A few evenings ago, I had the opportunity to join some of my vice-principal colleagues for a book club dinner. I value their friendship, camaraderie, support and humour. Our conversation eventually turned to 21st century learning (not surprising as that was the title of the book we were discussing). As we were dissecting changes, or lack thereof, to pedagogy, I commented: "I should show you the old video of my biology class someday." Based on my age, this sparked some hilarious comments, such as "Is it a filmstrip?" See above comment re: valuing humour.
So, after a bit of digging and reformatting here is the link to the video. This excerpt is from the Linton Professional Development title "The Technology-Infused Classroom" and is used with their permission.
Link to video
Wish I still had that much hair. :)
Great to see you blogging Dean!
ReplyDeleteAs shown in the video, the technology allows the learner different ways to access and connect with their learning. The technology also allows the teacher to act as a facilitator, who is able to assess the needs of the learners and provide the necessary support. 21st century for sure!
PS great hair :)
Hey Dean - the topic is great and one that is timely for us at BCIT and specifically the Health Education programs. Programs such as Nursing, Radiography and Medical Laboratory have increasing challenges to access effective clinical time in the health system. This is due to restricted budgets and increasing workloads. Therefore we are aggressively exploring the use of simulated environments to augment the clinical experience. Technology includes; human sim dolls, 3D virtual environments of equipment and second life type applications, to name a few. Prelim research suggests student performance is improved with having the simulation component and our goal is to now reduce the clinical time - a topic of hot debate among faculty.
ReplyDeleteHi Bill,
DeleteAs requested, here's your long awaited reply. It sounds as if the post secondary institutions in general and yours in particular are far ahead of K - 12 schools in the implementation of technology as a tool for learning. Many classrooms in my school now have LCD projectors. Unfortunately, while LCD projectors and interactive white boards are useful teaching tools, they are promoting a movement to even more teacher-centered instruction than was done in the past. Technology integration is optimized when the technology moves from the teachers desk into the hands of the students; directly supporting their collective and/or individual learning needs.