Submitted by Teresa Marques (not verified) on February 11, 2008 - 04:43.
I am a portuguese teacher (I work with 5th and 6th grades, math and sciences... since 1985) and I'm doing my thesis - master degree in educational technologies (University of Lisbon - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science)...
When I've started my career, I 've worked with logo... Now my thesis is a kind of Action-research (kids from 5th and 6th grades) about learning the curriculum and much more using programming activities with Scratch... in a much free way (they program at school, at home... ) ... So... it was really nice for me to have found your paper in Edutopia... cause I share the central idea with you... and your words will add a strong contribution to support my will in pursuing this adventure. I strongly believe that we must begin to see education in a completely new way and not try to use technologies in a poor way, reproducing traditional paradigms...
(This is an excerpt of the comment I've written in your blog)
And, I learn with my students, they see that and they love to explain me things (when they explain, they learn... the teacher cannot be, should not be,always in control. When he is not, when he decides to listen... magic happens!)
The future is today...
Submitted by Teresa Marques (not verified) on February 11, 2008 - 04:43.
I am a portuguese teacher (I work with 5th and 6th grades, math and sciences... since 1985) and I'm doing my thesis - master degree in educational technologies (University of Lisbon - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science)...
When I've started my career, I 've worked with logo... Now my thesis is a kind of Action-research (kids from 5th and 6th grades) about learning the curriculum and much more using programming activities with Scratch... in a much free way (they program at school, at home... ) ... So... it was really nice for me to have found your paper in Edutopia... cause I share the central idea with you... and your words will add a strong contribution to support my will in pursuing this adventure. I strongly believe that we must begin to see education in a completely new way and not try to use technologies in a poor way, reproducing traditional paradigms...
(This is an excerpt of the comment I've written in your blog)
And, I learn with my students, they see that and they love to explain me things (when they explain, they learn... the teacher cannot be, should not be,always in control. When he is not, when he decides to listen... magic happens!)
Teresa Marques
Azeitão, Setúbal, Portugal