As I sit and reflect after reading the final chapter of Alan November’s Digital Learning Farm, one thing comes to mind: paradigm shift. November gives a lot examples of teachers using forms of technology to reshape their classrooms, but really what is happening is that teachers are shifting from a traditional approach to a new hands…
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Harnessing the Power of the “Share Button”
I believe the power and significance of the student as a Global Communicator and Collaborator is summed up in the following quote; “Everyday I have to decide if I will write for my teachers or publish to the world” Eighth grader talking about whether she will do her homework, or continue her work as a…
Who Owns the Learning? Chapter 2: The Student as Tutorial Designer -How Do We Show the Value?
Students, in my experience always want to help each other, so it is no surprise that instead of making it a problem that classes always want to casually discuss concepts and ideas presented to them, that instead it should be made into an opportunity for improving student learning. Currently, in my classroom students are always allowed to discuss and help each…
A Reflection on Alan November’s “Who Owns the Learning?”
Alan November welcomes the reader the to the Digital Learning Farm by quoting Daniel Pink‘s book Drive. Pink points out that predictors of high quality work are when individuals experience autonomy, mastery, and purpose. November then wonders how well our traditional education model allows for these three elements. Essentially in my mind it doesn’t. November points out…
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