Hi... we all know our students live, eat and breathe technology.
Creating using digital media is one of the emerging skills that students of the 21st Century need to have. Bloom's Taxonomy suggests that the skills that are MOST valuable to our students today include analysing, evaluating and creating. To what extent do your students engage in these activities?
A survey of thousands of employers in the USA identified critical thinking, problem solving and the ability to work collaboratively as the most important attributes they were looking for in potential employees.
To what extent can ICT and iPads in particular increase the quality of our teaching and learning and bridge the gap between now and then - both in terms of teaching pedagogy and types of students?
See this video on the importance of media creation.
Creating using digital media is one of the emerging skills that students of the 21st Century need to have. Bloom's Taxonomy suggests that the skills that are MOST valuable to our students today include analysing, evaluating and creating. To what extent do your students engage in these activities?
A revised taxonomy (see Kathy Schrock's excellent resources) provides a new way of looking at this. This image on her page has links to dozens of apps that support each cog in the cognitive process.
To what extent can ICT and iPads in particular increase the quality of our teaching and learning and bridge the gap between now and then - both in terms of teaching pedagogy and types of students?
See this video on the importance of media creation.