using technology to enhance educational experience
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using technology to enhance
educational experience
educational experience? enhance?
technology?
introductions
consider learningquestions of convergence
look at some examplesbrainstorm
what are we learning?
what kinds of models?
when the first model is used in a typical classroom, its
disadvantages can be mitigated…
when the first model is used in an online classroom, its
disadvantages become glaring…
so what possibilities exist for the second model in
our classrooms?
convergence culture =participatory culture
Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture
participatory culture
relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others
informal mentorship/apprenticeship members believe their contributions matter members feel some degree of social
connection with one another
new media literacies white paper
more and more students will come into our classrooms
socialized into such processes
challenges
participation gap — unequal access
transparency problem — how do media shape our perceptions?
ethics — breakdown of traditional socialization that might prepare young people for public roles as creators
new skills necessary play performance simulation appropriation multitasking distributed cognition collective intelligence judgment transmedia navigation networking negotiation
how to enhance?
respectengagelearn
five opportunities (at least)
collaborative, participatory insight into student learningaccess to primary sourcesovercoming geography and timeattending to cultural contextssupport for multiple intelligences
The preceding presentation was based in part on:
“What difference does it make: Digital technology in the theological classroom”
available at:
http://www.ats.edu/projects/TE41-1Articles/Hess.pdf