Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
Huh?
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 6, 2009
I received this card in my mailbox at work. It was meant to publicize the new buzzphrase for teachers in Singapore.
I scanned it and have not manipulated it beyond resizing and cropping it to remove the dead space.
So here’s my question: What do five people standing and talking to one another have to do with [...]
Think and act as teachers
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 23, 2009
One of the things I tell my teacher trainees at the beginning of the semester is to “think and act as teachers, not as students”.
NIE calls them student teachers, but I think too many see themselves as the former rather than the latter. The rest of the world might label them preservice teachers but this [...]
Online teaching, cheating, learning styles
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 21, 2009
RSS feeds delivered these useful resources. I am putting them online as I also use my blog as idea cloud that I can revisit.
Online teaching tips
http://www.onlineteachingtips.org
Do students cheat more in online classes? Maybe not.
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Do-Students-Cheat-More-in/8073/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Student “learning styles” theory is bunk
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/daniel-willingham/the-big-idea-behind-learning.html
Each one, teach one
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 14, 2009
Karl Kapp shares his thoughts on how students can become better learners. They should teach.
I could not agree more. To teach something requires a high level of understanding with that topic.
I tell every class at the beginning of the semester that I benefit the most because I process some of the content over and over [...]
My new ICT approach
Posted by: ashleytan on: July 8, 2009
I read a CNET report by Larry Magid who attended the 30th annual National Educational Computing Conference. One of the things that stood out for him was how the more innovative teachers were attempting to integrate mobile phones and various Web 2.0 technologies into education. This was despite the barriers such as anti-phone policies or [...]
It’s not about the tool, it’s about the learning
Posted by: ashleytan on: July 6, 2009
My last rant started with the broadband divide and ended with tired pedagogies (as exemplified by IWBs). I follow up today with a conversation hosted by Tom Barrett.
Barrett shared his views after getting his students to use surface computers (Smart Tables) and invited other educators to share their thoughts. Sharon Elin responded and here are [...]
Teaching for the future
Posted by: ashleytan on: March 21, 2009
This week marked the end of formal lessons for the course I facilitate. I attempted to bring some “closure” to the readings, YouTube viewings, and experiences on 21st century learners and learning environments with my Prezi-based presentation on Teaching for the Future.
Over the next two weeks, my preservice teachers do walkabout presentations of their final [...]
Teaching ≠ learning
Posted by: ashleytan on: January 24, 2009
Winston Churchill was believed to have said “I am always ready to learn, though I don’t always like being taught.” Our students might say the same thing.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Students don’t necessarily learn they way we prefer teach.
Web 2.0 and higher education
Posted by: ashleytan on: January 5, 2009
I am going to sound like a broken record or perhaps, to be more current, a poorly encoded MP3 file! Here are more advocates for rethinking the way we teach and learn in this day of Web 2.0.
I chanced upon a short article by two scholars who wrote about “The University and the Social [...]
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 [...]
