links for 2009-07-14
by Langwitches ~ July 14th, 2009. Filed under: del.icio.us.
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Right now the story of technology and education is one of disruption, change, fear and destruction. We are broadcasting this story to teachers, members of the community , and most importantly the children we serve. Our belief in this story deepens as the messages we convey is one of loss for the good ole days and worries for the future. Soon enough we will find ourselves playing the lead roles in the horror we have been describing and predicting.
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1. Learning first takes place through osmosis.
2. Authentic learning comes through trial and error.
3. Students will learn only what they have some proclivity for or interest in.
4. No one will formally learn something unless she believes she can learn it.
5. Learning cannot take place outside an appropriate context.
6. Real learning connotes use.
7. No one knows how a learner moves from imitation to intrinsic ownership, from external modeling to internalization and competence.
8. The more learning is like play, the more absorbing it will be– unless the student has been so corrupted by institutional education that only dull serious work is equated with learning.
9. For authentic learning to happen time should occasionally be wasted, tangents pursued, side-shoots followed up.
10. Tests are a very poor indicator of whether an individual has really learned something.
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