http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/2010/03/visit-to-hwa-chong-institution.html Musings on the use and impact of technology in education, and of the future of education in general. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/2010/03/visit-to-hwa-chong-institution.html/comment-page-1#comment-2651 Pete Hall Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:43:49 +0000 http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/?p=1801#comment-2651 Thanks Derek, I wonder if it'll be the job of future teachers to broker the difference between how technology inevitably influences children's lives, and how they can take control of that influence for themselves. Either way, we'll need to know our stuff and know the kids. Interesting quote about not seeing computers. It's not computers that narrow the focus around learning. We have plenty of them in my school but the point is we're not teaching 'computing'. That'd be like teaching the finer points of door construction when what you really want to do is open the jolly thing and go look outside. Thanks Derek,
I wonder if it’ll be the job of future teachers to broker the difference between how technology inevitably influences children’s lives, and how they can take control of that influence for themselves. Either way, we’ll need to know our stuff and know the kids.
Interesting quote about not seeing computers. It’s not computers that narrow the focus around learning. We have plenty of them in my school but the point is we’re not teaching ‘computing’. That’d be like teaching the finer points of door construction when what you really want to do is open the jolly thing and go look outside.

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