» No such thing as a stupid question? Contemporary Learning
in the age of Google, what value is there in teaching a fact? It seems now more than ever there is a need to address critical literacy. We need to learn how to dig deeper, not only find out what the facts are but which ones [...]
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Why do you teach? Is it the subject or the students?
He mentioned that there must be teachers out there who joined the profession because they have a love or admiration of the subject matter and that the students are secondary to that motivating force. That statement intrigued me. Would there be teachers who enjoy the [...]
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Mathew Needleman has a site focussed around digital storytelling and the use of video in the classroom for primary school. There are lots of creation, planning and production tips including assessment rubrics that can be used along the way. Great resource. His current interest appears to be clay-mation (see the podcast). I’ve embedded a short [...]
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“Paul Thomson is an inspirational educator. He has fought many a fight with the Queensland Education Department, which is why he ended up setting up his own school, with the support of parents and other teachers.” That’s how the blurb read on my iTunes playlist. The original interview was from
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Came across this post by George Siemens via John Larkin’s blog. I enjoyed it.
Connectivism Blog
We need to have priorities here. Let’s tame technology and focus instead on what we already know and are comfortable with. Let’s ensure that technology does not get away from the tried and true method of containing innovation and new approaches.
It [...]
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