The main barriers to learning and teaching digital literacy can be summarised as follows: – Disinformation – Information obesity – Filter bubbles – Misinformation Each barrier shares the same implication, which George Orwell (1945) would refer to as a ‘reduced…
A few of years ago I attended a teacher training session in London called ‘21st Century Boys’. The training was delivered by Sue Palmer and based on insights gleaned from her book, 21st Century Boys: How modern life is driving…
In his book, The Filter Bubble, Pariser (2011) describes a digital situation we all now face in which website algorithms selectively present information to users based on location, click behaviour, search history, etc., and, as a result, distance users from…
The media has three main functions: to inform, guide, and entertain. It is generally agreed, however, that media’s most important role is to tell the public what is going on in the world and why. This in turn gives us…
The global news landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. News readership has increasingly shifted to the Internet because of inexpensive technology, ubiquitous access and free content. This has led to a trend of information democratisation in which information control…
Although there has been a lot of discussion about the virtual whiteboard technology over the years, I have found that there are plenty of benefits to be had from just using a standard whiteboard and projector. One of the key…
[accordion] [item title=”Step-by-step screenshot prompts for programming a quiz show in Scratch”] [embeddoc url=”https://technologyforlearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Quiz-Show-Screenshot-Prompts.docx”] [/item] [/accordion] In the run up to Computer Science Education Week (8th to 14th December), I delivered a Scratch training session for my teaching colleagues. As…
Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an area that touches every subject. As educators (whatever our specialism), we need to look at how we embed ICT into our daily pedagogy. I’ve put together here some top tips with primary, secondary and…
This week I have been using Talking-Point recorders with my 1st graders to help them improve their levels of English. Depending on which model you buy, these little devices (which come in packs of six) can record 10 or 30…
Education and technology have always been strongly related. This is demonstrated by the many technologies, old and new, that are used in classrooms everyday by teachers and students alike. In her book, Teaching as a Design Science, Dana…
