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I think the idea of ‘out-of-hours virtual teachers’ in this article is wonderful. It does have similarities with the Audio-lingual method of teaching that was popular in the 70s, however, I found it to be more appealing because:
∙the students do not listen to a strange voice but they actually see or listen to their own [...]

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My children brought home this magazine, ‘Click, a technology guide for parents’ that I found very useful and interesting. This article in particular, explains what the interactive whiteboards are, how and why they are rapidly becoming the new tool of the teaching trade. I agree with Mr Taylor’s statement that “sometimes the teacher becomes [...]

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The situation that Julia describes is somehow very familiar. You can only book the tickets if you have a credit card, E-tag holders only, not cash accepted, automated messages and self service everywhere, which don’t get me wrong, I sometimes even like,but when it gets to not letting you do your job properly, I strongly [...]

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On Saturday I attended a staff development workshop at the Saturday I work. A number of teachers expressed concerns and confusion about how exactly to use ICT in their classroom. Like in this article, teachers feel compelled to just”stuff” the curriculum with ICT, in order to meet the Syllabus requirements. Our coordinator,however drew our attention [...]

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After reading this tale of two classrooms I could not help wondering if and how many teachers will become more like Mrs Reed in the future. Her approach to teaching is totally different to the traditional, didactic, instructivist teaching methods, I am sure we are all familiar with. Inviting guest-speakers to share their [...]

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I thought your practical idea is brilliant so I discussed the idea of a classblog with my Y10 students at the Saturday school yesterday and they loved it, but am I in ‘trouble’ now or what? they want me to organize a classblog for our class! Of course I gladly agreed and I promised [...]

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I thoroughly enjoyed watching this presentation and reading the associated blog post as it made rethink about the importance of real discussion with our students. I have certainly made blanket statements like: ‘no ipods or cell phones during class’. It never occured to me that the students could have actually been using the calendar program built in their [...]

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After reading Prensky’s article and his comment that Latin and Greek will become less important in the future although I did not agree with him or did not believe it to be true, (being a Greek teacher myself) I must admit I felt a little blue. I felt so much better after reading this article that [...]

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While reading your posting I kept on thinking that you are probably reading my mind; it could have been myself making these comments. Like yourself, at the moment I am not very immersed in a digital culture not due to resentment, but rather to lack of time, as my life is pretty busy [...]

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Reading this article made me wonder what are responsible adults doing to protect their children from being ‘too wired for their own good’. There are mainly two types of modern parents:
-the ones who do not like technology, either because they are afraid of it, consider it unnecessary, or simply find it too daunting. [...]

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