3. Digital divides who are growing up “The people to be worried about are those in a digital age but who are not learning these sophisticated information gathering and information-processing skills, or creating things of their own based on what they learn and sharing it with others.” Palfrey, J. and Gasser, U., p. 241 (New York, 2008) http://dakinane.com
4. The Ministry have been working on this e-learning thing for a while “Teachers can transform their teaching role through the deliberate and considered use of ICT.” p. 10 “E-learning can contribute directly to the development of all these competencies and increasingly these competencies are applied in ICT rich contexts for all students.” p. 8 “It will require a culture of continuous enquiry, innovation and improvement, risk taking and entrepreneurship.” Steve Maharey, Minister of Education. p. 3 Ministry of Education, 2006 http://dakinane.com
5. “…(ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live.” p. 36 “Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.” p. 36 Key Competencies: Thinking Using language, symbols and texts Managing self Relating to others Participating and contributing http://dakinane.com
6. And the official word from the current Minister of Education is… “Hiding from, or ignoring e-learning is not an option.” “It is time for schools to be seen as ICT leaders and to encourage innovation and development.” Anne Tolley’s speech to delegates at Ulearn09 7 October 2009
7. Social studies Health Te Reo Literacy Numeracy Science Tech Art Phys Ed The problem with the way it has always been… ICT http://dakinane.com
8. ICT/e-learning Social studies Health Te Reo Literacy Numeracy Science Tech Art Phys Ed The true status of e-learning http://dakinane.com
9. So what could e-learning look like in your class? 90 tools in 90 minutes…. Wikispace Photo sharing Micro blogging Blog Aggregating information Video sharing And then there is: Vocaroo Wall wisher Glogster Voicethread Wordle Sketch up Tutpup OpenSim Google Earth/Maps/Streets/Wave Etc… MOE DLOs, Te Ara, Digistore and EPIC http://dakinane.com
23. Innovation, risk taking, entrepreneurship The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao Tzu Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone.Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.Tim McMahon http://dakinane.com
