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CASLT 2012 - AGM and Networking Day
Friday, September 28, 2012
 
FORUM sur les médias sociaux dans la classe/ FORUM- Social media in the classroom
 
Reference article : http://www.ryanbretag.com/blog/?p=3308
 
À VOTRE TABLE, CHOISIR 2 QUESTIONS AFIN D'EN DISCUTER. SVP LAISSER ICI DES TRACES DE VOS DISCUSSIONS.
 
 
AT YOUR TABLE, SELECT ANY 2 QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS. PLEASE USE THIS SPACE TO RECORD.
 
Questions
  • What is really causing the distraction?
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  • boring material
  • mind-numbingrepetition 
  • inconsistency and poor connections with tools and wires.....therefore we give up
  • bandwidth issues leads to distraction and frustration
  • lack of interactivity
  • Are the teachers the ones who are distracted? By students who are multitasking....bei devils advocate here
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  • Irrelevant content and poor pedagogy
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  • the number of options out there and trying to figure out the ones that work best for our teaching style and our learners. 
 
  • How will you engage your students? How will we create environments where students can get into their flow
  • Communication with a goal
  • Supporting them in the use oftheir tools 
  • Creating meaningful experiences
  • Teacher must be well prepared for the task
  • let them experiment.....do not worry that teacher is not as techie as kids....all fine
  • let them connect to like-minded peers
  • let them connect to infulential, positive role models
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  • How do we shift the focus of learning from object to process?
  • Collaboration 
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  • How do we best leverage these devices for learning independently and interdependently?
 
  • How do we redefine cheating in a collaborative culture?
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  • if assessment is about reproducing facts, then students will cheat....if the tasks are real, communicative and personLized how can they cheat
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  • Cheating is then only
 
  • When are the devices needed and when are they not needed?
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  • Are they ever "needed"??? Depends on your worldview and perspective....do kids think they are needed?
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  • Text to world connections
  • When they facilitate learning 
  • When they add something positive to the learning environment.
  • When to open minds instead of closing them.
 
  • How do we rethink the curriculum, instruction, and assessment when the sum of human knowledge is in front of them?
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  • It's not just about accessing the information; it's about how to search for information that is relevant and how to filter the barrage of information that is out there. 
  • The curriculum and instruction needs to be focused on giving students the tools to navigate - there is a terrible tendancy to go directly to wikipedia! We need to think about how to direct learners to on-line resources that will broaden their horizens and not simply overwhelme them with information. 
 
  • How do we shift our mindset to Connected Learning: interest-driven, networked-minded, and production focused?
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  • We need to find effective ways to motivate learners to go beyond their facebook and x-box world in order to use technology as a learning tool. For many young people technology equates entertainment. I think the role of schools is to educate students in the other forms of technology available to them. We have to stop assuming that this generation is techno-savvy. They might be able to operate a few devices, but they really don't have a sense of the educational power of technology. 
 
  • What do we want students to know (content knowledge), do (skills), think (habits of mind), and be (experiences & dispositions)?
 
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