Posted by msolomou on Apr 19, 2010 in
Design,
Research,
Teacher Training
When we talk about effective instruction and positioning the learner as an active agent of change who transforms the world in powerful ways, the issue of teacher training becomes central. How do we, as educators, prepare learners to participate in such an interactive way? And also, how do we equip our pre-service teachers to respond [...]
Tags: Design, Research
Posted by michaelf on Apr 15, 2010 in
Research
Games can promote 21st century skills, such as multitasking, play, distributed cognition, networking, among others (see Jenkins white paper ). These “new media” literacy skills, social in nature, are based on traditional literacies such as writing. Today, self-sponsored writing and the universal authorship through digital network areĀ put writing as an essential skill to be [...]
Tags: collaboration, Informal assessment, social networking, Taiga