digital technologies symposium
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Presentation on software for learning to technology teachers in secondary schools at the Digital Techologies Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 November 2008. I discussed young people's use of software outside school and how we can adopt these practices and technologies in the classroom, with special reference to web 2.0 or social software, and the website http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nzTRANSCRIPT
http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz
Technological practice
Undertaking technological practice has been shown to provide students with the opportunity to collaborate with others and make a difference to their own lives and developments in their immediate community.
This has resulted in high levels of student engagement and allowed students to take increasing ownership of their learning and feel empowered to make decisions regarding the nature of their outcomes.
p13 Technology Curriculum Support
http://www.techlink.org.nz/curriculum-support
1. What’s happening outside school?
2. How can we use software for learning?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21629585116
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4110727509
1. Take action
2. Access information
3. Connect with each other
4. Create and publish
5. Consume
While we use technology,
young people today live it.
Radio took 38 years to reach 50 million people. The telephone took 20 years.
Television took 13 years to reach 50 million homes. Cell phones took 12 years.
Cable TV took 7 years. The internet took 4 years. Blogging took 3 years. YouTube took 1 year.
(Larry Rosen, “Me, MySpace and I”)
2. How can we use software for learning?
Scratch
Alice
Bubbl.us
Gliffy
Wikispaces
Ning
http://communityrights.wikispaces.com/Group+Five
Audacity
iMovie
http://whsdtm8.blogspot.com
Your professional practice …
Atomic Learning
Common Craft http://www.commoncraft.com
Support
Faculties of education at the universitiesAuckland: Fiona Grant, [email protected]: Rochelle Jensen, [email protected]: Heather Bell, [email protected]: Jan Coleman, [email protected]: Jocelyn Mackay, [email protected]: David Young, [email protected]
Teacher blogs http://www.nz-interface.co.nz/teacherblogs/
Netsafe http//www.netsafe.org.nz
Guidelines for Schools for the Online Publication of Student Images and School Work (on www.tki.org.nz)
Software for Learninghttp://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz
http://www.lunchbox.org.nz
http://delicious.com/StudentDigitalWork
Sarah Jones
e-Learning Team
Ministry of Education