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