What can you see on the horizonWhat can you see on the horizon……?? how long? how long? Text links to 07624804638Text links to 07624804638

Old Learning.. New ToolsOld Learning.. New Tools

Dorset ICTISDorset ICTISApril 17th Hamworthy .2008April 17th Hamworthy .2008

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How do you like your..How do you like your..

Toast & directions

Learners are different

Key points explained soon

Write in pen or pencil

Follow Map with finger

Yes this is a

Thursday

We will have some fun exploring

Trace round your phone on back the bingo

There will be a talking sheep soon and chainsaw

Left..don’t care

right..bothered

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The sensory matrix The sensory matrix for content & activityfor content & activity

see

hear

feel

touch

Bermudatriangle

4 cylinder learning eg a field trip

The whole enchilada

solvitur ambulando

docendo

discitur

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Questions in future 1

Answers in the past learn

thanx4a4?

Nelson?

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The difference engine rides againwhen the digital revolution finally came upon us we missed some of its impact at first. We thought computers when we should have thought tools and activities.

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Success came not just from the large hardware investment but from the small ubiquitous device and the locus of control was close to the teacher and the learner. Formal ed a mayfly moment.. Locus of control near the learner

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.....for it came..... not just from the desktop PC but the MP3 player

..not just from the laptop but also from the PDA.

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Issues for future includeIssues for future include Keep Learning Active & provide Keep Learning Active & provide

feedbackfeedback Work on the Active / Passive axisWork on the Active / Passive axis Trust yourself + bridge 2 worldsTrust yourself + bridge 2 worlds Embrace the Age of ad hocracy…Embrace the Age of ad hocracy…

ebebm? ebebm?

Get beyond the state of the Get beyond the state of the art? art? See students as authors of their See students as authors of their

own learning resourcesown learning resources Celebrate the learning curve? Celebrate the learning curve? sys?sys?

Less measure & more challenge?Less measure & more challenge? Chase the endorphins of Chase the endorphins of

enthusiasmenthusiasm Web 2 wisdoms..crosswordWeb 2 wisdoms..crossword

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should

could

Line of illusory tech promise

Wave of human capability

friction

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The active passive axisThe active passive axisof the digital nativeof the digital native

consume

produce

Very Savvy

But essentiallyPassive

consumer

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If you build it they may not come

Closed without a forwarding address or reflections on the experience as pointers to the future..we need to learn more from our mistakes

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.....S&N Subtlety and nuance.You know it when you see it..Using tools to hint and whisper Thinking about ..delight…challenge and multimodal learning oppsWe always seem to shout when we first learn a language ..paper S&N?

S&N richS&N rich S&N poorS&N poor

Lower case Lower case and careful and careful fontfont

BLOCK BLOCK CAPITALSCAPITALS

WhisperingWhispering SHOUTINGSHOUTING

Careful colour Careful colour wash/gradatiowash/gradationsns

SOLID TONESOLID TONE

Colour pencilsColour pencils FELT TIPSFELT TIPS

Range of toolsRange of tools ICT ProvisionICT Provision

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Now is a time for more Theseus less Sisyphus 2More connected learning and sharing web 2 lives

less pointless repetitive labour that takes us no further stringstone

explore

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Ebb & flow & human process

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4 file types to 4 file types to come alongside textcome alongside text

I.I. MP3MP3II.II. JPEGJPEGIII.III. AnimaAnimatted gif ed gif IV.IV. QuickTime QuickTime

Movie dog Movie dog sheep

Html …Web page .. The Html …Web page .. The carrier bag (& banda carrier bag (& banda spirit master) of our spirit master) of our times times Hypertext/GreenfieldHypertext/Greenfield

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In one second a lifetime of In one second a lifetime of learning learning

““when I grow rich say the bells of when I grow rich say the bells of Shoreditch” mediation the key Shoreditch” mediation the key nownow

Hitting the media shift keyHitting the media shift key

Learning X life = 1/7Learning X life = 1/7thth B = 1 Sec B = 1 Sec

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ICT a toICT a tool for use withol for use withlearning style modalitieslearning style modalities

Visual memory is essentially perfect butcare in feeding the greedy cortex

28,000 words a day

Newton’s kinaestheticlearning ltd.

kinaesthetic

auditory

visual

Multiple intelligence (outputs)(outputs)*inputs

tactile

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Find the birdy competition

Geocaching reward

N degrees” 52.26.468

W degrees 001 51.728

Use etrex by laptop

Clue

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Change ? slingshot or Change ? slingshot or escalator?escalator?

                                                                              

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Taking this to the Taking this to the classroomclassroom

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John DaviJohn Davittt’s bookt’s book

NewtoolsNewtools

Normally 24.99Normally 24.99

Today 10.00 just cash Today 10.00 just cash

or order on back of bingoor order on back of bingo

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johndavitt@mac.comjohndavitt@mac.com

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Useful bits of the NewTools bookUseful bits of the NewTools book

Page 40Radio station

for free

Page 16 Transformational

changeNot more but

different

Page 18Features

of useful tools

Setting up a room

Animation Resource

P 31

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Numbers gamesNumbers games

1825 parental hours*

950 school hours a year

11400 hours

In a school career

657,000 hours in 75 years*

A mayfly moment

70 times a school career

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ZoningZoning Annotated environmentsAnnotated environments Defining tools by how they can Defining tools by how they can

help learninghelp learning Not by their chip speedNot by their chip speed Here you can scanHere you can scan Record your voice here and Record your voice here and

broadcastbroadcast Value in a range of tools not Value in a range of tools not

just laptops/ whiteboardsjust laptops/ whiteboards Dim listening spacesDim listening spaces Modelling mallsModelling malls Turboteaching areasTurboteaching areas