I strongly recommend reading this blog post by Christine Brockmeyer on her personal (non) experiences with computers in education. Dat Erliefniss mam Computer am “Communication visuelle” Kuer wat d’Christine eis héi beschréift, weisst ganz schein, dass de fait de Computer als creation tool anzesetzen direkt, quasi automatesch och eng aaner…
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Teaching & Learning
Using a Visual Metaphor to Illustrate the BScE1 Internship
I’ve been thinking about using a set of visually rich illustrations to graphically represent a metaphor of the requirements we ask our BScE1 students to fulfill (BScE1 = 1 Semester of the Bachelor in Educational Sciences study program). We actually want them to develop into “reflective practitioners” combining two different…
Joining ‘The Future of Education’ network
I’ve stumbled upon a website called ‘The Future of Education: Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World’. While reading the description — “This community is devoted to providing an opportunity for those who care about education to share their voices and ideas with others. It’s a…
Educational Origami: Integration of ICT into the classroom
Educational Origami is a blog, and a wiki, about the integration of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that we face as teachers. It’s about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Modèles d’Alternance
I’ve discovered yesterday that there is a scientific theory (and a name) for my own private conception of academic/professional training… Vanhulle, Merhan & Ronveaux (2007) have described 4 different models of academic training program that also aim at the development of professional competencies… which they call “modèles d’alternance”, since students switch…
ISTE | Learning & Leading with Technology
ISTE’s membership magazine, Learning & Leading with Technology, is one of our best! Learning and Leading is more than just the name of the magazine—the simple phrase encapsulates ISTE’s philosophy that technology is essential to school transformation and future opportunities for the 21st-century learners around the globe. via iste.org This…
Humans prefer cockiness to expertise – life – 10 June 2009 – New Scientist
via newscientist.com “Moore argues that in competitive situations, this can drive those offering advice to increasingly exaggerate how sure they are. And it spells bad news for scientists who try to be honest about gaps in their knowledge.” (Aldhous, 2009, para. 2) Maybe this explains why pre-service teachers and educational…
Book Review: “Lernen: Ein pädagogischer Grundbegriff” by Michael Göhlich & Jörg Zirfas
I’ve started to read “Lernen: Ein pädagogischer Grundbegriff” by Michael Göhlich & Jörg Zirfas a week ago. It has been recommanded to me by Pierre Fixmer (lecturer @ uni.lu) and will be one of the books we’ll use for our seminar in the Bachelor in Educational Sciences programme “Exploring Perspectives…
Book Review: “The Good Teacher: Dominant discourses in teaching and teacher education” by Alex Moore
I’ve just received this book on the “good teacher question” from Amazon. I’m trying to deepen my knowledge about this strain of research, because I want to provide my tutees (students of the bachelor in educational sciences) with better guidance on their own way to “becoming a teacher”. I particularly…
Book Review: “Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators” by AACTE
I’ve recently “discovered” the TPCK model, by browsing the iTunesU catalogue and falling over Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s video podcast called “As We May Teach” (see: http://www.hippasus.com/). I was totally unaware of the theoretical and empirical work done in the field of TPCK, so far and so I was very happy…