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EDCN 865 – Community Engagement – David Hall
Response to Adrian Pickworth – Topic 4 Hi Adrian, Thanks for your thoughts. I think I was particularly drawn to your post because it resonated in terms of the tried and true methods of teaching context to students of literature. I also find that due to the ‘squeeze’ in relation to covering content, there is… Read more
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Embracing new technologies – Augmented reality and the Secondary School of the future
The popularity of augmented reality has been increasing since the early 2000s (Johnson, Smith, Levine and Haywood, 2010). Augmented reality allows for ‘overlay 3D virtual imagery onto the real world’ (Billinghurst, et al., 2001) and was catapulted to public prominence with the release of Pokémon Go in July 2016, which saw augmented reality leap into… Read more
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Don’t throw the educational baby out with the mobile technology bathwater – Sledgehammer or chisel approach to mobile device control in schools?
‘Sir, can I just take a photo of that?’ The inevitable question comes when the bells sounds as students, who haven’t been able or bothered to copy the notes down during the lesson, want to rush off to recess. In the high school context of NSW, this all too common situation speaks to a broader… Read more
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