Learning......
Developed economies and societies are increasingly built on the ICT competence of workers and citizens. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians states that ‘In this digital age, young people need to be highly skilled in the use of ICT’ (MCEETYA 2008, p.5), and, while schools already employ technologies in learning, they ‘need to increase their effectiveness significantly’ over the next decade. To be successful learners at school and beyond, students need to become ‘creative and productive users of technology’ (MCEETYA 2008, p.8), equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to use ICT in contemporary learning and living.
In the 21st century classroom students have access to rich information and global communication where teachers support, facilitate,encourage, and collaborate with their students. All imply an effort to connect learners to the world they are learning about. Part of our job description requires us to be learners ourselves. Life-long learners. That’s why we need convenient and unfettered access to new and emerging technologies, as well as opportunities to gain and develop skills not only to operate these tools, but also to shape and even invent networks of learning.
In the 21st century classroom students have access to rich information and global communication where teachers support, facilitate,encourage, and collaborate with their students. All imply an effort to connect learners to the world they are learning about. Part of our job description requires us to be learners ourselves. Life-long learners. That’s why we need convenient and unfettered access to new and emerging technologies, as well as opportunities to gain and develop skills not only to operate these tools, but also to shape and even invent networks of learning.
Contemporary Learning from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. |
Learning is personalised, active and interactive. It is enabled through learning environments that enhance teachers’ pedagogical capacity and enable students to achieve beyond what has been previously possible. These environments provide seamless access to virtual, electronic and physical tools and resources. Information and communication technologies transform the way students think and learn as they support risk-taking and knowledge sharing. These technologies are fast and automated, and interactive and multimodal, and allow students to control how and when they learn. Specific requirements change according to the needs of individuals to find solutions to problems or to construct and communicate their learning.
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In our Australian Curriculum the general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will assist students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century- essential skills for twenty-first century learners
Changes.....and enablers
This site aims to look at a range of resources to empower learning through the use of ICTs.
Web 2.0 is seen as the "new web" as it provides many tools that have changed how we interact with each other. Web 2.o has allowed opportunities for all to create and respond on the web without knowing HTML codes. Web 2.0 tools are social in nature and promote self expression. The advent of Web 2.0 encourages COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY, CONNECTNESS and HIGH PRODUCTIVITY.
The shift to Web 2.0 has had a profound impact on our lives, therefore education must engage their 21st century learners by using these tools in learning and teaching. It also provides a paradigm shift in learning as they encourage more that information delivery- they involve engaging learners where the online environment they participate in provides a stage, purpose and audience for their learning. It also is a powerful medium for reflection and feedback.
Web 2.0 is seen as the "new web" as it provides many tools that have changed how we interact with each other. Web 2.o has allowed opportunities for all to create and respond on the web without knowing HTML codes. Web 2.0 tools are social in nature and promote self expression. The advent of Web 2.0 encourages COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY, CONNECTNESS and HIGH PRODUCTIVITY.
The shift to Web 2.0 has had a profound impact on our lives, therefore education must engage their 21st century learners by using these tools in learning and teaching. It also provides a paradigm shift in learning as they encourage more that information delivery- they involve engaging learners where the online environment they participate in provides a stage, purpose and audience for their learning. It also is a powerful medium for reflection and feedback.
Design ThinkingMaking learning visible, authentic and personalised. According to Ewan McIntosh, educators can strive towards
engaging, exciting and dynamic learning environments for our school communities
by incorporating Design Thinking into the practice of education.The reasons we want to learn, according to research curated by Guy Claxton, and borne out through our own favourite moments of learning, are to have:
The design thinking process works well to internalise this ethos of learning. Immersion is about creating huge choice, synthesis is about beginning to make choices and narrow that research, ideation is a challenging, collaborative effort which demands respect from the team as there's no such thing as a 'wrong' idea until you prototype it and test it and review how you could make it better. Design Thinking and the National Curriculum Increasingly, in a world where knowledge itself is constantly growing and evolving, students need to develop a set of skills, behaviours and dispositions, or general capabilities that apply across discipline content and equip them to be lifelong learners able to operate with confidence in a complex, information-rich, globalised world. The goals of the Melbourne Declaration and the above statement found within the Australian Curriculum, provide a call to action and the path through which change might be achieved. For many educators, reflective and transformative practice is not a new thing; they strive daily to engage and support student learning. Some school projects who are using Design Thinking: |
Design Thinking Brisbane from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. Immersion
Immersion from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. Synthesis
Synthesis from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. Ideation
Ideation from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. Prototyping
Prototyping from Danielle Carter on Vimeo. |