Gold Coast presentation
Here are few links for my presentation at Emmanual College in a couple of days:
I must confess this is more for me than anyone else.
August 27, 2007
August 19, 2007
Considering Rochelle
A little reading around my assignment:
It’s section on the classroom response System has been most helpful in broadening my understanding and questioning its use.
In the paper Rochelle(2003) discusses the use of a variety of wireless mobile technologies (WMT). Graphic calculators are presented as a success story in this regard. It is identified that ‘in literature today’ all WMTs fall into the category of tool. Rochelle identifies three major WMTs which have had the ‘most prolonged research attention’; classroom response systems, participatory simulations and collaborative data gathering.
The portion of the paper that interests me is classroom response systems as I present on the topic and continue to experiment with this technology within my classroom. However, before I discuss that section of the paper two issues arose regarding the introduction.
Firstly, what is meant by ‘in literature today’ no examples are referenced, should they be? I would expect to see such a comment with support examples. Where can we go to substantiate such a claim?
Secondly, having researched classroom response systems(CRS) it troubles me that they appear under the title of : most prolonged research attention. The reality is that such research is very sketchy, widely dispersed, narrowly focused on Classtalk Rowan-Paul, J. (2004). and dominated in the tertiary sector. Perhaps it is appropriately headed, but it is far for extensive considering the length of time such a technology has been around.- Classtalk began in 1985 (http://www.bedu.com/)
Rochelle argues the case for CRS. Sighting research by
Davis, (2003) Dufurse et al (1996) and Owen et al (2004) pointing towards a significant, powerful shift in the classroom climate. But perhaps the most significant change is with the teacher/ educator, It would be so easy to apply questioning to the knowledge element (Bloom 1956) and leave it as a classroom motivation tool with little or no impact on levels of learning. It is only by the focused attention and specific engagement the teacher has with such software that allows for students to use such technology to broaden and deepen knowledge as identified by Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1998).
References
Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1998) Beyond Bloom’s Taxonomy: Rethinking knowledge for the knowledge age”. In A Hargreaves et.al (Eds), International handbook of educational change-part two.
Dordrecht: Kluwar Academic Publishers, pp 675-92
Bloom, B.S. (Ed.). (1956) Taxonomy of educational objectives :Handbook 1. Cognitive domain.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc.
Dufresne, R J. ,. Gerace, W J. Leonard, W J, Mestre J P.and Wenk, L. (1996) Classtalk: A Classroom Communication Systemfor Active Learning Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 7, 3-47,
Rowan-Paul, J. (2004). ICT and higher order thinking skills: What do teachers think? Computers in New Zealand Schools, 16 (2), 30-34
Rochelle J. (2003) Keynote paper: Unlocking the learning value of wireless mobile devices Journal of Computer Assisted Learning , 19, 260-272
August 16, 2007
The Book Quiz
You’re The Giver!
by Lois Lowry
While you grew up with a sheltered childhood, you’re pretty sure
everyone around you is even more sheltered. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, you were
tapped on the shoulder and transported to the real world. This made you horrified by
your prior upbringing and now you’re tormented by how to reconcile these two lives.
Ultimately, the struggle comes down to that old free will issue. Choose
wisely.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Found this on Miguel’s Blog. Obviously I’m not as carefree and funny as I thought I was. Perhaps Allanah’s right I do need some sort of theropy.
ICT progression
Just a quick request for information. If anyone reading has information or links about ICT progression in NZ, Australia, US or the UK could you please leave a comment. Currently I can find the Nation Grid for Learning in the UK and that’s it. I’m writing a paper about ICT progression in the 21 Century Classroom. Any and all help gratefully recieved.
August 9, 2007
A Random Meme
First, the Rules:
1) Post these rules before you give your facts
2) List 8 random facts about yourself
3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged
It’s good to know you have friends out there in the blogosphere. Thanks Rachel for the tag. I kinda needed a kick to get going again and I think you just did it. Here are my 8 randoms in on particular order:
1. Once, when I was a kid I pushed my little sister down the stairs… all 13 of them from top to bottom- She was annoying me and we were home alone, she always got the better of me, so you can imagine how my story ends but anyway I push her and she goes bump bump bump all the way down head over heels the works and lies motionless at the bottom of the stairs. So I run down saying “ Don’t be stupid Cheryl, get up, come on, Cheryl? Cheryl? CHERYL?” I’m thinking I’ve killed her by the time I get to the bottom- she’s all limp and everything. So I reach for the phone which is to hand and I’m dialling 999, the woman picks up at the other and begins to say “Hello, which service do you….” Cheryl jumps up, points right at me and laughs in my face. – Just for the record she continues to get the better of me- everytime.
2. I was a huge Star Wars fan, kinda still am. Got heaps of the figures, every birthday and Christmas from 6 to 12 I’d get stuff.
3. I once went tramping with my mate from Uni, disappeared down crack in the rock which was covered in story immediately after a conversation I had which went like this:
Me: So what’s this hill called?
Calum: It’s the
Lost
Valley.
Me: Why’s it called that?
Calum: because lots of hikers have……. (that’s when I fell)
I kid you not. If you scripted it people would call it stupid.
4. I have bungy jumped twice.
5. I’m having a party on September 1st. I’ve been teaching 10 years.
6. My dad said he’d pay me 150 pounds if I got 4 GCSE’s C or above. I walked away with 8…… tried to talk him into giving me 300 but he just laughed.
7. My favourite soup is oxtail…. but I can’t find it in
New Zealand.
8. I was born in Bolton, grew up in Wales, moved to Lancaster, worked in London, moved to Scunthorpe, began my own family in
New Zealand. So forgive me if I pause a moment when you ask, “So, where are you from?”
The following folk I tag for the Random Meme
Thinking ICT- Louise van Randow
Fun and Exciting stuff Mr Potter
