Submitted by
Claude on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 08:47
1:1 Learning Conference
“ASB unplugged” at the American School of Bombay released a flow of inspiration to embrace the now unavoidable shift of control towards seamless integration of project-based learning in global communities.
One-to-One is not a passive ”laptop program” but a meaningful learning opportunity where students teachers, parents, and Tech-teams are engaged together in a step by step implementation process with a shared vision: Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Pedagogy.
- How does the technology transform the teaching?
- How do STUDENTS benefit from the technology?
- How is student learning enhanced with the technology?
- Is the technology student-centric or teacher-centric?
the As ASB's IT Director, Shabbi Luthra points out:
"One of the essential conditions for a successful 1:1 program is to build tech leadership across all stakeholder groups. Without the leadership focus, there is always the danger of the involvement becoming superficial. Providing meaningful opportunities for leadership will help build ownership of the program within all stakeholder groups as well as embed tech integration. This becomes especially important in the transient population of our international schools. Too many good programs, initiatives, and ideas have short lives in our schools because of our moving populations. So the more one can do to move leadership out of the hands of the technology departments into the hands of stakeholders, the higher the chances of success of a 1:1 program."
21st century learning became reality while visiting ASB's classrooms. Teachers really had the knack of harnessing students’ knowledge of merging social networking and user-generated-content into collaborative educational environnements with timely feedback and assessment at the top end of digital taxonomy. "From Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) to Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)" by Andrew Churches
Submitted by
Claude on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 08:51
Strategically planning the fire...
When injecting new visions to our strategic planning, let's celebrate the fire of those "crazy ones", who dreamed their farsightedness into reality, rather than plan from obsolete standards for a future which is no longer what it used to be.
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And as some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." "Think Different" Apple 1997
Submitted by
Claude on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 23:01
International School of Prague
“Innovation is the difference between a leader and a follower." Steve Jobs
Apple’s Education Leadership Summit at the International School of Prague was true inspiration: Every ingredient of what education is all about was happening for real: students, teachers, leaders, consultants, shared the same urge to collaborate, innovate, take risks, inquire, promote creativity and curiosity. The common denominator being: the necessity to go beyond, "This lazy, dangerous, ideology of carrots and sticks” and redefine the intrinsic motivation of learning with new technologies.
