Final Post-Week 10
(I am posting this earlier because I am travelling tonight)
From The PBA future emerging market tools listed on the “Future Ventures” page I have used the followings:
- Blogs.
- Wikis.
- Cloud Computing.
I would like to see more of services that offer the PBA pedagogy to the world. One of the major issues in Chilean Education System is that educators have few hours for planning and little opportunities for perfecting their practices. Today, some non-for-profit organizations, Ed Tech Forums and conferences are emerging, but I still think it is a potential market to expand. There are a lot of needs to cover and I think that PBA pedagogy is really effective for promoting authentic learning. I would like to thank this week team for their work. Currently, with a team of innovative educators, we have been working during this year on creating a venture related to the integration of IT in instruction based on PBA pedagogy. The information provided by team 10 has been very useful. Hope we succeed someday.
I would like to end this post by expressing how I enjoyed Sir Ken Robisnon’s video. I haven’t seen it before but I have read his book “Out of Our Minds” and seen his TED Talk. His arguments are really appealing and motivating for educators who want to foster creativity, problem solving and critical thinking skills in students. PBA pedagogy is an effective way to accomplish this as it promotes autonomy, but also collaboration among peers, and knowledge-building. In PBA pedagogy, the teacher is more a guide than a transmitter of knowledge.
Angela.
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Doug Smith 7:28 pm on November 10, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Angela,
Thanks for your thoughts and input, and I think I can speak for our entire group when I say that I’m pleased that you found this week’s presentation to be useful.
I think you touch on a very important aspect of PBA and professional development: these things take time and educators need resources (perhaps time more than anything) in order to properly implement assessment systems, of which PBA is one style or theory.
Your post also makes me think of a connection between PBA and PLNs (personal learning networks). I have no doubt that in the next few years we will see a proliferation of social network PLN development, and the flexibility of asynchronous communication could possibly enhance our ability to discuss and improve PBA and assessment pedagogy in general. So there is is a lot of hope for the Chilean Education System I think. Not only can PBA be successful but with connectors, mavens and salespeople, there surely are many venture opportunities for PBA products and services.
cheers
Doug
Everton Walker 9:10 am on November 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey Angie,
You hit a critical note when you mentioned collaboration and knowledge-building. All of us in the MET program can attest to that. This is the first time I am actually building knowledge in such a way where I can collaborate with my classmates to explore various topics. PBA has really changed the learning game.
Everton