John Clare gives his alternative view of computers in education.
UPDATE:
Listen to podcast of this session below:
Archive for February, 2006
Computers in Education: An alternative view
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006The Next Three Years: Emerging National ICT Agendas
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006A round table discussion with representatives from the four nations.
Doug Brown (DfES)
Laurie O’Donnell. LTS Scotland (via Video Conference)
John Anderson, Dept of Education, Northern Ireland
Keith Davies, Wales
The discussion will centre arond the following questions:
- Do you have a personal vision of a school of the future - primary and secondary?
- Across the UK there are huge variations in the extent of centralized decision-making and the level of school autonomy. Is it possible to get the benefits of both these approaches without the disadvantages?
- Does every child in the UK have the same entitlement to a range of ICT experiences? If not, should we attempt to define and deliver such an entitlement?
- We are all anxious not to reinvent the wheel and duplicate effort, but is there a case for the production of tools and resources which have a genuine regional focus?
- In what ways is the digital divide an issue for your administrations, and how, if at all, are they addressing it?
- Is there a consensus in your country about the role of learning platforms and the professional and cultural development they will require of practitioners?
- If yes - How do you think the professional development and cultural change, which will be necessary if the potential of learning platforms is to be fulfilled, can be achieved?
- With all the interest in learning platforms – do you have a view on what they might look like for learners at different ages?
UPDATE:
The whole of this session is available to Naace members as a podcast. Log on to the Naace website and search for, “podcast” to find instructions to access the feed.
Opening Keynote: Ministerial Address & Naacemark/ICTmark Awards
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006During the opening keynote, Lord Adonis will speak via video link. Some prepared questions have been submitted by members. These follow as comments on this posting.
If you have further comments on Lord Adonis’s responses, please comment.
UPDATE:
Listen to podcast of this session below:
Around the Naace Blog community…
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006To read the latest posts from around the NaaceBlogging community, click on the ‘Latest Posts’ link on the NaaceBlogs homepage. There is also a link here on the conference blog. Interesting to see what people are blogging about.
AMAC 2006 & Naace Conference 2007
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006Even before the 2006 conference has started in Torquay, the wheels of preparation are set in motion for the 2007 conference at the Conference 2007 NaaceBlog. What a brilliant way of having input in to the contents of Naace 2007. Get over there and leave your views. The discussion has already started.
Another fine example of a conference in preparation is the All Members Autumn Conference blog. Looks like some great ideas for content but you can still put in a request or discuss the options by leaving a comment.
Naace Bloggers’ Map
Monday, February 20th, 2006If you already have a blog or have just created one at NaaceBlogs, don’t forget to add yourself to the Naace Bloggers’ Map. It will be a fun way to see how many bloggers there are around the Naace community.
Simply click on the picture and you will be transported to the map where you can add your details. Two things to remember:
- Make sure you include a link to your blog in the ‘Shoutout a message’ section.
- When entering your city, include the country. (eg Nottingham, England)
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Kerry Facer - Biography
Monday, February 13th, 2006Nesta Futurelab
Keri is Director of Learning research at Futurelab, and responsible for the lab’s R&D programme and publications. These include empirical and experimental research into all aspects of educational change, including personalisation, learner voice, mobile technologies, teacher development, computer games and the creation of new learning environments.
Tim Tarrant - Biography
Monday, February 13th, 2006TDA
Tim has worked work in the TTA, DfES and ILEA over the last 20 years. His interest in education developed from working as a systems analyst/programmer on education projects.
Peter Ford - Biography
Monday, February 13th, 2006ICT4Schools
Peter Ford has taught and managed ICT in both UK and international schools, and is now an educational consultant at ICT4Schools, an organisation he co-founded to help realise the potential of ICT in education. He is particularly interested in the opportunities provided by weblogs and other browser based techonologies.
Gilly Salmon - Biography
Monday, February 13th, 2006
University of Leicester
Gilly Salmon joined the University of Leicester in the UK in 2004 as Professor of E-learning & Learning Technologies to head the Beyond Distance Research Alliance, after 15 years with the Open University Business School. She is known for her research and practice in creating engaged and successful e-learning processes. Her research spans enabling change in Higher Education, e-learning strategy, pedagogical innovation including mobile learning, wikis and blogs.
She is known for her articles about the future for learning technologies, as an international speaker and as the author ‘E-moderating’ and ‘E-tivities’.websites :
- www.e-moderating.com,
- www.e-tivities.com,
- www.atimod.com,
- www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance
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