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Merf
UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, NZ.
Boatbuilding Tutor/ curriculum Leader
Interests: Family, Boating (floating in any form), fishing (novice), Golf,
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Clean? Yeah right. Let's up our game.
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Here's an example of a seven year old happily interphasing with e-technology. A digital native. Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2010 at Merfs' Ed
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Terrific Muks. I'll be very interested in the mobile smartboard thingy, and how it works out for you. Good intervention, hope it works well. Good on your management for their support to.
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Do traditional class room environments work? It is very interesting watching the body language of students in comparison to learning on the practical site and learning in the class room. When we are on site students are engaged interacting with each other, discussing issues and constantly ask...
I'm sorry Vickle I would definately leave the CAD in the mix as a seperate literacy that deserves specific focus within the Boatbuilding discipline. Ahead in BAT level studies CAD becomes the main means of communicating ideas. It is also collaborative if used online and has huge access to industry resources.
PTR for SCL
How is it? I thought that I had posted this but... Have been working for a while, in collaboration with a few others, on designing a personal teaching framework. The purpose of this is to create a link between new and emerging learning technologies and social learning theories. Download Ptf for ...
Hi Chris, Yes I think this is a style and facilitation framework I witness you doing very well in most of your teaching. It is sort of BDA-BDA-BDA. The continuum and review iterations and reflections bring the cycle around until new knowledge is confirmed for the learner. Really good mate.
SLT and a Personal Teaching Framework
I'm posting this but will be working on it later as it's really in draft form still. I have been playing around with Prezi in an attempt to compose a framework that I personally could use. I have inserted into Prezi a framework that comes from Laurillard's conversational model. To make sense of...
Yep. I quite agree, there is a lot of mashup that happens across similar frameworks. Cheers
#SLT10 - Teaching framework
#SLT10 remember you don't have to create a new framework, you could always adopt one and remix to suit your teaching context. Please just be careful to acknowledge the person(s) work you are using and be able to justify your stand. TypePad Conversations » Answer this question!
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Just a live trial for resource building from off campus locations using I-phone and pixelpipe. What is this? Student quiz Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2010 at Merfs' Ed
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Mindmeister. hmmmm, I've tried to investigate this and thanks for the invite into this tool. I do have a problem walking through someone else's mind.
My own mind is messy enough.Can I ask... do you guys get together around the mindmap together in 'face to face'? or approach it from your own spaces?
Teaching Styles?
I teach the autotronics program ,that is automotive electronics,It is a relatively new program ,about 4 years, that myself and two colleges wrote/complied just after i started here at Unitec. Most people do not realise the complexity of the modern vehicle with some having in excess of 50 comp...
Hi Scuzi66. The only issue I might see in discarding the relevancy of Web 1.0 tools, is (I'm sure you'll agree) that it is a safe starting point for many people to launch into Web 2.0 stuff. Individuals must trust the new environment first. I myself refused to have a open blog for a start. I now feel I'll only keep a blog private for as long as I feel it is in draft form, then open it progressively to group members, then all comers. I very much found "Blogging to Learn"(Anne Bartlett-Bragg, 2003)which witnesses and reports on a 5 stage process with learner groups. Also, "Back to the Future" (N.Dabbagh & R Reo, 2011) with the natural propensity for people to operate in 3 levels.
My own journey now allows me to chose which level is appropriate for my needs. True freedom.
I also found (Farmer & Bartlett-Bragg,2005) a terrific read with margin comments and mark-ups all over my copy.
Blogs @ anywhere: High fidelity online communication
In this paper Farmer and Bartlett-Bragg talk about the importance of communication and how blogging in particular can aid this. It is noticeable that this paper was written five years ago as a number of the clams, with the advancement of web 2 tools, are now no longer relevant. Farmer and Ba...
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Oct 5, 2010
Yes, the framework model is a difficult choice. as you say Your personal teaching style does come into it.
I'm favouring a constructivists model but liked what I saw on the Laurillards link as well.
May be a case of look at what I naturally see as :lesson tasks, e-devices use, etc... and recognise from these which model I'm actually developing towards.
SLT Playing around with Prezi
How is it all? Sick of death by powerpoint yet? Have been playing around with Prezi for a while now and thought that I might use this to help me in constructing my personal teaching/learning framework. Have been thinking about what model best fits my teaching style. After several conversations w...
Ha Ha Ha, oh you're onto it mate. I see the latest ipods have wi-fi camera and connectivity for face time etc... just like to iphone. I've got students' that use there own ipods but the iphones are too expensive. They'll likely buy into ipods for their cultural needs and connectivity to their blogs etc... Most already have cell phones.
"Know your learner" indeed. Better than "no"-ing your learner aye.
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Ha, Funny I'm somewhere betwixt and between. I like to think I'm printing out reading to avail easy margin mark-ups/notes and help my ol' eyes cope a bit longer. I do however often use google search with image as the search mode. Hmmm?
Yes I agree many of my students are only just starting the continuum of e-competency, for a vast number of reasons, I've some survey results from them and am encouraging them to build their own survey questions around this issue. First step on a escalator however...
CONTINUUM.
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Digital natives are here I clicked on a hyper link provided by our facilitators as suggested readings, it opened up and I automatically clicked the print button. As I read the printed version I begin to realise that I possibly fall into a digital immigrant category. Sheely (2008) compares t...
Hey Muks,
Nice tie in with Kiesthetic LS. I often overlook how diverse our students can be in learninf styles. You are 100% on the group dynamics. My discipline has a very similar feel, wiht similar issues.
Merf
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Post entry 1 Emotional context online: Within a group, Individuals will react differently when confronted. Each student brings different baggage that identifies who they are and how they behave within a group environment. This often establishes each person’s role within the group. For exam...
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Kungfu kids Waxers hard at word
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Merfs' Ed Student brainstorm on how to make suitable sanding pads. Recorded and posted from i-phone. Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2010 at Merfs' Ed
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I still have no idea what the significance of barcodes are. Guess I'd better get reading.
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Moodle a tool or a toolbox?
Moodle? We at present have a rather older version of Moodle than we wish. This has often caused us to view Moodle as a repository rather than a user friendly delivery option or organiser. To enable us to see how the Newer Moodle 2.0 might improve our view of possibilities... Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2010 at Merfs' Ed
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Oh, Man this is a poignant article in both timeing and content. Thanks.
Exploring (and possibly changing) Faculty Attitudes Toward Teaching and Student-Centered Learning: Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference
This presentation will explore the "Conceptual Change Model", an intervention strategy faculty development staff can use to help move instructors along the path from traditional lecture-based strategies to student-centered classroom techniques. We'll explore how self-concept relates to teaching s...
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Posted Sep 17, 2010 at Merfs' Ed
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