How much tech do you use?

A TINY PIECE OF EDUCATION Presented by Edna Sackson CREATING AWARENESS OF EDUCATION IN THE WORLD

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How much computer access do your students have?

1:1 Computer lab One or more computers in classroom None YOUR PIECE Which is the closest?

How student centred is the learning in your classroom?

Students own their learning Mostly student centred Mostly teacher directed D. Teacher in control of learning YOUR PIECE Which is the closest?

Are there opportunities for development of 21st century skills? creativity communication collaboration critical thinking

All kinds, all the time Many opportunities Working on it D. Not many opportunities YOUR PIECE Which is the closest?

What % of kids have access to education? What % of kids in the world have access to computers? What sorts of learning opportunities exist outside of schools? What do schools look like in other places?

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YEOLI

SOLEs MY PIECE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL81Cto8xxQ

Instead of learning about them, we talked to them. MY PIECE SOLEs

I think it’s great that we (Australians) can talk to people in India. I find it even better that it’s led by children, because it can help us with our inquiry. It’s a good idea that we can interact with children of a different culture and find out about them in this way.

KHELGAR

Q: Do you get water 24 hours in a day? A: No Q: When do you get your water? A: 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the evening Q:  Do you use tap water? Or store water? How? A: Yes, store in barrels, cans, and tanks in the house and big kitchen utensils Q: Does the government help you in any way? A: At election time, (some parties) make sure we get water for 2 days at a stretch Q: Is the water enough for your family? A: Yes it is enough… MY PIECE KHELGAR

The thought of seeing children from so far away in their own room was exciting, and intimidating all at once. But they caught on to the idea that they could find out about each other using this medium:  text on Skype, translations from and into English, from and into Marathi and Hindi. And I was inundated with queries to send to them even after the session was over. But what really struck me, yet again, was the vast potential for understanding different perspectives and situations. 

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connection authenticity engagement perspective collaboration understanding global awareness social conscience reflection communication responsibility respect empathy

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Blog: http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com Twitter: @whatedsaid Email: eddizmail@gmail.com Links: http://http://solesandsomes.wikispaces.com/ http://www.samidha.org/ http://palakneeti.org/ http://www.artedelmundoecuador.com/v2/index.php http://blogs.scopus.vic.edu.au/4b11/category/unit-of-inquiry/who-we-are/ http://bit.ly/SocialJusticeConference whatedsaid.wordpress.com/tag/soles-and-somes/ Kids connecting: Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL81Cto8xxQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeqJRq9-kQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsIbw5msdg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLj6KpaJs7A Voicethreads: http://voicethread.com/?#q.b1530609.i8069349 http://priscopus.ed.voicethread.com/?#u363441.b2095691 MY PIECE