“She is one of 650 students who receive an Apple Inc laptop each day”
“compete for high scores by completing mathematical equations”
“It has no textbooks”
” ‘The dog ate my homework’ is no excuse here”
” ‘Why would we ever buy a book when we can buy a computer? Textbooks are often obsolete before they are even printed’ ”
“Computers track a range of aptitude levels, allowing teachers to tailor their teaching to their students’ weakest areas”
” ‘Our projections show that 50 percent of high school courses will be taught online by 2019. It’s about one percent right now.’ ”
“Horn expects demand for teachers to fall and virtual schools to boost achievement in a U.S. education system…”
” ‘You deliver education at lower cost, … a teacher can spend with each student because they are no longer delivering one-size-fits-all lesson plans’ ”
exciting development i would say but ‘demand for teachers’ doesnt sound too good though i dont really agree with that 😛 how will the school (in today’s definition) become and what would be the teachers working more on, assuming the subject matters can all be first taught by software?
check out the full article “Technology reshapes America’s classrooms“.
CHIN6292 文化语言学课上分享
今天非常感谢老师和同学们忍受一上午的疲劳轰炸，希望我介绍的内容有助于大家的思考才好。由于时间有限，我们无法展开讨论，但是我很感兴趣知道大家对于设立《文化桥这样一个网站的看法，尤其是你们认为它对于无论是“通过文化教语言”或是“通过语言教文化”的目标有帮助吗？欢迎大家留言交流 (点击上边的“Comments”即可)，或是通过电邮也行。我的电邮地址是 yh2.com /at/ gmail点com （/at/=’@’, 点=’.’）
《文化桥》的网站相信大家已经抄下了，即
CultureBridge.SG。早上所用的简报内容的PDF版本可在此下载。
早上占用了大家那么多的时间，在这里要再次向大家道个歉，我们下周课上再见吧。期盼见到你们的“Comments”或电邮。谢谢！
Motivation and language learning
will be presenting on the above in about 13hrs’ time in class. here’s the PDF version of the slides that i’ll be using.
（预祝）各位同学大家好！感谢您找到这里来。这便是我课上分享时所用的简报[PDF版]/[PPT版]，欢迎下载。很高兴认识大家，还望今后有机会保持联系，今天课堂上没把你们闷着了才好 :O
哦对了，顺便和您分享这网页，要更加了解我们的刘老师的话，必看！ 😉 and i just realised that we shared a common interest, i.e. “Educational Technologies”. it’s a pity we did not get to discuss much about it during our coursework. should find a chance to read the many articles he had published on the matter 🙂
谢谢，再会！ ^_^
[updated 1719hr] [updated 1719hr] 经老师同意，这里也顺便和大家分享我课上分享内容的“原版”，写得不好请大家不要见笑。对于内容有什么想法欢迎提问讨论，让我们一起学习吧 🙂
[updated 2359hr]有同学对我的HP Compaq TC1100的来历很感兴趣，只能说一句“往事只能回味吧”，呵呵！
J. Bruner’s Quotes on Education
was preparing my slides for the upcoming presentation on wednesday on ‘motivation in language learning’ and was very lucky to chance upon this page via google search, a list of Bruner’s thoughts painstakingly put together by Dr Donna Woolard of Campbell University. this list is divided into the following sections:
- Intuition
- Cognition
- Curriculum
- Assessment
- Culture
- Meaning
- The Product of Education
- Pedagogy
- Motivation
- Technology
- Reform
- Structure
- Transfer of Learning
- Learner Needs and Abilities
with quotes from
- Bruner, J. (1960). The Process of Education. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. (1966). The Culture of Education.
- Bruner, J. (1973). The Relevance of Education.
- Bruner, J. (1974). Toward a Theory of Instruction.
- Bruner, J. (1996). The Culture of Education. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
thank you Dr Woolard for sharing the list 🙂
A Vision of Students Today – a video
First came across this from Wesley Fryer’s post, this video was produced by a working group of Kansas State University students and faculty dedicated to exploring and extending the possibilities of digital ethnography led by Asst Prof Michael Wesch.
This video calls for us teachers to reflect upon what our students are learning/doing in class when we are ‘teaching n preparing them for tomorrow’. Enjoy n reflect 🙂
[updated 20071019] found an alternate link to the same video here.