Assignment 1 - Part B
Lisa Brady - Leadership: Fear Based or Future Focused
The Brainwaves Video Anthology. "Lisa Brady - Leadership: Fear Based or Future Focused?" YouTube, 16 Mar. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=d7ByNU07CCA. Accessed 18 Jan. 2019.
This is a short video clip from Lisa Brady where she outlines her focus on the importance of advancing digital literacy in the realm of education. At the time of this recording she was a superintendent and so she offers a uniquely top-down perspective for the opportunities and the responsibility of educators to know, use, and instruct through a technology framework. I found this clip to be a personal challenge to me as an educator. The way I learned at school is different from how students today are learning and will learn in the future. Lisa Brady frames tech and digital knowhow as a responsibility for teachers, not as a choice or something you do once so it is covered and then don’t revisit for the rest of the year. While I may not agree that technology should be the sole focus of learning programs and their delivery, Brady did state that refusing to demonstrate leadership in the use of digital tools does students a disservice and I believe that will inform some of my own learning in the future.
Bradley Emerling - Lessons Learned from a Chalkboard: Slow and Steady Technology Integration
Emerling, Bradley. "Lessons Learned from a Chalkboard: Slow and Steady Technology Integration (Bradley Emerling)." Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice, 25 Apr. 2015, www.larrycuban.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/lessons-learned-from-a-chalkboard-slow-and-steady-technology-integration-bradley-emerling/. Accessed 17 Jan. 2019.
This article written by Emerling compares and contrasts US and Japanese schools and their use of technology. It highlights an interesting and valuable point for all educators and decision makers to consider when implementing new technologies, “what purpose does it serve?” I appreciated the window into Japan’s approach to teaching, learning, and new tool integration. There is a clinical evaluation of the pros and cons and a real consideration of the above question before implementation. I have seen and experienced a different approach, which is to offload a considerable amount of new tech onto schools with no definite plan for use, only to see them all sit and get dusty. I have included this article because it has helped prove a model for slow, but effective tech integration versus an “everything new now” approach, which I hope to explore in more detail.
MIC - Creating the Learning Environment of the Future
Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). (n.d.). Creating the Learning Environment of the Future. Retrieved from
http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000299868.pdf
This document is both a report and a promotional brochure for the integration of specific technologies in Japanese schools. It details the culmination of research, implementation, results, and public perception around the use of these tools. The document has an engaging layout and offers genuine questions and concerns around ICT as well as links that offer examples of programs that have experienced success. I plan to explore a few of the links in more detail, but the document itself could be a useful template for staging new developments in programs at my school.
Lis Zacho - Raising a Digitally Literate Generation
TEDx Talks. "Raising a Digitally Literate Generation | Lis Zacho | TEDxCopenhagen." YouTube, 10 May 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKYO5ZAzelA. Accessed 19 Jan. 2019.
Lis Zacho is a math teacher and, at the time of the filming, a student of IT didactic design. Her presentation makes a number of important points when considering digital literacy for children and digital literacy in the education system. She made a few points that really impacted me and will be the focus of some of my further explorations. The first was that students need to become digital creators, not just digital consumers. This is a significant point as very few students and probably adults, myself included know how a computer really works, where the internet comes from, how apps work, etc. These are important concepts in being literate by today’s standards. Another important point is the responsibility of building those literacy skills at school, because it levels the playing field for those who don’t have the same access to technology at home. She also makes the point that digital literacy has become as important in instruction as reading and math. This is something I would like to explore further as I think it’s something most of us would agree on, but it’s very patchy when it comes to implementing it at a school and district level.
Lisa Brady - Leadership: Fear Based or Future Focused
The Brainwaves Video Anthology. "Lisa Brady - Leadership: Fear Based or Future Focused?" YouTube, 16 Mar. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=d7ByNU07CCA. Accessed 18 Jan. 2019.
This is a short video clip from Lisa Brady where she outlines her focus on the importance of advancing digital literacy in the realm of education. At the time of this recording she was a superintendent and so she offers a uniquely top-down perspective for the opportunities and the responsibility of educators to know, use, and instruct through a technology framework. I found this clip to be a personal challenge to me as an educator. The way I learned at school is different from how students today are learning and will learn in the future. Lisa Brady frames tech and digital knowhow as a responsibility for teachers, not as a choice or something you do once so it is covered and then don’t revisit for the rest of the year. While I may not agree that technology should be the sole focus of learning programs and their delivery, Brady did state that refusing to demonstrate leadership in the use of digital tools does students a disservice and I believe that will inform some of my own learning in the future.
Bradley Emerling - Lessons Learned from a Chalkboard: Slow and Steady Technology Integration
Emerling, Bradley. "Lessons Learned from a Chalkboard: Slow and Steady Technology Integration (Bradley Emerling)." Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice, 25 Apr. 2015, www.larrycuban.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/lessons-learned-from-a-chalkboard-slow-and-steady-technology-integration-bradley-emerling/. Accessed 17 Jan. 2019.
This article written by Emerling compares and contrasts US and Japanese schools and their use of technology. It highlights an interesting and valuable point for all educators and decision makers to consider when implementing new technologies, “what purpose does it serve?” I appreciated the window into Japan’s approach to teaching, learning, and new tool integration. There is a clinical evaluation of the pros and cons and a real consideration of the above question before implementation. I have seen and experienced a different approach, which is to offload a considerable amount of new tech onto schools with no definite plan for use, only to see them all sit and get dusty. I have included this article because it has helped prove a model for slow, but effective tech integration versus an “everything new now” approach, which I hope to explore in more detail.
MIC - Creating the Learning Environment of the Future
Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). (n.d.). Creating the Learning Environment of the Future. Retrieved from
http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000299868.pdf
This document is both a report and a promotional brochure for the integration of specific technologies in Japanese schools. It details the culmination of research, implementation, results, and public perception around the use of these tools. The document has an engaging layout and offers genuine questions and concerns around ICT as well as links that offer examples of programs that have experienced success. I plan to explore a few of the links in more detail, but the document itself could be a useful template for staging new developments in programs at my school.
Lis Zacho - Raising a Digitally Literate Generation
TEDx Talks. "Raising a Digitally Literate Generation | Lis Zacho | TEDxCopenhagen." YouTube, 10 May 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKYO5ZAzelA. Accessed 19 Jan. 2019.
Lis Zacho is a math teacher and, at the time of the filming, a student of IT didactic design. Her presentation makes a number of important points when considering digital literacy for children and digital literacy in the education system. She made a few points that really impacted me and will be the focus of some of my further explorations. The first was that students need to become digital creators, not just digital consumers. This is a significant point as very few students and probably adults, myself included know how a computer really works, where the internet comes from, how apps work, etc. These are important concepts in being literate by today’s standards. Another important point is the responsibility of building those literacy skills at school, because it levels the playing field for those who don’t have the same access to technology at home. She also makes the point that digital literacy has become as important in instruction as reading and math. This is something I would like to explore further as I think it’s something most of us would agree on, but it’s very patchy when it comes to implementing it at a school and district level.
You have curated, linked and annotated a good list of resources to help you with your inquiry going forward. There is also good variety in your sources (articles, videos, blogs). I appreciate the narrative structure of your annotations as it demonstrates your thinking and learning. You may want to start and end your blog post with some narrative. It helps your reader understand where you are in your learning journey.
ReplyDeleteMany ways to learn, but is tech the only avenue? What are the Japanese concerned about? That would be interesting to bring those concerns into your discussion because I have a lot of concerns, I don't believe techno-ed is the only answer.... Cheers
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