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Why students don’t learn what we think we teach

Steve Lissenden — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:27:44 +0000

This video was first posted here.

Research over the past two decades has deepened our understanding of the fundamental principles of human learning. Yet much of what we do in undergraduate education seems to effectively ignore these principles.

Robert Duke, professor of music and human learning at University of Texas-Austin, explains how learning theory can be leveraged to design more effective instruction and motivate students.

Facebook and Primary Education can mix?

Steve Lissenden — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:26:22 +0000

Great post on the Innovative Educator. Here’s the associated presentation.

1st Grade Facebook on Prezi

Changing Expectations – Edupunk

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:43 +0000

Courtesy of Tony Hirst http://ouseful.info

We think

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:22:20 +0000

We Think, produced by Charles Leadbeater is based on his book by the same title which explores the potential of the latest developments of the internet…Web 2.0.

Information revolution

Steve Lissenden — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:32:50 +0000

Another video from Michael Wesch from Kansas State University…

This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.

Digital Lunch

Steve Lissenden — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:53:49 +0000

When I’m not being a Teaching Assistant or Learning Mentor I fill my ‘spare’ time as a Lunchtime Supervisor. Now this gives me some real freedom in the classroom. I share my lunchtime with my Year 5 class and I got thinking that during this time we have a real opportunity to try some things out.

So I dug out my wife’s old Nintendo DS and a brain training game and I loaded up some Apps on my iPhone and gave them both out to the class to use. I also fired up the whiteboard and got a tone matrix running. They are really, and I mean really, excited to get their hands on the technology. Now the students are creating ambient music whilst we have our lunch and my main issue now is making sure everyone has a fair turn on the limited amount of kit we have whilst keeping up with how well everyone is doing on the ‘games’.

It’s early days but their enthusiasm is showing the way this needs to go. There is an old PC in the corner of the classroom which I literally blew the dust off last week but it looks like I might be able to get a net connection on it so that is going to be my focus next week. That and OFSTED inspectors but that’s another story .

Anyway and as if by magic my PLN came up trumps and tweeted this great, and very much related, post on Learn 4 Life;

What happens when you give a class of 8 year old children an iPod touch each?

Did you know 3.0

Steve Lissenden — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:05:12 +0000

Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod….

Back again

Steve Lissenden — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:08:33 +0000

So after my previous hosting company demonstrating their inadequate infrastructure quite spectacularly I’m back online with a new revamped blog. Glad to be back.