Posts Tagged ‘reflections’
Quotable quotes
Posted by: ashleytan on: July 13, 2009
Will Richardson reflected on his experiences at NECC. As he did so, he picked out a few choice quotes from those who responded to the event.
Consider some foundation rattling statements, like the point of integrating technology in education:
So, it is not a question of whether these technologies add value somehow to education, but the reverse, [...]
GBL reflections
Posted by: ashleytan on: March 4, 2009
My teacher trainees maintain reflection blogs and I have been wondering if my strategy of using a game-based approach to “teach” game-based learning was having an impact. Thanks to RSS feeds, I got to step inside the heads of my trainees to see for myself.
Based on those who have reflected already, I’d say yes. Some [...]
Old school meets new skool?
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 20, 2008
It’s not every day that you see a 102-year-old man in a YouTube video.
And he has a point. English language can seem dumb at times.
The fact of the matter is that English language is evolving and we might have to accept some horrible spelling in the not-too-distant future. Consider this Wired [...]
Reviewing reflections 4: Feeling stressed?
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 22, 2008
At this point of the academic semester, I know that many of my pre-service teachers will start feeling the stress. How do I know?
In part because the redesigned ICT course requires a lot of critical content to be covered over two weeks. I have opted to lighten the load somewhat by assigning groups to just [...]
Reviewing reflections 1
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 7, 2008
Previously I wrote about one reason why I liked my trainees to maintain their own blogs: I get to see what is going on in their minds.
Other reasons are the sense of ownership of learning, the sharing of resources, and critical reflection. I’ll cite one example of each in just the 2nd week of class.
Towards [...]
