Learning technologies
should offer more than convenient access by involving students in the learning
process which strengthens knowledge retention and meaning making.
The learning paradigm has changed but the classroom is yet to
fully transform. According to Project Tomorrow/ Speak Up surveys
poll on students indicate an increase in interest in online learning and mobile
learning – “the leveraging of small, portable devices to facilitate anytime,
anywhere, un-tethered learning” despite continued frustration by the way
technology is filtered currently in classrooms.
Learnng should be as much fun as is play and gaming: research indicates children never get tired of these.
Wordle is one way to keep the fun going in the class among other tools.
Check this out just as Iwas working on it, then took a snapshot of it with my phone before saving it on my laptop and then sharing it with you here:
You can create your own too at wordle.com
Technology has contributed greatly to the world of transformative thinking, learner centered classrooms, and interdisciplinarity. Multiple learning theories can now work together towards improving instructional design, learning environments and styles. Learning communities are being created daily in collaborative efforts by diverse members from diverse locations, a thing that would not be possible without technology,
Open Source and social networking sites.
Now what we need are
more trained, talented teachers and appropriate school leadership to get
us there or... I present to you the fate of the classroom.
