Posted by: ashleytan on: January 16, 2009
I feel for Chris Dawson when he describes how he has to stretch every dollar for his school, particularly in these bad times. He laments: “just how do we get on the list for retooling to meet 21st Century needs?”
In contrast, schools in Singapore have lots of money to provide infrastructure and training. I wrote [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 14, 2008
I have not forgotten that there were two more issues that my preservice teachers raised at the beginning of the course. (Here is the list of the original six). I have waited till now to address them because of the nature of the questions.
The last two issues were:
If students, particularly the poorer ones, do not [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 14, 2008
I thought I’d start addressing some of the recurrent issues I identified earlier. (Mind you, I do not intend to provide clear answers because there are no absolute truths to those issues.)
The first two issues or concerns were:
How do I use ICT to motivate my students?
How might ICT promote creative and/or critical thinking?
I have two [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 4, 2008
I love reading my teacher trainees’ blogs because it allows me to see what their concerns are as they relate to the ICT course. They raise several excellent issues and questions that, unfortunately, the course is not designed to address directly.
So here are some of areas that I have identified from this and previous semesters.
How [...]