“I still feel so far behind the curve. I sort of envy those teachers who just don't care about all this stuff. We still have teachers here who feel that using is huge stretch.” Teacher comment

'Getting the balance right between intuitive experimentation and conscious deliberation is vital. Think too little and you may be stuck with bad habits. Think too much and you may become paralyzed with self consciousness. ‘ Guy Claxton 'Wise Up

“The pace of change is a bit overwhelming and I feel like no matter how quickly I learn new things there are more left to learn (and the sheer number is increasing exponentially).” Teacher comment

“It's also getting much harder to work out what will work with my curriculum, the technology I have available, and the way my students learn.” Teacher comment

'We should turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.' John Holt

'All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate.' John Dewey

“I've been there and I stay there every day as I see schools with 1:1 laptops and tablets -- we can't do that due to money -- we're doing our best.” Teacher comment

“I am not seeing too many left who are pulling out the same plans this week that they have used for the past 10 years. For some, learning how to use or PowerPoint is a big step. I love helping them with that stuff.” Teacher Leader comment

'Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, actions that will take us into being more fully alive.’ Peter Bloc

“Everything's always breaking down!” Teacher comment

“You have passwords to remember everywhere.” Teacher comment

“I want to use the technology, but I am the only one here in our department and no one I know personally has ever done this before. In fact, I am the only one in my entire school as far as I can tell. It's a scary place to be…” Teacher comment

Do we realize that Linden dollars (the money in Second Life) may perhaps be our first truly global currency? (It is 250L$ to every $1 of US currency.)

“I have no idea how we keep up. It was easier years ago to just take out the good old textbook and start with Chapter 1.” Teacher comment

“In our school, it is a situation where teacher enthusiasm and keeness to adopt new technology is way ahead of the infrastructure. A computer lab has to be booked a term in advance.” Teacher comment

“I am one of the early adopters (although not at the very beginning of that scale) and love being able to share my mistakes with my fellow teachers when they attempt the things I have tried.” Teacher comment

“I have a read a ton of stuff and searched lots of sites, but I can't find what I need.” Teacher comment

NZ Curriculum E-learning and pedagogy Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section (the pedagogies).

For instance, e-learning may: * assist the making of connections by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time * facilitate shared learning by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom *

assist in the creation of supportive learning environments by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences enhance opportunities to learn by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further

NZ Curriculum Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.

‘ Students are born with a powerful desire to learn. Everything we do as parents and teachers must ensure that this powerful desire is kept alive. If there were to be one thing to be continually assessed it would be this desire... too many students leave with little to show for their time at school. Too many leave alienated and powerless’ Bruce Hammonds

The Beginning

Web 2.0 Mass publishing - blogs, wikis, flicker, pod casts Social networking - Web sites not isolated- feeds, RSS Advertisers’ paradise Collaborative Iterative

web 2.o Google Maps Delicious Technorati Flicker

Mass Publishing Example: Wikipedia edited by peers entire world can edit it important thing to teach is critical thinking- truth is relative

Mass Publishing Example- Blogs

Mass Publishing Example- Wikis

Social Networking Example: Facebook

WHAT IS TRUE? WHAT IS REAL? WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP?