The genie is out of the bottle ... it can't be ignored, but now we need new
"headware".
"Now we happen to believe that the most powerful technology in the classroom
was, is and will remain a classroom teacher – a teacher with a love of
learning, an appreciation of the aesthetic, a deep understanding of how
students learn. We further believe that we could put a state of the art piece
of technology on the desk of every teacher and student in every classroom in
the country, and if that’s
Imagine for a moment…
What if Napster puts K-12 education in its sites? What would happen if we
moved to a model of peer-to-peer learning? What would happen if we moved to a
model where learners searched on-line for learning and/or information
resources using a Napster-like service? What would learning look like?
Let’s consider for a moment a student who comes home with their homework.
Imagine that they need help in writing a report on polychloride stemming,
interpreting the Declaration of Independence, comprehending osmosis,
interpreting the artwork of Picasso or trinomial equations but they don’t have
immediate access to the expertise of an instructor.
What if, instead, they log on to a Napster-like service and do a global search
for expertise in their desired area from all of the users and resources
organized by this service. The search provides a list of free and for-fee
sources of instruction from around
the world. The student identifies an appropriate resource and downloads or
runs an on-demand on-line digital lecture. The student listens, pauses to take
notes, replays parts that they don’t understand, or jumps back or ahead to
increase that understanding. (As an aside the kinds of services that this
could provide have profound implications for the rising voucher debate and it
doesn’t stop there ... but that’s for another day and another time.)
Now let’s consider using Ananova as a tutor. How about a student with math
homework who needs help understanding trinomial equations. The student calls
up an Ananova, an on-line interactive virtual math tutor and asks questions of
her. Ananova responds with a detailed explanation complete with facial
gestures, and then waits for verbal confirmation from the student that the
concepts have been
understood before continuing. At the same time, Ananova also provides
graphical representations of how trinomial equations are used in the real
world, and provides connections on the Web to real life illustrations of work
that uses trinomial equations. Is this possible? It’s beyond possible, it’s an
absolute certainty."
< http://www.thecommittedsardine.net/handouts/fgtg.pdf >
For further information, contact:
Ian Jukes, The InfoSavvy Group;
5142 Robinson Place, Peachland, BC V0H 1X1
(250) 767-2971 (office) (250) 767-2945 (fax)
E-mail: ijukes@mindspring.com Web site: http://www.ianjukes.com
Ted McCain, Associate Director. Thornburg Center for Professional Development
26855 - 108th Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada V2W 1P4
(604) 462-8586
E-mail: tmccain@netcom.ca Web site: http://www.tcpd.org
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