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Johnny Cash // "All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love."
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Week One:
My values and beliefs? In a nutshell, like the incomparable Johnny Cash, I choose love. I believe if you treat people with kindness and respect, the majority of the time, the rest will follow.
ICTs for Learning Design:
I can not tell a lie. I had to google the acronym when I first looked at the course content. Of course I had a gut feeling and my gut feeling was right, but I didn't want to be the twat caught out at Res school asked in front of a room full of intelligentsia what it stood for and bumbling an answer.
Information and Communication Technologies.
I absolutely want to be a proactive teacher using ICTs to the best of my ability. As a high school student of the late 80s early 90s, I myself have the almighty 'white board' and the odd VHS video as my reference point. But as a parent, employee and participating citizen in this tech-reliant world in which we live, I believe we NEED to embrace how young people connect, how they engage, what they are interested in, if we want them to HEAR our messages.
I want to be, and I will be, my own take on a contemporary teacher and I always want to adjust; re-think; try, try, and try again, to meet the needs of the contemporary learner.
It is without doubt that the contemporary learner has far higher technical skills than previous generations. The very nature of what keeps them interested and engaged has changed.
I like Hyde's description of how today's student lives in a 'reset world''. This poses a huge challenge to teachers, because we can not simply 'reset' what needs to be taught. We can not 'reset' the curriculum. An exam can not be 'reset'. But what we can modify is the technologies we use to teach. I look forward to increasing my practical skill set, e.g how to operate a SmartBoard. I look forward to thinking outside of the 'chalk and talk' methodologies. My eyes are open and I am now seeing ICTs everywhere! The very afternoon of our first tutorial at my middle child's parent teacher interview - BAM - all about how the teacher is going on Sabatical with our Catholic Bishop and she is going to film him and post / blog while over there. And when she returns and edits it, it will undoubtedly prove a very popular resource for Catholic Education in our Diocese and probably beyond.
Idle natter going on in my head since last week:
If video killed the radio star......has YouTube killed the video star? This is more a reference for us older students. A Saturday morning watching 'Video Hits' or 'rage' is a thing of the past. It makes me realise we must keep up with what our students are engaged with. What is their pop culture? How do they get their information? How do they communicate? What technology do they use? The whole spectrum of ethics, conduct, behaviour and all the legal considerations play a huge part in what we must be aware of. This unit is going to be great!
My values and beliefs? In a nutshell, like the incomparable Johnny Cash, I choose love. I believe if you treat people with kindness and respect, the majority of the time, the rest will follow.
ICTs for Learning Design:
I can not tell a lie. I had to google the acronym when I first looked at the course content. Of course I had a gut feeling and my gut feeling was right, but I didn't want to be the twat caught out at Res school asked in front of a room full of intelligentsia what it stood for and bumbling an answer.
Information and Communication Technologies.
I absolutely want to be a proactive teacher using ICTs to the best of my ability. As a high school student of the late 80s early 90s, I myself have the almighty 'white board' and the odd VHS video as my reference point. But as a parent, employee and participating citizen in this tech-reliant world in which we live, I believe we NEED to embrace how young people connect, how they engage, what they are interested in, if we want them to HEAR our messages.
I want to be, and I will be, my own take on a contemporary teacher and I always want to adjust; re-think; try, try, and try again, to meet the needs of the contemporary learner.
It is without doubt that the contemporary learner has far higher technical skills than previous generations. The very nature of what keeps them interested and engaged has changed.
I like Hyde's description of how today's student lives in a 'reset world''. This poses a huge challenge to teachers, because we can not simply 'reset' what needs to be taught. We can not 'reset' the curriculum. An exam can not be 'reset'. But what we can modify is the technologies we use to teach. I look forward to increasing my practical skill set, e.g how to operate a SmartBoard. I look forward to thinking outside of the 'chalk and talk' methodologies. My eyes are open and I am now seeing ICTs everywhere! The very afternoon of our first tutorial at my middle child's parent teacher interview - BAM - all about how the teacher is going on Sabatical with our Catholic Bishop and she is going to film him and post / blog while over there. And when she returns and edits it, it will undoubtedly prove a very popular resource for Catholic Education in our Diocese and probably beyond.
Idle natter going on in my head since last week:
If video killed the radio star......has YouTube killed the video star? This is more a reference for us older students. A Saturday morning watching 'Video Hits' or 'rage' is a thing of the past. It makes me realise we must keep up with what our students are engaged with. What is their pop culture? How do they get their information? How do they communicate? What technology do they use? The whole spectrum of ethics, conduct, behaviour and all the legal considerations play a huge part in what we must be aware of. This unit is going to be great!