tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948940670555060233.post8356356500520412944..comments2023-10-20T04:10:05.219-05:00Comments on Edina Digital Age Learning: Lessons for One to One LearningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948940670555060233.post-62520830126631502602009-04-16T11:38:00.000-05:002009-04-16T11:38:00.000-05:00I am still trying to figure out whether it is nece...<I>I am still trying to figure out whether it is necessary for the lesson to require 1:1 to be a good 1:1 lesson. I think the key is the essential questions that they answer and the collaborative inquiry they inspire.</I> Though I know the guy that posed the question ;) I feel there's no substitute for great lessons/units nor a substitute for great 1:1 programs. <br /><br />To some extent the question is artificial and should point back to just plain great instructional design, teaching and all the best practices that go with a 1:1 program.<br /><br />When any student can immediately validate a point of discussion or when a creative moment hits them at home (or wherever), they have the access to put it together.<br /><br />1:1 brings that additional piece of near immediate individualization of student assignments/tasks as the teacher observes and can make modifications (remediation, extension, branching) off the student's current understanding and progress - huge!<br /><br />Which lessons require 1:1? I'm voting for all of them!Mike Dronenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845931150019738882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948940670555060233.post-75919362402600865832009-04-16T08:32:00.000-05:002009-04-16T08:32:00.000-05:00Tami,
Thanks for the comment! All of our research ...Tami,<br />Thanks for the comment! All of our research points to your last paragraph. Teachers will need to live in the environment for a while! Can you elaborate on the lesson you observed and what the teachable moment that was tapped due to 1:1 was? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463146767986843944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948940670555060233.post-34067743710553487572009-04-15T19:25:00.000-05:002009-04-15T19:25:00.000-05:00In response to "I am still trying to figure out wh...In response to "I am still trying to figure out whether the it is necessary for the lesson to require 1:1 to be a good 1:1 lesson."<br /><br />Whether or not having 1:1 is required for the lesson isn't what's relevant. It's the fact that you have the 1:1 and will be able to do things you can't do without it when the situation arises that matters.<br /><br />I was in a 1:1 classroom today watching a fabulous lesson. Much of what happened could have been possible using carts in a non-1:1 setting, but because there was 1:1, there's an opportunity for the teachable moment that couldn't be tapped without it. You never know that feeling when designing the lesson - you have to live it to see it play out.<br /><br />After you live in a 1:1 for a few years and have continuously designed learning opportunities around the ubiquitous access, you can sense it pretty well, but you never truly know how/when the moment will occur until it evolves in the classroom and eventually transform the culture.Tami Brasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574815940113166503noreply@blogger.com