More on digital literacies…..

(Ahem. Not moron).
Here is Andrew Churches wiki educational origami, outlining traditional and digital approaches to teaching literacy (see previous post). The wiki is GREAT! He has listed digital alternatives for traditional literacy practice. Love it!!! All the links are there for you to investigate….. Try his blog as well. Did I mention his Bloom’s taxonomy [...]

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The place of technology in learning

Bloom’s Taxonomy is used regularly by many teachers to extend their student’s thinking through engagement in stimulating learning tasks. This diagram of the revised taxonomy from Andrew Churches webpage, identifies key verbs associated with learning at each skill level.
More importantly, Andrew links new technologies with digital literacies in each level of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy. [...]

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Supporting young learner’s cultural identity

Many teachers and schools I work with, are fortunate to have children and families in their community, who have English as an additional language. Sometimes, these children are regarded as “deficit” because they don’t have the same language, beliefs, values or understandings that English language speakers have. I am always conscious of the importance in [...]

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Future learning

This presentation by Dean Groom, a teacher in NSW, has been doing the rounds of a few educational blogs lately. It has really struck a chord with me. It contains a powerful message that we need to consider if we are to really meet the demands of 21st century learning (I don’t know why, but [...]

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