Learning is changing – what sort of vision do we need to help navigate this change? I put forward that
creative
passionate
people
are the answer!
CPP take the old, the tried and the tested content and use ICT to interact with it in new, exciting and creative ways. Students and teachers (all learners) get to take the content and work together to manipulate it, modify it and have a personal stake in it.
At BETT (British Educational Technology Trade Show @ Olympia, London) today, I came across two stand out CPP – a large organization and an individual who love what they do, want to make a difference and have stepped up to creatively lead the way.
Promethean, with their Promethean Planet teacher website, their online Training and Develoment opportunities and their new AcivPrimary 3 software, are promoting a range of products, tried and tested that encourage both teachers and students to creatively approach their learning.
Students and teachers are supported through new learning experiences, but not directed in an over-bearing way. Users can interact with each other and the programs to create new and exciting learning experiences that combine different bases of knowledge to raise questions and solve problems together.
Shooflypie promotes big books in digital form. Students interact with these texts, with each other, and with technology to explore, develop and articulate ideas and concepts. Students use the texts on the interactive whitebord as a springboard to develop traditional storytelling skills and enrich language through other cross-curricula areas ( such as music, drama, art, design and citizenship).
Anne – the author and developer – drew upon her strengths and skills as a passionate teacher, a gifted story teller and an educator to develop creative and inspiring materials.
For students to become passionate and creative about their learning they need to be exposed to, and make use of , creative teaching practices and creative ICT applications – which they can interact with and have control over. I found two examples at BETT today!