Technology in the Classroom: A Professional Blogfolio

Last night I had the opportunity to watch keynote speaker George Siemens who was presenting at the TLT Summit conference in Saskatoon. (Did I mention I was wearing pajamas and was kms away in the comfort of my own home?) Our professor, Alec Couros, was streaming live for us from the conference. This was something I had never experienced before. The live chat was a neat way to ask questions and converse with others who were watching from all over the continent and viewing his slide show online was helpful to follow along with his presentation.

Upon mentioning the “hole in the wall” experiment done by Sugata Mitra I was completely blown away.  George explained that a computer was placed a wall in a small village of India complete with a keyboard and mouse. The children in the village began to explore the new technology and within twenty minutes they were surfing the web! In three months they had taught themselves to speak English! What an amazing example of wayfinding! The children were able to take control of their learning and make sense of things on their own.