An interview that David Truss did with a digital teacher. I like her very flexible attitude towards the technology. 'Use whatever" frees the students to be creative or to just efficiently get the job down - whichever suits their circumstances.
This was on one of David Truss's recent postings and beautifully demonstrates the shift to a different, active searching for information that info users now engage in.
This is the video used in ICTopus 70 lesson plan as a narrative writing stimulus. Stop at 4 mins as rabbit hides behind tree and again as he changes the aim of his arrow at 5:22.
Great to see the techniques being used in this class to help kids learn from each other about maths and about thinking. And helpful to have the teacher's process outlined on the videox
I think every parent should be shown this at the beginning of the school year. It sends a powerful message that teachers and parents must work together to achieve the best for each child. Parents ask a lot of teachers, in order to succeed teachers need their support.