So as part of the clmooc, I’ve decided to build my first app (I’m using Infinite Monkeys) and I chose Microsoft Paint as my subject. Why? Because in the ICT curriculum in Canada and the US, Grade 1 is where you start using Paint.…
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Digital Wanderers
Thursday was “Take your Child to Work” day. At one point during the day, I sat in a meeting with our school counselor and her adorable son. He honored me by letting me sit next to him as he slipped on his “Beats” headphones and pulled out his Ipod. …
“The Danger of the Single Story” About Digital Immigrants and Natives
EDC MOOC Week 1 Reading “Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives”: Prensky warns ‘immigrant’ teachers that they face irrelevance unless they figure out how to adapt their methods and approaches to new generations of learners. When reading this paper, try to identify the strategies that Prensky uses to make his argument – how does the language he uses work to persuade the reader?
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