What do you think about these statements:
A QUESTION for all of us: What does it take to change our teaching and learning ways to meet the learning potential that our children have already embraced in their lives outside of school? Let's move on from Minecraft - a nice example. In a post I will share with you next time, my friend Tony DePrato made this comment when he was writing about iPads.
"When in engaging students with iPads, do not tell them to get "Apps A and B" and do 'Activities 1 and 2'. iPads are not textbooks. Instead leave a problem or question in front of them with the following instructions: Solve It and Prove It.
Silvia Tolisano talks about WORKFLOW and LEARNFLOW. Using essential digital tools like Edmodo (collaboration and discussion), Classblogs (Critical thinking, formal writing, publishing), Google Apps for Education (collaboration, sharing) and Skype (global connectedness) are great. If you are doing any or all of these you are definitely on the right track. Don't stop!
We all do workflow - the children are given work to do, a challenge, a task, some research. They use the information, recreate, remix. They save their work. They share their work out, upload it, maybe link it to a blog or Edmodo etc. However, if you want to go to the next level in your quest for a 'digitally normal' learning environment, a defining moment occurs when LEARNFLOW starts to happen.
"A learnflow is when the individual steps of a workflow are not viewed as individual steps, but as rendered unconsciously, smoothly and effortlessly. The learnflow is part of the fluency, the iPad user has attained in order to not see using individual apps as a goal, but their use have become merely a tool in the pedagogical aim of learning. The path of learning takes me smoothly from reading information to evaluating then curating to effortlessly manage the information. As I learn, I consciously reflect, share and amplify my thoughts. My learning is intrinsically connected to a cycle of connecting, communicating, collaborating and publishing. This has become my LEARNFLOW." - Silvia Tolisano
Read Silvia Tolisano's complete blog posts
Remember this is a journey and one we all work toward. Often we are at different stages of the journey. The most important thing is that you are on the journey and moving forwards.
- Children are 'digitally normal'. The digital tools they work with are with them 24/7. They use them in a ubiquitous fashion like you (and I) used to use a pen (or still do)
- Children have a 'digitally normal' experience everywhere except at school
- Teachers are mostly 'digitally normal' in their personal lives, but not in their teaching - why is that?
- A 'digitally normal' classroom does not make a school 'digitally normal'.
A QUESTION for all of us: What does it take to change our teaching and learning ways to meet the learning potential that our children have already embraced in their lives outside of school? Let's move on from Minecraft - a nice example. In a post I will share with you next time, my friend Tony DePrato made this comment when he was writing about iPads.
"When in engaging students with iPads, do not tell them to get "Apps A and B" and do 'Activities 1 and 2'. iPads are not textbooks. Instead leave a problem or question in front of them with the following instructions: Solve It and Prove It.
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| Workflow and Learnflow | Langwitches Blog | Silvia Tolisano, 2013 |
Silvia Tolisano talks about WORKFLOW and LEARNFLOW. Using essential digital tools like Edmodo (collaboration and discussion), Classblogs (Critical thinking, formal writing, publishing), Google Apps for Education (collaboration, sharing) and Skype (global connectedness) are great. If you are doing any or all of these you are definitely on the right track. Don't stop!
We all do workflow - the children are given work to do, a challenge, a task, some research. They use the information, recreate, remix. They save their work. They share their work out, upload it, maybe link it to a blog or Edmodo etc. However, if you want to go to the next level in your quest for a 'digitally normal' learning environment, a defining moment occurs when LEARNFLOW starts to happen.
"A learnflow is when the individual steps of a workflow are not viewed as individual steps, but as rendered unconsciously, smoothly and effortlessly. The learnflow is part of the fluency, the iPad user has attained in order to not see using individual apps as a goal, but their use have become merely a tool in the pedagogical aim of learning. The path of learning takes me smoothly from reading information to evaluating then curating to effortlessly manage the information. As I learn, I consciously reflect, share and amplify my thoughts. My learning is intrinsically connected to a cycle of connecting, communicating, collaborating and publishing. This has become my LEARNFLOW." - Silvia Tolisano
Read Silvia Tolisano's complete blog posts
Remember this is a journey and one we all work toward. Often we are at different stages of the journey. The most important thing is that you are on the journey and moving forwards.
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