social learning
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A short introductory presentation to social learning tools and pedagogyTRANSCRIPT
Social LearningPedagogy for the Connected Age
Fill in the Blanks (i)• “[This Device] appealed at once to
the eye and to the ear, thus naturally forming the habit of attention, which is so difficult to form by the study of books. Whenever the pupil will not fully understand [it] will have the opportunity of enlarging and making more intelligible.”
Fill in the Blanks (ii)
• “[These instruments are] not uncommon, but are little resorted to by the teacher.”
• “The teacher almost knows as little how to use [it] as his pupils.”
What are they talking about?
Educator Quotes from the 1840’s about the Chalkboard
Fill in the Blanks (iii)
• “... the existing system is utterly inefficient. The teacher ... may pour it in the ear, or extract it from the printed page ... but unless he teaches through the eye, no satisfactory instruction can be conveyed.”
Sir David Brewer (1856) on the Magic Lantern
Fill in the Blanks (iv)• “[It] is going to make school so
attractive that a big army of swords and guns couldn’t keep boys and girls out of it.”
• “Mix [it] with education and you’ll have something that makes kids want to go to school. You’ll have to lick’em to keep ‘em away.”
Edison (1911) on Moving Pictures
buzzwords
experiential
collaborative
democratic media
transparent
open
connected
digital
new media
web 2.0constructivist
engagement
creators vs. consumers
multiliteracies
empowering
simulations
school 2.0
digital literacy
The Networked Teacher
Tools of the Social Web
Ed. Blogs
Wikis
Google Tools
Photosharing
Social Bookmarking
Podcasting
Video Sharing
Implications
Key Resourceshttp://couros.wikispaces.com (wiki)
http://commoncraft.com/show (videos)
http://edtechtalk.com (online sessions)
http://school20.ning.com (community)
http://www.twitter.com (the network)
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