Introduction



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media type="custom" key="3824315" A copy of Peter Mellow's presentation on "learning spaces" is now on the Resources page. I have read most, if not all, of your reflections and in some instances I have left a few comments. Two things stand out for me at this stage. One is that there is little mention so far about the emerging technologies and how they work - and how they may affect what your school looks like. To me this is a big issue. As I think both Peter Mellow and Albert (from AUT) said - the web and how you work with it in the future may well dictate how your idea of a classroom and a school might look. To me, there seems almost no consideration of just what the impact of the "Personal Web", "Collaborative Environments" and the other technologies might mean in your designs. The second issue that strikes is related to the above. So, because of these emerging technologies, what subjects are you now able to bring into the school? And how do these technologies work? Your project MUST include work in these areas. You must describe each technology (in your own words, not just a copy and paste), and then give some examples of how they work. Of course the best way to give examples is to make something using these technologies yourselves - using the examples already listed in the Horizon reports doesn't really get you exeprimenting with the technologies. I think that there is some cool stuff going on with most groups, but I worry that you are in danger of missing the "big picture" and have not spent enough time breaking down the big task into all of the bits that need to be done. You also need to make sure that all of the teachers involved in this project are members of each of your wikis. So get them to join up when they are in your class - or invite them from the wiki directly. **May 6:** Today you need to write your reflection. I want to make the following change to the place you write it. Because you have all created a wikispaces site for your projects, please use the DISCUSSION section on your HOME PAGE to write these. You each need to do one. Do not use edmodo for this from now on. Over the course of the project you will then create a new discussion item for each of your reflections - meaning you will have 6 by the time the project is coomplete (today, Friday, next Weds, next fri and the same for the last week ..) A new page - the Sketchup page, has been added. This contains links to a number of tutorials that you should consider using as either refreshers or as learning exercises to see how to do things in Sketchup. **May 5:** Make sure you have a look at the Project page - it has some additional information regarding your technologies and what you are supposed to do with them.
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An intro to the 2009 K-12 Horizon Report. media type="custom" key="3678297"

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