Posts Tagged ‘pedagogy’
For & against Khan
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 8, 2011
by One lucky guy Not everyone thinks that Salman Khan and his Academy are the future of teaching. I doubt very much that Khan himself would make that claim. At least one blogger has taken issue with Khan’s approach and claims in an entry titled, You Khan’t Ignore How Students Learn. The blogger has a lot to [...]
Not a lecture
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 28, 2011
Anyone who says that TED talks are an example of lectures as a relevant pedagogy is missing the point. by Scottish Libraries TED talks are not a series of lectures even though they appear to be. First, the audience wants to be there. It does not have to be there or feel obliged to be there. [...]
What un-nannied teachers can do
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 1, 2011
Over the last two weeks, I have been preparing my student teachers to do flipped presentations on technology enable learning (TELs). Here are just two examples of their flipped presentations: Quizlet [Video source] [Wiki page] Podomatic [Video source] [Wiki page] When we meet today, they will not present their topics the traditional way. Instead, they [...]
iPad-agogy
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 6, 2011
by wilbertbaan Chris Dawson’s latest opinion piece at ZDnet was about the use of iPads in school. He had good things to say about what was reported in the press (USA Today) but had some valid concerns as well. He said: The problem with too many iPad deployments… is that schools end up doing the same [...]
Sessions on mobile learning
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 5, 2011
The CeL will be offering sessions on mobile productivity, teaching and learning over the semester break in September. These workshops will be for NIE staff only. Some of the topics might revolve around mobile strategies for using Dropbox, Evernote, the latest version of Softchalk and QR codes. Four of us from the CeL will facilitate [...]
Discovering GBL with QR codes
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 20, 2011
I have used QR codes to create scavenger hunts for various courses that I facilitate: ICT for Meaningful Learning, a Master course on e-Tools for Training, and an elective inservice course Enabling Change with ICT. The ICT course has a game-based learning component where I reinforce the concepts of self-directed learning (SDL), collaborative learning (CoL) [...]
Learning to re-tie shoelaces
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 7, 2011
Video source You get all sorts of interesting and inspiring speakers at TED Talks. This old but recently featured one by Terry Moore almost seemed improptu. He showed everyone how to tie shoelaces. Or rather, he urged his audience to relearn how to tie them. It was a slight change to the process but the result [...]
Delayed impact
Posted by: ashleytan on: April 12, 2011
I think that most educators become educators not for short-term gain but for long term impact. We realize that our impact is often not felt next week, next month or even next year. Our impact is also mediated by many other factors, so if something good were to result from a move on our part, we [...]
Journalist misses the point
Posted by: ashleytan on: February 24, 2011
[click for larger version, courtesy of @tucksoon] Last Sunday, Geraint Wong of the Straits Times wrote that the Essay software misses the point. [My bit.ly bundle of four articles on the topic] I think that he misses a point in critiquing the use of WriteToLearn and Criterion in essay writing. [My first thoughts on the original article.] We agree [...]
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