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The Digital Classroom – a podcast from ACEC 2010

Sylvia Martinez — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:18:16 +0000

Back in April I keynoted the Australian Council for Educational Computing (ACEC 2010) in Melbourne, Australia. After the keynote I had a tap on the shoulder from a lovely young man who works for a show called “FutureTense” on the ABC National Radio network asking if he could record a short interview for his show.

I think it came out pretty well – listen and you’ll hear all kinds of ideas about “The Digital Classroom” from me and others including Helen Otway, Chris Rogers, Alan November, Andy Penman, and Michelle Selinger. I especially liked opening the show by talking about how technology is not dehumanizing us as it’s often depicted. Rather technology allows a greater sense of community with people around the world, and how this can now include young people in an unprecedented way.

Sylvia

The Digital Classroom – ACEC 2010 (click to play)

If this doesn’t work, try this direct link to the ABC site for the MP3.

ACEC 2010 Keynote – The 92% Solution

Sylvia Martinez — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:17:40 +0000

I’m on my way to Australia to keynote the national educational technology conference ACEC 2010. The presentation is called “The 92% Solution” – meaning students who make up 92% of the population at most schools.

The 92% Solution – Sylvia Martinez explores the timeless question of why teachers don’t use technology in the classroom from a new perspective.

Since the introduction of computers into schools, teacher professional development has been designed to teach teachers how to use technology in the classroom. Unfortunately, after 30 years there is little evidence that this effort has been successful. Conventional wisdom suggests that the problem is a lack of professional development. This is an assumption that should be challenged.

The days of “sit and get” technology professional development are over. Learn about what’s next – the 92% solution, a strategy that empowers students, improves teaching, and enriches the learning community.

I’m honored and excited to be taking part in this conference – it seems that there is an international recognition that we cannot advance into the future of education without taking the largest stakeholder group into account. Luckily, communication and collaboration technology is facillitating this — a perfect storm at this perfect moment in time.

See you there – Thursday, 8 April 2010 09:00 – 10:00 in Plenary Hall

I’ll also be doing a session – If Games are the Answer, What’s the Question?

Sylvia

ACEC2010 contests – media awards and t-shirt design!

Sylvia Martinez — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:09:17 +0000

In less than 2 months I’ll be going “down under” and keynoting the Australian Computers in Education Conference ACEC2010 in Melbourne Australia.

When: 6 – 9 April 2010
Where: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Full details online: www.acec2010.info

I’m excited about this and will write more soon about my keynote topic, but first, some fun stuff!

From ACEC2010:

The ACEC2010: Digital Diversity conference opens in just 58 days. There’s a lot going on in the ICTEV office as we get ready to put on the biggest ICT event for educators in Australia this year. The program is now online – check http://acec2010.info/program-glance for an overview. Soon we’ll be inviting registered attendees to come back to the website, login and choose their sessions for the conference.

We’ve also got a couple of competitions coming up. Next month we’ll be running the Inaugural ACCE Australasian Educational Media Awards, proudly sponsored by Edsoft. At this ACEC2010 we’d like to acknowledge the contribution of Australasian educators who support the learning community through blogs, wikis, podcasts and other new media forums. Keep tuned for more information.

But first up is the ACEC2010 T-shirt Design Competition to select artwork for the official conference t-shirt.

This is an opportunity to get your students involved and showcase their design talent or even have a go yourself. The winning design will go on the front of the official ACEC2010 conference t-shirt. Enter now to Feb 21, 2010.

Go for it!

Sylvia