Flippin’ Schooling: Technology and Schooling

in Canada

-Trudy Mothus (PhD:abd)- [mothust@unbc.ca]

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Technology(mechanics, engineering)

• Technology of pedagogy• Technology of hardware and

software• Technology of information• Bandwagons: Technology

changes through the ages

Post- Discussion

• What is different? What has changed?• Is it really different? How has technology

changed and yet not changed? • Is it a better version of a bad thing?• What benefits students?• What benefits teachers?• Acceptance or resistance?• Why think about it?

• What does it mean for you as a teacher of the 21st Century?

A Bit of History• Ancient History• Discovery Learning/Constructivism• Social Constructionism • Behaviourism• Information Processing• Flippin’ Learning Revolution• Virtual learning approaches

– distributed learning: CIDES,e-Bus – flip schooling

Ancient History

• Modelling

• Experiential Learning– Natural Consequences

University of Bologna 1088

Availability of text and technology

Maria MontessoriAugust 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952

Discovery/Inquiry LearningThe Absorbent Mind -1949The Secret of Childhood

The Discovery of the ChildEducation for a New World

Milestones in Animal Fantasy

• 1877: Black Beauty• 1894: The Jungle Book• 1901: The Tale of Peter Rabbit• 1903: The Call of the Wild• 1908: The Wind in the Willows• 1929: Bambi: A Life in the Woods• 1939: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer• 1941: Make Way for Ducklings• 1942: The Poky Little Puppy• 1952: Charlotte’s Web• 1957: The Cat in the Hat

Punished by Rewards

Jean Piaget1896-1980

Constructivism

Schemes and Schemas

Schemes and Schemas

Lev Vygotsky1986-1934

Social Constructionism

Computers1940-1980

B.F Skinner 1904-1990Behaviourism

Positive ReinforcementNegative Reinforcement

DisciplinePunishment

Technology of the 1970s

SchumakerKauffman

Brown1980s

Information Processing Theory

The technology of the brain

Computers1980s

2004, 2005, 2006

Availability of text and technology

• Notebooks• Youtube.com/teacher• Blogs:

– Blogspot, – Wikispaces– Googlegroups– Wordpress– Weebly

• Skydrive• The Cloud• Audacity• Camtasia• Elluminate• msn/skype• Dreamweaver• Facebook/MySpace• Smartphones• I-tunes; podcasting; streaming• Photoshop

Marshall McLuhan

• The medium is the message

–We make the medium

–Our media makes us

–Technological change changes humans

http://www.wimp.com/educationparadigms/

http://thielmann.blogspot.ca/

Monday December 27, 2010Should teachers and students be Facebook friends?

BCED Plan 2012-13

• Personalized learning for every student

• Quality teaching and learning

• Flexibility and choice

• High standards

• Learning empowered by technology

• http://www.bcedplan.ca/actions/welcome.php

Flippin’ In; Flippin’ Out

• CIDES

• http://cla.sd57.bc.ca/moodle/

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http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/funtheyhad.html

Discussion• What is different? What has changed?

• What benefits students?

• What benefits teachers?

• Is it really different?

• Is it a better version of a bad thing?

• What does it mean for you as a teacher of the 21st Century?