Preview: Never mind the technology, where's the learning?
Never mind the technology, where's the learning?In 1992, I was involved in an exciting ICT and learning conference with this title. I'm assuming that Steve Heppell, who was one of the main organisers for the conference, came up with this phrase to express the theme of the conference. Although a great deal has happened in education since, we've still got a long way to go to make this question irrelevant.Published: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:35:54 +0000
Virtual Worlds Face-to-Face Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:59:10 +0000 For those used to such things it might seem strange to organise a face-to-face event about Virtual Worlds, but Naace’s seminar held yesterday in London did just that. The point was to introduce those that has not necessarily plunged themselves into Second Life, or any of the other virtual worlds, with a traditional introduction in [...]
Is boarding really the answer? Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:24:58 +0000 According to the BBC, South London’s Durand Primary is to buy a building in the home counties and create a weekly boarding experience for its inner city students. The idea is to create an all-through 3-19 Academy, with those over 13 attending as weekly boarders. Jim Davies the Headteacher is reported to have said he [...]
Not quite sleepless in Seattle Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:17:55 +0000 Monday was a pretty sleepless night, being woken throughout the early hours by a no response phone call can destroy your sense of humour, if not your confidence in technology. It started at 1am, and actually continued for 16 hours, and maybe longer, as only after that time I decided to take drastic action and [...]
Teaching yourself is just as good as being taught Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:30 +0000 I was not much good at music in school. Mind you it was not the sort of education that students and pupils get today, and although there are greater opportunities for young people to learn an instrument, many are still self-taught, or are motivated to teach themselves. In the last few years the internet has [...]
Public service employees and servants increasingly banned from using social networking Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:12:55 +0000 As Jim Knight, Minister for Employment was tweeting from the House of Commons as candidates for the Speaker’s position were making their speeches, other public servants and employees were increasingly being banned from using social networking. In Plymouth, Barry Keel, the Chief Executive of Plymouth City Council, banned democratically elected councillors from using Twitter. The email [...]
California’s text book switch Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:54:48 +0000 The latest money saving idea from the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is to replace state text books with digital technology. The Times Online goes further in explaining that, “Mr Schwarzenegger announced the ban on textbooks in a classroom in Sacramento” saying: “Textbooks are outdated, in my opinion. For so many years, we’ve been trying to [...]
Should you be tweeting or blogging at school? Sun, 24 May 2009 13:58:18 +0000 According to the Telegraph, Argyll and Bute have banned teachers for using social networking sites after a teacher was “caught” using Twitter, “to grumble about pupils, colleagues and parents”. The BBC reporting of the story is less sensationalist (and I suspect more accurate) but it still raises some important questions. Argyll and Bute block social networking [...]
Where might your brilliant spots be? Sun, 24 May 2009 09:00:09 +0000 Yahoo a few days ago started sticking pavement signs around London. The idea is to create a viral photography event getting the population to take photos with their mobile phones using MMS, email or tags in Flickr (MMS 07786 201 809, email brilliantspot@yahoo.co.uk, add it to the ‘Brilliant Spots’ group on Flickr). A pretty cool [...]
It was twenty years ago today … Sun, 03 May 2009 14:50:11 +0000 Sgt. Pepper taught the band to playThey’ve been going in and out of styleBut they’re guaranteed to raise a smile… so I felt when I found, in an old box in my workshop at home, a copy of The Advisory Teacher’s Diary, published by MESU (Microelectronics Education Support Unit) in 1988. MESU replaced MEP in the [...]
Controversy reigns when it comes to new technologies Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:34:14 +0000 As I’m preparing a session for a workshop which I’m doing next week on “Social networking beyond school: understanding social networking sites used by your students“, I’m struck by the number of news stories that illustrate the controversy of using sites like Facebook and Twitter in everyday life. For example, this weekend, we have the [...] |
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