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No doubt, I think most of my classmates will agree with me that this ICT programme is going to be very helpful and beneficial for us .
What helped motivate me was that the first session had given me an impression that Dr Ashley Tan knew his stuff very well and we'd better be good students in the class.
Frankly speaking, I do not know alot about using technology other than having set up my own blog , using msn, messaging on facebook , post at youtube and so on. I got a "cultural shock" when I saw how Dr Tan could write on the "chalkboard" or the intelligent touch screen ( what do you call that ? ). I thought it must be the lastest thing that alot of us have not known but I was wrong when I heard from a 13 year old today that her teachers were already using it 5 years ago when she was still in primary school. I realised how "backward" I am, having to be contented with the usual emailing , msn messaging and not having to consider there are many other tools available.
Thus, what I want to learn from this ICT Programme was to know all the possible ways of using technology to engage with the young people and make art lessons more interesting for them . And I hope I will be more open when my brother introduce me to some ICT related websites such as bluewalk.com
What I took home with me after the first session was the reality of the need to stay relevant with the habits of young people who are often sitting infront of their computers or PSP and so on . In order to make lessons more engaging, I think I have no choice but to learn the different examples of ICT that I can apply effectively as I do not want to be left behind time.
Win Nie's first day at ICT
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"I got a "cultural shock" when I saw how Dr Tan could write on the "chalkboard" or the intelligent touch screen ( what do you call that ? )."
It is the smartboard. Cool right. How I wish we can get it when we teach in the future. :(
The smartboard is not very smart. It promotes dumb and non-progressive pedagogies because it is very teacher-centred.
The future lies with multitouch computing surfaces that more than one participant can interact with. If you would like to learn more about multitouch or surface computing, see some of my older blog posts at http://ashleytan.wordpress.com/?s=multitouch.
Smartboards are very expensive, but schools can make their own at very low cost. I hope to share this low cost version with you later in the semester.
But it looks so fun teaching with the smartboard because it looks so easy to teach with though it doesn't do much.
It is just like asus touch screen pc. I have seen people drawing on it and it is convenient to draw perhaps shapes like cubes when teaching maths or doing pixel arts.
We want the low cost one! haha
The fun and potentially powerful learning part comes in when students use something like the smartboard, not when teachers use it.
If you check out the link I provided earlier or search YouTube for videos on "multitouch surfaces" or "surface computing", you will see what I mean.
Now I understand why the smartboard is not very smart. It will only benefit the teacher and not the students. I realised that we need to make sure students gain a more impactful learning through the different ICT forms rather than we using these for the sake of our own convenience.
i guess technology keeps on improving. One day we'll see the smartboard being really smart.
I am now assigned to another class but hope i am still able to post comments here now and then.
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