Thanks so much for sharing. Interesting possibilities indeed!
I hadn't seen the learner.org site. Amazing how many good solid
educational resources are available online.
Your point about schools sharing their bright students and exceptional
teachers is very well taken. If I had to put my current vision in a
sentence, I'd say... Create a collection of virtual design lab spaces
where teachers and students from around the world who are passionate
about a subject can meet and work together to further their
understanding and knowledge with an overarching goal of developing
solutions to make the world a better place.
Now how to build such a thing and bring it to life?
Fred
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:31 PM, David Lankford
<dlankford@ehshouston.org> wrote:
> Fred,
>
> I was looking at the OGS site and poked around a bit.
> =A0I came to this page:
>
>
> =A0http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/energy/
>
> Then I began to think out of the box a bit. =A0Now this idea is not well
> thought out so forgive me in advance. =A0If you front load your idea with=
the
> idea of IPAD type devices that works on an App based OS like IOS, Android=
,
> Google, then think take notes, write a paper and read a text book and loo=
k
> at a demonstration / simulation. =A0Then think extended class room and he=
re is
> what I came up with.
>
> Using an online classroom management software CMS assign tasks to your
> students in class. =A0They would go to a site like the one above and see =
Text
> book chapters, videos, interactive labs, charts and diagrams, have access=
to
> professionals in the field and a glossary and index link. =A0In short all=
the
> observables needed for different learning styles in one place. =A0The stu=
dent
> then needs little more than a consumptive device like the IPAD to log in =
and
> process the information. =A0Then they can turn in some kind of assessment
> project and move to the next class. The teacher could spend more time per
> student and students would have access to more of the class at a later da=
te.
>
>
> This process could include a collaborative component in which students ca=
n
> type, chat or video questions to their group or the teacher. =A0I believe=
our
> students learn by doing and by teaching so this interactive, collaborativ=
e
> part is very important.
>
> I was imagining the CMS to look like Moodle, the E Text and digital
> resources to be bundled like the link above, and the "class" to located i=
n a
> student portal on the schools website.
>
>
> What the collaborative part looks like and what the assessment looks like=
I
> have not worked out. =A0The assessment part is where I spend my time aski=
ng
> questions and looking for answers.
>
> The above scenario could take place in a classroom or in a virtual classr=
oom
> or a combination. =A0Lets say I have an expert teacher of environmental
> science teaching the class to a full classroom. =A0I could imagine a stud=
ent
> in another location joining the class online. This could be a means for
> schools to share both bright students and exceptional teachers with each
> other.
>
> Anyway Fred, that's as far as I went with this today.
>
> David
>
>
> Very Respectfully,
>
>
> David Lankford
> Director of Technology
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