I am attending a workshop on teaching with emerging technologies at Nobles in Dedham, MA. This has been a useful workshop. At its core, the workshop is placing the dissemination of information above the use of technology. Technology becomes the conduit for the spread of information.
Alan November gave a very good presentation on how to promote critical thinking, global communication skills, and self directed learning. He discussed the importance of incorporating simple and free technologies that will enable the students to become complete learners. Some of theses free tools include:
Skype – a tool for communication
ePals – to be connected to classrooms around the world
podcasts
blogs
More to come as the day progresses.
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