Showing posts with label 1:1 laptops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1:1 laptops. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, December 20, 2010
Learning from mistakes
by Olga LaPlante
Well, this is not an earth-shattering statement, although in the view of the current education policies and trends it might as well be.
This teacher doesn't say anything new, but why aren't more teachers embracing this idea and this approach? Granted, ditching your traditional views is difficult – and I am all for being careful about it too. Sifting through the methods and techniques will take time. But as I said, there is nothing earth-shattering in this story. It's just told well.
We all know – teachers or not – that this is how we learn, by doing. Yet, when you walk into a classroom, it often just flips the switch – and you often feel that half the time it's the learners who have already grown accustomed to a particular – lecture-type – style of doing school. So, you have to fight with them – sometimes – to have them start learning the way they are designed to learn. What's up with that?
Well, this is not an earth-shattering statement, although in the view of the current education policies and trends it might as well be.
This teacher doesn't say anything new, but why aren't more teachers embracing this idea and this approach? Granted, ditching your traditional views is difficult – and I am all for being careful about it too. Sifting through the methods and techniques will take time. But as I said, there is nothing earth-shattering in this story. It's just told well.
We all know – teachers or not – that this is how we learn, by doing. Yet, when you walk into a classroom, it often just flips the switch – and you often feel that half the time it's the learners who have already grown accustomed to a particular – lecture-type – style of doing school. So, you have to fight with them – sometimes – to have them start learning the way they are designed to learn. What's up with that?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Is It Possible to Have Too Many Laptops?
"No surprise, then, that the truth of what happens in laptop-rich schools is far more shades of gray than black or white." ~ Larry CubanQuestions: Can 1-to-1 sometimes get in the way of collaborative, hands-on learning? Are there times that it is better to focus students' efforts on a single screen? When is face-to-face collaboration and social interaction more powerful than independent digital access and production?
Jamie McKenzie: Over-Equipped? Is it possible to have too many laptops?
Larry Cuban: Laptops in Schools
The Journal: Left to Their Own Devices
Gary Stager: Selling the Dream of 1:1 Computing
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
One to One Schools
The Maine Thing About 1-to-1 Computing
1 to 1 Schools Blog
One to One Institute (Ning)
District Administration: Are One-to-One Laptop Programs Worth the Investment?
Steve Hargadon: The Truth about 1:1 Laptop Progams
The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change by Mark E. Weston and Alain Bain
1 to 1 Schools Blog
One to One Institute (Ning)
District Administration: Are One-to-One Laptop Programs Worth the Investment?
Steve Hargadon: The Truth about 1:1 Laptop Progams
The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change by Mark E. Weston and Alain Bain
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