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Reflections on kids, learning and laptops.
Paul McMahonLearning Solutions
Seeing the world through different lenses
Simple, clear unambiguous
“A bicycle for the mind”
Steve Jobs
“An instrument whose music is ideas”
Alan Kay
Schooling Changes
• Constructivism• Process skills• Capability • Dispositions
CPD for more than
just the teachers!
Maybe not the same page, but surely the same book?
Need artifacts to show how all this looks
No such thing as too much discussion
• Disrupted time• Disrupted building• Disrupted management
positions• Disrupted curriculum
Humanities were the most disrupted
Many more flexible uses
Maths…
Ah, Maths..
Compatibility Issues
How far down the path?
Some things are hard to measure
• Share Widely• Refine Ideas• Present Models• Be Open• Discuss• Argue• LEARN
Images• Flickr: Laptop by sofimad• Flickr: Contact Lenses by bitteroblivion• Nasa Wallpaper• Flickr: Get a bicycle by live4sports• SmugMug: Music Museum in Paris by Matthew (thenorthernlights)• Photobucket: Confused by phobos24 • Flickr: Pic00016 by Chris Smith• Photobucket: Book Pages by phiia18• Wordle: Becta Web2.0 report – Wordleised• Flickr: Discussing by AnyMotion• Flickr: Magic Path by cindy47452• Flickr: Measure for Measure by fotoJENica• Diagram from Kim Cofino’s Always Learning Blog• Flickr: Jetengine by allsop8184
