the future clasroom
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The future classroom
experiences from Stockholm University
Eva Edman Stålbrandt
Santander, Fundación M. Botín – Stockholm University, July 2010
Overview
• Sweden
• School-system
• ICT in schools
• Workshop
• Pedagogical glasses
• Classroom of the future at Stockholm university
Background
• 9,3 million people
• 4 alliance parties government
• World records: 47% women
• High tax burden
• Social welfare system
• High speed adopting new technology
• Pree school 1-5 years old (curriculum)• Pree school class 6 years- old, 97% volontary
• 9- years Compulsary school 7-16 (1842) Leisure time centre 6-12 years (currriculum)
• 3 – years volontary upper secondary school 16-19, 98%• University (free of charge)• 14 universities, 22 state colleges• 2007 Bologna process ECTS-system• 1991 municipality responsible for schools• 1994 new curricula: educational responsibility, teaching methods, non-traditional teacher roles, multimodal teaching materials
Education
• Knowledge of democracy• Basic educational values • Raise students to Democratic citizens• National curriculum 50% fostering 50% knowledge
Democratic mission
• 1995-2002 large investments• Market – forefront
• 0,2 computers/student • Digital competence – fourth basic skill (researchers)• Investments – ICT-learning ITiS• ICT a question of democracy and equality basic educational values • Especially integrated in special education• Objective: ICT as a tool for awareness and learning • No national strategies – decentralized = Vast differences
ICT in Sweden and in Swedish schools
• E-learning individual initiative – culture• Teachers’ and academic staff’s lack of ICT competence• Implementation of a national ICT agenda• PISA results – Research – ICT systematic in all subjects • ICT focus in teacher education
Challenges and issues
• Content - Tool
• User – Producer
• Classroom – Society
• Technology or not?
Borders dissapear
• How ICT can support teaching about ethics and values
• Gapminder – how to use statstics for teaching ethics
• Shaping ideas
• History as reflection
• Recources for teachers
• ICT for teachers
• Practical ICT and Media skills
• http://www.pim.skolverket.se
• http://www.lektion.se/lektioner
• Recources for teachers and students
• Useful links
• Source criticism
• Media recources
• Mother tongue tuition
• Research
• ”Anna’s cans”
Workshop
• En grupos o pares, id a: http://auladeayerhoyymanana.blogspot.com
• Revisad una o dos websites, las que más os interesen.
• Incluid un comentario en el blog con vuestras reflexiones sobre las websites: Pueden ser útiles para tu trabajo?
Por qué / Por qué no?
Cómo?
Aspectos positivos/negativos sobre las websites?
• Socio-cultural perspective (Vygotsky, Wertsch, Säljö)
• Knowledge – interaction
• Learning – mediation – tools
• The zone of proximal development
• Scaffolding
Develop technology that supports a traditional classroom-based learning
Develop tools for an interactive learning - that is when you need it and where you need it
Future of the classroom
Classroom of the future?
Aims:
•Experimental environment
•Exchange of experience
•Pedagogical issues
The classroom of the future?
• A flexible interface between technical and pedagogical use of ICT.
• Provide the use of ICT for students and faculty members.
• A contribution to increasing exchange of experience between the Institute, authorities, schools and companies.
• Open for staff, students, inservice teachers, principals and external users.
Four areas
Planning
Inspiration
Formulate questions
Gather informationProcess of information
Presentation
Evaluation
A learning process
Technology
But….
Interface:physical – digital,
well known - unknown
Workshops
• Digital portofolio• Digital storytelling • Webquest• Storyline• Internationalisation • The fifth dimension• Digital animation• Problem based learning• Case - method
?• Which students benefit from this method?
• What happens with their motivation, responsibility, interaction, activity
• What do they learn? Skills/knowledge/ attitudes?
• What happens with the teacher’s role?
• Relation – curriculum (fostering/knowledge)
• Application
• Advantages/disadvantages?
• Video
Aims:
•Experimental environment
•Exchange of experience
•Pedagogical issues
Thank you for your attention!