New Learning, Not Necessarily Better

Ben & Me, recorded in Poway with great interest in the process if not this product.

Practice iMovie

Learning to create & post videos. Preparing for school use.

SDCUE Annual Technology Fair 2008 - Keynote

Notes from Saturday's Tech Fair in El Cajon

Bruce Wilcox

• 1:1 Learning = teacher:student; facilitated/necessitated by technology
• Schools pay too much for technology that is not custom designed for educational purposes and has a short life because of how used (think of students handling their materials).
• Schools should be purchasing custom-designed devices, not business standards.
• Technology promotes student-created content and many educational applications.
• Cell phone pre-eminence.
  

My thoughts

• Online connection ties direction to outcome, keeps students more engaged.
• As teacher librarians are perceived as less necessary for direct instruction, so do teachers become "obsolete".
  
• We have to incorporate the environmental impacts of increased technological devices into future design & implementation.
  
• Where is intellectual property and privacy protection?
• What about personal learning styles? I don't see all students effectively learning from workstations and/or cell phones.
• I'm seeing more examples of technology changing learning than just providing another format for existing educational practices.