This is a video of my presentation to the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber on June 10th at Bradford University. The sub-title of the presentation was Beyond “no significant difference”, on the basis that, in education, we use technology to do things the same way as we have always done rather than use it to do things differently. The theme of the presentation was that we, the teachers, rather than our students, are the technology generation. Because the use of digital technology has been completely normalised and fully integrated by our students, they don’t see it as technology. They are the “no technology generation”, and it is us who need to be taught how to use it in ways that engage our students and make their education relevant.
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Neil
// Jul 8, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Looks like an interesting presentation, sorry I couldn’t make. It’s Carol’s fault!! Thanks for prompting me on twitter as well. Can’t guarantee I’ll keep it up though!!
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Joyce
// Jul 11, 2008 at 6:59 am
This is excellent Will. Did you have a receptive audience at the JISC Regional Support centre?
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// Jul 11, 2008 at 11:45 am
[...] is how we develop an education system that is relevant to the next generation of learners. As I have said before, we have undersold and largely failed the Google generation - those who are in the system at the [...]
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sumdy
// Jul 11, 2008 at 11:50 am
Thanks, Joyce. I think it stimulated a lot of thought and discussion. I did have people contacting me afterwards, saying how they agreed with most of what I had said. The problem is that they don’t know how to change things.
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