Finally got to reflect on Day 1. The big message here concerns the pedagogy that the tablets can enhance, and returning learning to an active process for students. This to me is one of the reasons why the initiative seemed to have started and is gathering momentum in the Universities. The “Lecture” style of delivery in the Universities is not engaging students. Power point has lost its raison d’etre - the making of “powerful points”. The overkill of power-point is not per se but how it is used – a point to consider when using DyKnow (Dynamic Knowledge so Matthew tells me).
Matthew has already mentioned the “uncomfortable edge” and Senge talks about the tension that occurs in the change process: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm so it is all resonating.
The Monash University presentation was good, in that it made reference to the fact that in the near future thee will be students coming out of schools into the universities who are used to working with computers 24/7 in their learning – so the University teachers also need to adapt to that.
Late yesterday the tablet analogy was that of a “workshop” rather than a tool – this to emphasise the collaborate and interactive nature of the resource and its multi-dimensional application.
Good contacts being made here, and it is good to meet people in person who have been helping us so far. Contacts range from DyKnow, Tertiary and High schools who pioneered Tablets in the States.
Today is our joint presentation following our individual ones – a steep learning curve for me with DyKnow – but I now know 100% more about it than I did when I came. Tonight after the conference its Cincinnati and the chance to visit St.Ursula’s College – one of the early High school pioneers. Breakfast and Day 2 awaits!
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