The Savvy Technologist » curriculum http://technosavvy.org Great teaching and learning with technology Sat, 07 May 2011 04:55:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Bernajean Porter: Digital Storytelling, Part 3 http://technosavvy.org/2006/05/12/bernajean-porter-digital-storytelling-part-3/ http://technosavvy.org/2006/05/12/bernajean-porter-digital-storytelling-part-3/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 13:01:31 +0000 Tim Wilson http://technosavvy.org/?p=409 Here’s the followup to my first interview with Bernajean Porter. We continue the digital storytelling podcast series with a discussion of assessment and the importance of craftsmanship in the storytelling process.

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Please feel free to leave feedback or questions for Bernajean in the comments for this post. I’m sure she will be happy to reply and interact with anyone there. I’m finalizing the plans for the fourth and final episode in this series, so stay tuned.

Download: STP-BernajeanPorter-2 (14.4 MB, 31:08)

]]> http://technosavvy.org/2006/05/12/bernajean-porter-digital-storytelling-part-3/feed/ 1 High school students aren’t challenged http://technosavvy.org/2005/07/25/high-school-students-arent-challenged/ http://technosavvy.org/2005/07/25/high-school-students-arent-challenged/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:36:30 +0000 Tim Wilson http://technosavvy.org/?p=273 Will references the NYT article and I saw similar results as I was looking over research in preparation for our one-to-one project. Our high school students aren’t being challenged. From the article:

A large majority of high school students say their class work is not very difficult, and almost two-thirds say they would work harder if courses were more demanding or interesting, according to an online nationwide survey of teenagers conducted by the National Governors Association.

Consider that and then have a listen to this interview with Thomas Friedman, author of the red-hot book “The World Is Flat,” over at NPR’s Science Friday show. Is there any question that we need to be producing the brightest minds possible? And let’s not get sidetracked by lamenting the loss of manufacturing jobs to cheaper labor markets overseas. It’s a done deal. It’s over. Get used to it. Instead, let’s focus on the kind of work that isn’t easily outsourced—the creative, right-brained work that produces innovation. Let’s ask tough questions about what kind of curriculum is needed to produce citizens that can adapt rapidly, use technology effectively, communicate convincingly, cooperate seamlessly, solve problems creatively, and think unconventionally. Somehow I don’t think it looks much like the curriculum we have now.

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