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This week’s activity and reading concentrated on T-GEM a learning design in which technology (T) is integrated in a student process of Generate – Evaluate – Modify (GEM). To date there are 240+ posts in our Chemland Forum. Of all the posts that I read (the majority), not one post provided a negative perspective. This […]

I was intrigued when reading Edelson’s work, Learning for Use: A Framework for the Design of Technology -Supported Inquiry Activities. The parallels between the current push for reform in the teaching of mathematics and the apparent push for reform in the teaching of science were startling.  Edelson (2005), impressed upon the reader that “integrating content […]

At first glance, WISE (the web-based inquiry science environment),  has all the components of a 21st Century learning program. It appears to address many of the learning concerns of the day. WISE is attempting to make good use of the internet, increasing computer availability for students, and the possibilities of professional learning communities working together […]

The Jasper Series certainly provided for lively and varied discussion this past week. C.A. themed his discussion thread around improving the Jasper Series and D.B. suggested in her thread that the series was in need of modernization. The improvements that are required of the Jasper Series are superficial. The Jasper Series was, is, will be […]

I am not trying to earn extra marks here. It’s just that I believe instructors/teachers should be given feedback when learning activities and products designed for demonstration of learning are particularly good or particularly  . . . not so good?  The recent Framing Issues Assignment was wonderfully crafted. The journey through Module A created a […]

The instructions for this post included the warning that we try to suspend judgement in regards to the Jasper series. At first glance any hands on, project based, problem solving, math teacher is enthralled and feels his or her pulse quicken. Ah Jasper. Wouldst I have known of you when my daily interactions with eleven […]

How might I design a technology learning space? When pondering this question on my drive home tonight, I was simultaneously thinking about questions posed to me by twelve teachers that I had brought together as a numeracy learning group. During the first of six sessions, several teachers asked, “How do I use manipulatives to help […]

It was in another MET (Masters of Educational Technology) course in which I was asked to pen a definition of educational technology. At that time I chose to define technology not educational technology. I defined technology as the ever changing array of digital tools, programs, internet capabilities, social media opportunities, that are available for all to […]