely new in an online environment, but we want to save it like it was India ink on parchment. We seek flow, yet end up with geological strata.

We want our students to keep “blogfolios” for their whole lives, archiving all their stuff to show future employers as they bounce through those 15 careers they’re going to have.

Our pedagogy shifts to student-created content, student connectivist exploration. We focus on storing that learned content in bookmarking sites and RSS readers, to be accessed later. Some of us now spend more time stashing than reading.

Maybe what we need to let go of is saving everything. If the scarcity of information, the storing of knowledge in books and libraries, is what made education so exclusive, let’s stop worrying about hoarding the goods.

The pedagogy could then change from content storage, regardless of method, to content experience. Or just experience. To be in a classroom, or an online session, is an experience.

תוויות: דיגיטאליות, רפלקציה

ייתכן שבשנים הבאות ייאלצו מורים להתייחס למקצועם באופן שונה, ולאו דווקא כמקצוע לכל החיים. אני לא מדבר על מחויבות של חודש או שנה, אבל אני חושב שמקצוע ההוראה ככלל לא יהיה דומה למה שהכרנו. אנשים לא ילכו להוראה כקריירה לכל החיים. הם יבואו לתקופה של עשר שנים, וזה יפה מאוד, זה מצוין. הם ייתנו מעצמם ויעברו הלאה.

אני חושב שבעתיד, הכיוונים של התפתחות המקצוע יהיו שאנשים יבואו – אנשים רציניים, אנשים איכותיים – לתקופה של עשר שנים, לתקופה של 15 שנים, אולי פחות, אבל לא צריך בהכרח להסתכל על הפרופסיה באותו אופן שהסתכלנו עליו בעבר. לפי דעתי יהיו שינויים.

תוויות: הוראה