WhatImAbout

As an educator I have not been this excited about IT developments since I saw the Mac and since I saw the Internet for the first time.

A Digital Learning Manifesto

Through the horizon project [[|http://www.horizonproject.wikispaces.com] and [|http://www.horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com] I have been introduced to a raft of Web 2 tools and possibilities. I have also been part of the flat classroom project [ [|http://www.flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com]] where I and my students have worked with fellow travelers from around the world. I am an adherent of Dewey's //learning by doing// and have been working with my students as they develop their own wikis as part of their studies at plcvic.wikispaces.com. This builds on work under the influence of Seymour Papert's //Constructionism// and more recently Geoge Siemen's //[|Connectivism]//

I work from the principle that if use of ICT is beneficial for school education then all students should be able to benefit, and therefore all teachers should be engaged. In support of this I have been developing teachIT, a curriculum-based ICT skill development program that utilises Flash.

If you share my interest and enthusiasm please let me know so that we can work on how best to make use of digital teaching and learning in education.