Reflections on Distance Technologies

Positive Reflections

•        http://passionforlearningandteaching.blogspot.ca/

Parent Tech Night was a great blog. Parents joined and learned how to use technology in innovative ways to enhance their child’s literacy program. They had an opportunity to learn from their child and see how tech allows for the creation of new tasks previously unimaginable. This hands-on networking session, showed parents how the apps that the teacher used to promote creativity, opportunities for differentiated learning, personalized learning and collaboration with the world. Parents had an opportunity to discovered how throughout the day, technology is embedded in their child’s learning in a meaningful way.

Kinder Twitter Night was a success too! Kindergarten parents and children were invited to join in to learn all about one of the most popular social media on the planet: Twitter! Their child shared with them how they use Twitter in the classroom and also helped them set up a Twitter account.

•        http://edupln.ning.com/video/teaching-in-the-21st-century

 This is a wonderful presentation. It really helps teachers get their head around the 21st century concept.

This hits many of the challenges we are facing as we move toward and the changes due in teaching.

 

            •        http://www.edutopia.org/reinvent-assessment-21st-century

The 21 century technology in the classroom; I believe that students beneficiate a lot of a lesson that used technology as a tool of learning. We need to prepare them to go to a 21 century world that operates everything with technology and changes very quickly. Mixing the curriculum, time, and technology is the challenge. It is very interesting to have projects that include picture taking, videos, mp3, and research. All these activities need more time and it is hard to finish some of the requirements in a school year as it is. I believe that the assessments need to be change but until then we can start with little steps.

•        http://www.21things4teachers.net/index.html

Building educator skills will help students upgrade their own skills through modeling, and the inclusion of technology helps brings learning to a global level as it builds 21st century learners.

Everyone plays a role in online learning, and the successful launch of an online experience involves being knowledgeable about all aspects of online learning.

•        http://teacherofthe21stcentury.blogspot.com/

Problem solving is definitely a 21st century skill and allowing our students to struggle a little when trying to figure something out is okay (this isn't only true of technology, but anything).

When technology fails encourage your students to figure it out on their own and allow them to fail.

 

            ·         http://teaching21c.blogspot.com/

I enjoyed the being creative with your photos. Whether you and your students are into scrapbooking or digital storytelling or just having fun with photos and video and audio, that application is worth investigating.