I'll share as much html as I can, but most of it is coming from my head, as well as some help from this awesome site right here: Quackit.com. It has a ton of options for you to browse through, and it's what's allowing me to set up my scrolling marquee up at the top!
For my first post, I decided to stick with the topics in Module 2, specifically the Jukes and Richardson videos since I chose a different prompt in the discussion thread. I wanted to compare, and idenifty similarities as well as differences. I've also included a poll at the bottom, if you would not mind filling it out. Feedback, comments, and expansions on your opinions are always welcome! (I have no idea why there is such a gap between the videos and the table I made ... I can't figure it out!)
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| Ian Jukes | Will Richardson |
| ● Vocab: "DSL", "DFL", "digital natives", "neuroplasticity" | ● Vocab: "collabortaive space", "synchronous", "literacy" |
| ● Brain structure is physically different than 50 years ago | ● Future is unpredictable |
| ● Children are fluent in digital language | ● Most work will be collaborative and done synchronously with people in other countries |
| ● 50% of brain wiring is in place at birth; the other 50% comes later | ● Paperless future |
| ● Brains are consistently changing: depends on input & duration of the input | ● NCLB = hindering technology progression (too focused on test results) |
| ● Neuroplasticity: the idea that the brain is malleable and changing | ● Need leadership from the top down; lead schools into the 21C. learning style |
| ● Supports author, Johnson, that states today's kids are thinking more adult-like due to mature themes in video games | ● "Thinnly Walled Classrooms": nonlinear and messy |
| ● We need to nurture both sides of the brain; not just the left | ● Physical space should not be an issue; a multimedia room is where the action should be |
| ● Similarities: Both push for educators to shift their mode of thinking; recognize that the world is not what it used to be; the change is happening quickly and we need to adapt with it because children are at a disadvantage if we do not | ● Differences: Jukes focused more on research on the brain, and how to adapt to a generation with brains that are wired differently; Richardson focused on how to adapt to a changing society and methods of communication, as well as school's space and how to integrate physical and digital space |
