Give me one good reason...

One Good Reason 

A school's role is to prepare our students for their future. We are charged with this without a full comprehension of what the future will hold. We see this initiative as preparing students for a future where technology and creative thinking will be at the forefront of society. Our teachers are learning how to harness the power of technology to build creativity in our students, engaging them in self-regulated lifelong learning.

Research shows educational benefits of one to one devices are:

▪ They give students access to anywhere, anytime learning.

▪ They enable students to learn independently, collaborate with peers and communicate their understandings using rich media.

▪ They complement the existing school curriculum by providing digital learning tools that link with planned classroom activities.

▪ Their use in the classroom will evolve as students and teachers become familiar with the new tools.

▪ Improved student motivation and achievement

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - 

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Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionise what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these educators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?

Questions

Thanks for sending in your questions – there are some common  themes – interestingly enough these are the ones raised by teachers as well. We will endeavour to answer them more fully over time.

• Cyber Safety
• Controls / Security particularly around learning vs gaming
• What happens to pen and paper?
• Parent Education
• What if you can't afford a digital device?

Pen and Paper

This is still important. Our children will be using a mixture of both technology and pen and paper to record their ideas and thinking. Rest assured we will not be throwing the baby out with the bath water! Our approach will be carefully thought through.

Cyber Safety

In the blog last week we posted a link to a booklet and website that provides us all with a common sense approach to this topic. We will be thinking about and developing procedures that will keep us all safe. We will continue to post relevant and interesting links for you.

Have a great weekend. Keep the questions coming…

Lee and Jo