Digital Education Revolution Presented by Dr. Craig Blewett of Activated Classroom, at Digitize Africa 2017

1. DIGITAL EDUCATION
REVOLUTION
Presented by Dr. Craig Blewett,
Activated Classroom

2. Digital
Education
DR CRAIG BLEWETT – UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL
www.activatedclassroom.co
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3. Pedasomnog
yAlso known as the Eutychus effect, is a devastating
condition characterized by daydreaming, blurred vision,
delayed physical and mental response, and lethargy.
Acute cases may result in somnolence or sleep.

4. UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, ITALY, MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY

5. 2005, ST PETERS, ROME

6. 2013, ST PETERS, ROME

7. DIGITIZING THE CLASSROOM

8. WWW
TEACHERNOLOGY.COM

9. WWW
TEACHERNOLOGY.COM

12. THE DIGITIZE EDUCATION
RESULT?

14. WHAT’S GOING
WORNG…WROGN...WRONG?

16. Great Teacher
Teaching Success Formula
+ Great Technology = Great Teaching
Great Teacher + Great Technology = Great Teaching+ Pedagogy

17. "The literature on how to do this stuff is a giant mountain of goo.
I can tell people they need to teach better.
But if I don't give them things that are easy for them to implement,
they won't do it.”
Prof. Dan Schwartz - Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Education

18. The First and Most
Cohesive Digital
Teaching
Approach

19. Educational Technology Assessment (ETA) Model
Learningpassiveactive
Contentconsumption production
PASSIVE-CONSU
MER
ACTIVE-CONSUME
R
PASSIVE-PRODUCER
ACTIVE-
PRODUCER
VIDEOS
EBOOKS
GAMES
APPS
S/NETS
SMARTBOARDS
(c)Copyright,ACTIVATEDCLASSROOM.COM

20. Activated Classroom Teaching Approach
Blending critical thinking skills & modern learning approaches

21. Pedagogy…then Technology

22. The ImpACT?

23. “Double the amount a student learns”
(Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman - Standford)
Massive ImpACT!
Pass Rate Impact

24. Massive ImpACT!
More than 200% improvement on memory
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2
3.
5
Memory Impact

25. Massive ImpACT!
Student Impact

26. ND
NOW?

30. Don’t be fooled…it can be very epensive!

32. • Myth 1 – Training teachers how to use technology will result in
better teaching
• Myth 2 – We need to use technology to make our teaching more
efficient
• Myth 3 – Edtech vendors can provide us with the tools and
guidance we need
3 EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY MYTHS

33. HOLD ON, WE’RE COMING
EdTech
Hit or
Miss

34. PEDAGOGY
TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT PEDAGOGY IS AS DANGEROUS,
AS A TRAIN WITHOUT TRACKS

35. From 20,000 teachers in the USA
to the top 100 schools in the world
–
SA is going to lead the way!

36. THINK BIG - SA Digital Education Leads the World!
WWW.ACTIVATEDCLASSROOM.COM
craig@activatedclassroom.co
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