tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post3765170721745949129..comments2023-07-16T00:42:34.340-07:00Comments on The Next Generation of LifelongLearningTeachers: eTwinning and professional developmentLaura Maffeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957453584842008101noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-59072899907354969682011-11-05T11:06:44.632-07:002011-11-05T11:06:44.632-07:00I met Sugata Mitra in Madrid last 22nd of October....I met Sugata Mitra in Madrid last 22nd of October. It was really a wonderful experience. If you want to listen to him again, here's his speech: http://mediateca.fundacion.telefonica.com/visor.asp?e7595-a15217Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860881941108337709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-58940540926480691342011-06-27T14:19:40.045-07:002011-06-27T14:19:40.045-07:00You are welcome,Laura. It's a pleasure to shar...You are welcome,Laura. It's a pleasure to share it with you. <br />And for Monika. I'm not sure how can I apply these ideas to my own teaching and I think that certain guiding in the content of formal education is needed, but at the same time I agree that we can't give all the pupils the same and that it's very important we don't forget that every person has a different potential and different needs . It is very important to give pupils occasions to explore,to work on their own and to do it their way and of course, especially for primary school children, to play.I am not a primary school teacher myself but I can't imagine a good school that give no place to play and games. What you say about the parents worried about the best education to their children reminds me of my own concern when I see some pupils overloaded with extracurricular activities . I find some parents want their children to get their own unfulfilled aspirations. They want them to learn foreign languages, be the best at sports, and so on, whereas when they were in their teens they did have a much more free schedule and of course never achieved such great goals as they are estting for their children.Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809266731805221071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-1648681456090669142011-06-23T02:57:31.178-07:002011-06-23T02:57:31.178-07:00Elena, I liked the video so much I decided to post...Elena, I liked the video so much I decided to post it so that it has more visibility. Thank you so much for finding it: that's a similar speech to that I attended. Great !!!<br />Thx againLaura Maffeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957453584842008101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-58070110393702196412011-06-18T13:49:51.377-07:002011-06-18T13:49:51.377-07:00Dear Elena,
thank you for sharing the video and pr...Dear Elena,<br />thank you for sharing the video and presentation about Education paradigm.<br />Talking about the presentation..it could be very interesting to know your opinions too. I work in a primary school, which is not specialised in sense that there is a "normal curriculum". And the school is not in the centre of the town. We have many pupils from families who have social problems or live in a disadvantaged environment.<br />At the same time in the town there are some schools (maybe 2-3) which -as I think- are like a factory: there are too many children, it's a kind of prestige to study there for families, children have many time private teachers just to be able stay at school and learn at the highest level...and families think-to study in these primary schools is for the future of their children.<br />I think different- for me seems better if children are happy and have really time to be children (to play for example..).Mónikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295218644569269619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-6048311096869356022011-06-18T12:52:23.029-07:002011-06-18T12:52:23.029-07:00Dear Laura, Monika and Elena,
I've found your...Dear Laura, Monika and Elena, <br />I've found your entries and videos highly interesting. <br />Actually I feel that deepening the reflections you've made upon the new ways of conceiving our job in order to fill the gap between us and our kids is the right way to follow to give sense to it. <br />Thank you!<br />Mariellamariellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260220001446191435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-11402152940755925882011-06-18T06:51:14.884-07:002011-06-18T06:51:14.884-07:00Your post intrigued me and after searching the web...Your post intrigued me and after searching the web I found <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html" rel="nofollow">this video</a> where Mr Mitra explains his experiment. As a spun of that search I also found this other interesting video about why and how we should change the <a href="http://www.wimp.com/educationparadigms/" rel="nofollow">Education paradigm</a>: I hope you like them.Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809266731805221071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016387390545978969.post-72743501081948312232011-06-18T00:30:13.811-07:002011-06-18T00:30:13.811-07:00Dear LLT Friends,
I think, we were really lucky be...Dear LLT Friends,<br />I think, we were really lucky because we had the possibility to hear Sugata Mitra's speach a Bucharest. <br />I have never heard about "The Hole in the Wall" before. It was very interesting and very different, a great experience.<br />Very different, for example from what we heard at the university about the role of teacher,or what I lived as a student in the classroom. (Even if I met some very good teachers.)<br />I enjoyed a lot to see the video about the children in India. They really challenged to use computer without any teacher, and they learned by themselves. And at the same time I had so many questions and confusion too in my mind. The "traditional teacher" was schoked.<br />I thought about so many things..children need me/need teacher in the classroom? What's the role of teachers?<br />Now I think, maybe I can show a possible way to my pupils, but there isn't only one right way. And it happends time to time when I learn from children a lot. For example in eTwinning, we tried out a new ICT tool, but were they to show me a really creative possibility to use it. But it doesn't happend only with ICT tools, but in more situation. One of my most beautiful experience in the classroom in this school year was when a little girl who has difficulties in speeching learned a poem, and recited it o other pupils. They applaused her, and told: it was great to hear you. I was very touched, and I think, children sometime are more sensible as we adults.<br />And learning together is a challenge to all of us.Mónikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295218644569269619noreply@blogger.com