category LRNT 523
Children’s health and wellbeing concerning screen-time: Is there an app for forest-bathing? The open letter by Etchells and his colleagues (2017) that we were asked to review is all about screen time and its effect on childhood health and wellbeing…. Continue Reading →
Out of South Africa, and into classrooms and minds around the world, Seymour Papert was a pioneer in developing and advocating for educational technology –even 1:1 devices in elementary schools, as early as the 1980s (Islam & Grönlund, 2016). Papert… Continue Reading →
Media are “mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition” (Clark, 1983, p. 445). The Great Media Debate is central to critiques and… Continue Reading →
In starting to explore the legacy of Seymour Papert, I feel that I have just started to see the tip of the iceberg. He was a monumental figure, some have even referred to him as the “father of educational computing.”… Continue Reading →
Photos used with permission. Leigh and Sue’s reflection, Activity 5 The history of graffiti stretches all the way back to the days when humans lived in caves. People are constantly making meaning in our everyday lives. Graffiti is… Continue Reading →
Choosing a learning theory to inform instructional design needs to be based on the needs of the learners (Ertmer & Newby, 2013; Merrill, 2002). In my current role teaching French as a Second Language (FSL) in elementary (K-8) classrooms, cognitivism… Continue Reading →
With so many incredible people that are a part of the past and present of digital learning environments and educational technology, with so many big ideas, critical perspectives, fascinating coding and creative abilities, trying to choose ONE to write about… Continue Reading →
Continuing to explore the history of educational technology, but more specifically over the last 100 years, numerous lessons surface. As an educator in K-12 environments, one lesson from the past that I can apply to my work is that educational… Continue Reading →
In my search to understand the history of educational technology, I was amazed by the different starting points of this history. Some sources started as far back as cave paintings in 30,000 BCE, while many pointed to Gutenberg’s creation of… Continue Reading →