My Diigo 03/17/2012

• My List: A Collection on "SampleTravel Plan 6th Hour" (travel,google,spreadsheet,compute,class) | Diigo

• Technology integration or specialist ICT lessons? | COETAIL Bangkok

  • We need to adapt our methods of teaching in order to ensure our students remain highly motivated and engaged in school life
  • he challenges and competitive nature of the 21^st century workplace will require our students to be flexible, digitally literate and highly capable
  • the delivery of weekly, specialist ICT lessons taught by an ICT teacher,
  • technology integration approach supported by non-specialist class teachers or a specialist integrated technology department
  • the fact that it is not integrated with other subjects is a very significant point.
  • not convinced that students always get this by attending specialist ICT lessons, often isolated from the rest of their learning
  • The role of a technology integration specialist is defined very well in the document “Nets for coaches.” They are charged with assisting classroom teachers in the incorporation of technological hardware and software into their lesson plans
  • Using technology appropratly, in a variety of context and ensuring a more regular experience for students due to better skilled teachers outweighs what is now a narrow approach for m

• Meeting the needs of digital natives | COETAIL Bangkok

  ***This is the first of a set of 4 blog posts relating to how we can better meet the needs of the digital generation in our classrooms. *** 
  

  • e book “Living on the future edge” provides links to evidence that suggest our children’s brains
  • seeing Ian Jukes, a
  • how different this current generation is in comparison to many of their teachers.
  • generation of unmotivated, disengaged students who question the purpose and techniques of what they are doing in the classroom
  • Most teachers are digital migrants. Many have spent a good period of their careers getting by, and often doing very well, without the use of technology in the classroom
  • Without training, guidance and support, we will invariably stick to what has worked before, and continue to fail to meet the needs of this and the next generation.
  • Teachers are as important as ever, as outlined in the excellent book “Why do I need a teacher when I have got Google?”
  • technology integration in schools
  • Accountability will ensure that they provide funding and opportunities for staff training and support, if they are to be held accountable by external educational bodies such as Ofsted in the UK

• A comparison of 2 technology integration frameworks | COETAIL Bangkok

  • two best frameworks
  • Educations ‘NET standards’ and the “21^st century fluencies” developed as part of the 21^st century fluency project.
  • importance of collaborative
  • NET standards devote an entre section on technology operations and concepts.
  • emphasis on developing media fluency
  • NET standards are far more well defined and easily measurable

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