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"What’s wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology. No amount of technology will make a dent. The problems are sociopolitical." Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) 
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Students have a lot of opinions about how their education could better serve them. We just have to ask. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , juandoming
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Dr. Scott McLeod, co-author of Different Schools for a Different World, has a frank conversation about the change that needs to happen, how long it will take to happen, and the next steps for promoting creativity in schools. Got 5 minutes? That is all it takes to enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest. If […] Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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November 13, 2017 4:37 PM
In his explanation regardng how to construct a better place for our students in order to improve education, Dr. Scott McLeod highlights the importance of 4 fundamental factors in order to stablish a better environment for learners. These aspects are the following:
-The shift from low-level recall and regurgitation to deeper learning, -The shift from teacher-directed to greater student agency, -The shift from isolated-disconnected classroom work to more real-world authentic work, -Using technology in robust ways to facilitate those first three. According to what this author expresses, we as teachers need to change a lot of practices that are taking place in schools. There are still traditional traits that constrain the exploration of more innovative practices. For sure, there should be a change in terms of methodology and focus since learners deserve now a contextualization of what they will learn, a better students directed center in which they become in the central part of the schools. With this, it is also intended that learners become aware of their learning process so that they will be more independent and autonomous learners. Additionally, students will improve different aspects (emotionally and cognitively) since the tasks they will develop will be more demanding and will enable them to explore in a deep view. |
According to Terry Heick, educators have seen new technologies come and go, and many of those were considered to be innovative and potentially could revolutionize education. Although the use of audio and visual media technology has helped teachers and students reach new educational standards, the tools themselves will not solve some of the age old problems that educators have faced for a long time now. Using teaching technology and computer devices to educate our students can only be successful if there is a clear cut objective and proper guidance to the learning objective and on how to perform the educative tasks using the tech apps and computers. Technology tools like a computer are reactive, so it requires the user to move the gears to make the tool serve its purpose and achieve the lesson and content objective.