1)What tools can help us create a collaborative project in Nigeria?
2)How can collaboration and open-end design and production be more effective then traditional teacher-led lecture and government assigned standards?
3)What are some of the potential pitfalls of collaboration in education, social networks and business?
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Martin here just checking out how this works
Hey Martin. Is this where we reply to the articles and stuff?
I think so Kerry, although there is blog going on somewhere and we're supposed to be emailing each other our thoughts and stuff, what is your email?
Hi Guys,
I think we're supposed to be commenting here, and responding to each others comments here. I don't think we need to email.
My response to the mp3:
As a speech pathologist I'm constantly reminded that students in the traditional educational setting generally get to respond once of twice a day. In the digital age kids, "n-geners" are used to being much more interactive online than in the classroom. As prosumers they are not only consumers, but producers as well, a role rarely allowed in the traditional classroom. But at the same time, even though they are chatting online, and text messaging constantly (or maybe because of it) their literacy skills are deteriorating.
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I like the idea of this virtual classroom, that is linked with Nigeria, but don't think I'll ever see it. As long as assessment is driving instruction and all Social Studies tests are multiple choice questions and essays, you must stick to traditional forms of instruction.
Unfortunately, I tend to agree with Arnie and Pete, technology is a fun and stimulating tool, and I do think we'll see some of it with smartboards coming into our school, but there are so many factors involved. I feel at the elementary level can be more useful than at the higher levels, in high school all anybody cares about is passing the regents and getting enough credits to graduate. The kids mostly have pitiful writing skills and poor Math skills, if we can find a way to engage them with technology somehow to make these skills go up, then I'm all for it, but when it comes down to it, these skills require hard work and discipline, things that our kids don't have, I'm afraid technology might be abused by the kids to have more fun and avoid doing "real " work, please prove me wrong somebody.
I agree with Arnie 100% I think that chatting has destroyed the students ever increasing language skills, because they write the way they talk.
Sorry Martin, our students need to have basics and be able to sit in traditional classrooms. I like the "think outside of the box" classroom that Andy showed us last week.
Antoher problem is that technology is changing soo fast, there is too much red tape for public ed to keep up with it. $$
Kerry, I would love a virtual classroom. However, as long as the assessment is driving the instruction I can't see how that will benefit the kids. We want are kids to think outside the box, when that kind of thinking isn't rewarded.
I'm a big fan of mass collaboration and consensual reality and futuristic mass communication. I love the idea of connecting with people who share a common interest or vision and then working together to make or create something. My hope is that with the incredible advances made in my life time regarding communication we will now be able to make similar advances in life sciences and world engineering. Communication is the key, it comes first, once we can find the people we need to do the things that need doing...half the doing is done. (posted by Patrick)
I have to agree with everyone here Andy. Brian Restivo
Andy, I responded to this in the previous section. Sorry, Christine
Maureen 1) I think that the tools to create a collaborative project say w/ Nigeria or anywhere else are there - but it's the money to support the technology and the technical know-how (and that's not me), but perhaps the next generation of teachers. 2) It's like the MP3 said - students are used to fast paced interactivity with everything they do. If you can incoroporate that into the classroom it would be very engaging and a homerun. 3) On the down side - you know, sometimes you just have to sit that butt down in that chair - not only in school, but in the workplace. And you have to learn to learn without all the fireworks.
I agree with the need to alter the way we are teaching students today an make it more engaging through social interactivity. The hard part is setting these things up on a broad scale. They can develop strong language skills through the use of email, video conference, etc. but they need to see examples of why it is important to communicate clearly.
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