Aug 27 2009
Henry Jenkins on New Media and Implications for Learning and Teaching.
With DER NSW laptops arriving, it’s time to ponder a few learning thought provokers.
In Edutopia’s 10 minute video, Henry Jenkins succinctly raises some of the contemporary learning discussions still needed by DETs & in schools. Shiny baubles do not a revolution make.
Amongst many points Henry asks learners to consider; (my italics)
- Filtering & blocking (child protection, duty of care)
- tech access, equity & the participation gap (haves & have nots)
- validation of more diverse learning experiences (Is the HSC broken?)
- bury the simplistic “immigrant and native” furphy (finally, please)
- ethics, responsiblity & accountability of knowledge production (digital citizenship)
- authentic connections with and for learners (walled gardens vs real world)
- Will open source exchange based on discernment and trust be realised? (network solvent vs community glue)
- Developing judgement, networking, appropriation skills (teaching)
- virtual communities & games as learning (Now pedagogy)
Edutopia, “What Works in Public Education” has more on their Digital Generation project.
Whilst in other news, Scott McLeod comments at Dangerously Irrelevant “Can’t wait to see who has a leg up in a decade or two.”
That may ultimately be a crucial assessment litmus for 1:1 etal ICT.
But thats way too long, and damaging, to wait. Especially if the baubles of now become more of what ICT has been.
What is your “new” first priority in regard to fundamentally shifting learning ?
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