It would be great if we had regular contributions to these postings, collaborating and sharing across the cluster- especially those of you that have some great blogs that you follow!
After much thought, I have decided to open with 'THE BIG PICTURE', What can we expect from 2011 and are we prepared for it?
Derek Wenmoth from CORE has put together an interesting presentation that he is sharing with clusters he works with entitled' Challenges, changes and Trends 2011' that does a great job at considering what lies ahead.
Challenges, change and trends 2011
View more presentations from Derek Wenmoth.
He has also created a LiveBinder with all of the links
From thinking ahead to considering our continued focus around Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship, I found this post about Teaching ethical and safe technology use and am interested to hear your thoughts.
How much is common sense? How much do we do without considering it? How much have we neglected in favor of the newest app or website?
A dozen ways to teach ethical and safe technology use
1. Articulate personal values when using technology.
2. Stress the consideration and application of principles rather than relying on a detailed set of rules.
3. Model ethical behaviors.
4. Build student trust.
5. Encourage discussion of ethical issues.
6. Accept the fact students will make mistakes.
7. Allow students personal use of the Internet.
8. Reinforce ethical behaviors and react to the misuse of technology.
9. Create environments that help students avoid temptations.
10. Assess children’s understanding of ethical concepts.
11. Educate our students and ourselves.
12. Educate your parents about ethical technology use.
And finally, many of you are aware of the interest that Games Based Learning (GBL) holds for me and how it can be applied in the classroom to add value to learning rather than as a reward or an activity for 'fast finishers'.
As predicted by Ewan McIntosh last year at Remarkables, GBL is not going away, it is gaining greater interest.
This was evident at the 'Learning without frontiers festival' in London and many presenters wanted to talk about how video games can provide an ideal medium for learning.
These speakers are summarized by Steve Wheeler in his January 11 blog post entitled 'Games Based Learning", check it out here if you are interested in finding out more
That's all from me tonight, it was tough to filter out what not to post. I know you are all busy people and hope there is something here of interest to you. Even if not, please share your ideas, thoughts, links and inspiration so we can all be part of the learning adventure!
K
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