למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

בכלל, הרעיון שהתלמידים ילמדו בבית את החומר, ובכתה יעסקו בעומק/ ברבדים העמוקים מאד עתיק וידוע.

It is a common view that "if only someone could break this down and explain it clearly enough, more students would understand." Khan Academy is a great example of this approach with its clear, concise videos on science. However it is debatable whether they really work. Research has shown that these types of videos may be positively received by students. They feel like they are learning and become more confident in their answers, but tests reveal they haven't learned anything.

But what I found was that Khan was just an OK teacher. His examples are not well planned. His pacing is inconsistent. I’d say that at least half the math teachers in this country could do at least as good a job as Khan does. What is ironic about Bill Gates admiration of Khan is that Gates is investing so much energy right now into identifying what makes a great teacher to create better teacher evaluations. Yet the person he considers the best teacher is merely adequate.

תוויות: כיתה הפוכה, שיעורי בית

Keep iterating this process enough and you wind up with what used to be called a “liberal education”, the concept that students should graduate from their K12 experience with a general understanding of the breadth of human knowledge.

תוויות: למידה, STEM

Do you ever go online for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time?

תוויות: התנהגות ברשת, כישורי המאה ה-21

This was not about using educational software pre-installed on the school-provided laptops; it was about supporting and expecting them to be networked Web 2.0 users.

It is great to see that more and more educators are discussing and recognizing the value of this BYOD approach, and the way it is emerging as not just a low-cost alternative to the more conventional uniform school laptop employment but as having strengths in its own right, particularly in the way it reflects a different way of thinking of students as independent learners who use tools in their own way, under our close supervision, to access and analyze information and to communicate, create, and publish their own thoughtful and well-crafted product.

BYOD places more emphasis on student-centered computer uses than teacher-led, classroom activities, because of the lack of standardization of student computing devices.

תוויות: הטמעה, כלים אישיים, פני החינוך, שימוש בבתי ספר