St Alcuin College Technology by Jan Steyn de Beer
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Tag Archives: personalisation
Dialogue: Challenges and Change in Education
I have the great privilege to work with a forward-thinking organization, Action Canada. A leadership program for young Canadians, Action Canada explores topics of national interest and investigates ways to make improvements for Canada’s future. This year, their theme is: … Continue reading
Realising the Revolution: Walk the Chalk
“You won’t believe it, but my mom told me that I can go on the New York trip. She said that since this was my passion, they would support it.” A grade 10 student recently shared this exciting news with … Continue reading
Welcome to the iGeneration (Part 2): The Simple Revolution
Allowing students to achieve identified learning outcomes in a manner most suitable to them, while providing them with the opportunities to determine when, how and with what they choose to learn, are probably the most fundamental issues in establishing a meaningful and authentic learning experience. It should come as no surprise that these concepts flow quite naturally from the three components of an authentic learning experience …
Continue readingWelcome to the iGeneration: Make Learning Real
The current generation of learners is often classified as the “Millennial Generation”, or the “Net Generation” on account of their co-existence with the web and their indispensable online presence. As the current demographic group encompasses so much more than mere www-residency, I prefer the descriptor “iGeneration”1.. Apart from describing these compeers’ need for personalisation
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