To become literate in any context takes time, practice and experience and not all tasks have transferable learning. Mensing’s use of RFID codes at first seemed wonderful to me as she had a really good sales pitch, but after reading the comments section and noticing some people listing it as a gimmick it got me […]

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Think about: When should students start word processing? I would think that primary school students would be able to type in a document and by the end of year 6 learnt how to add a table and change fonts ect. Is it necessary to teach keyboarding skills? Yes, it’s something that comes through practised skill. […]

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A question that seems to be asked a lot in this subject is about the effectiveness of ICT as an educational tool. Learning about the affordance of objects in the classroom is a good way to break the question down to workout what is it about the technology that makes it worth it? I would […]

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Digital Microscopes I chose this hardware as being a future science teacher, I’m sure it will be very interesting to find innovative ways to use it. The differences between digital and traditional microscopy are very minor in regards to the optical equipment used. What is the real game changer is the ability to capture the […]

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I would like to believe that I’m a digital native, I use to always have the latest technology, built my own computer, bought a 3D Printer and self taught countless programs, but this was all 2 years ago and in technology terms, everything is outdated now… After starting this course I’ve now learnt what it […]

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The TedX talks really turned on a few light bulbs for me but also made me question the importance of some digital literacies  in the context of learning. I found that the Belshaw’s video taught me a lot about muliliteracies which was really good for the assignments and Holland’s talk promoted the framework which we […]

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The videos used in this example show insight into the strong contrasts of using maybe too much technology in the classroom or removing it entirely, is there a happy middle? The example in Singapore shows great communicative aspects of the technology and I think at the size that some of their classrooms are, technology would […]

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This weeks topic was much larger than the first week and due to having a lot of my assignments due over a period of 2 weeks didn’t help me in getting around to it in any hurry… Alan November’s work aims to reduce the misconceptions of technology in the classroom. His home town was once […]

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I listened to the podcast from Antony Funnell almost a month ago before the session had begun so it’s not so fresh in my mind but there were a lot of things which I learnt from it. What I found to really resonate with my own beliefs is that not all “educational apps” are designed to […]

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