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Order of Play -- Tuesday, July6. 10:40 -- 12:30 Readings 12:30 -- 1 -- Lunch 1 -- 2:45 -- Educational Tools Exercise 2:45 - 3:30 -- Production group meeting -- skills inventory and list of needed technologies. First stab at firming up of topic. Reading Groups Group 1: Freda Char
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Order of Play -- Tuesday, July6 10:40 -- 12:30 Readings 12:30 -- 1 -- Lunch 1 -- 2:45 -- Educational Tools Exercise 2:45 - 3:30 -- Production group meeting -- skills inventory and list of needed technologies. First stab at firming up of topic
Reading Groups Group 1: Freda Char Sherry Kerry Group 2: Kendrick Paul Mario John Group 3: Jason Gordon Tim Dan Group 4: Marilyn Cindy Carol-Anne Ruthie Group 5: David Liette Ben Aaron Tabitha
Ruthie Marilyn Kendrick Tim Tabitha Carol-Anne Cindy Char David Dan Mario Gord Paul Ben Aaron Jason John Liette Freda Sherry Kerry
Tabitha -- Blackboard Carol-Anne -- Slate Cindy -- textbook Char -- ballpoint pen Ben -- hornbook Aaron -- fountain pen Jason -- quill John -- pencil Liette -- filmstrip Freda --- television Sherry -- Language Master Kerry -- photo copier David -- lyre Dan -- standardized tests Mario -- banda (spirit) copier Gord -- Laser Disks Paul-- record player Ruthie --- computer Marilyn -- VCR Kendrick -- Radio Tim -- liquid paper
Day 2 -- Production Begins! Havelock and Illich and Sanders first half of Havelock to page 227 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 -- Second half of Havelock from page 228 GROUP 3 -- First section of Illich and Sanders GROUP 4 -- Second section of Illich and sanders GROUP 5 Last section of Illich and Sanders
Reading task: Engage with text as text -- Induction of a kind of “hyperliteracy” -- paying attention to text in ways in which you don’t normally On your own, before moving into your groups: Select what you feel is the most important/relevant sentence in your section Then, summarize the sentence in your own words and indicate WHY it is significant in terms of the TEXT as a whole Finally, extend the argument BEYOND the text, to say why/how it might hold significance in Education or the “wider world” more generally
In your groups: 1. Share your work Select what the majority agrees is the most accurate, best articulated piece Place that piece on poster paper to share/model for class
Remediation of Technologies in Education When was the tool invented and for what purposes? When was it implemented in schools and what changes did it generate?
***Based on group work, feedback and discussion, revise your piece for the Intellectual Production Piece for Day 2 and upload to your site***
Educational Technology Timeline Lyre: Sumarian, 3200 BCE -- accompany songs, connection between music and mathematics/emotion -- helped keep presenter of oral text to remember and structure content Standardized tests 206 BC - ?? AD Imperial exams -- during Han dynasty -- Six subjects music, archery, horsemanship, math, … sorting… Standardized tests Early 20th century for college entrance. For “intelligence tests”. Give admins order to “haphazard” system/s. Used mid-20th century again for college admissions
Quill Pen 7th century to replace reed pen. Over 1,000 years (longest use for writing implements). Quill cutting as well as writing were seen as core curriculum. Slate Early technology for writing… getting better ed system b/c of slate. Observations and feedback between teachers and students. Slates democratized learning. More affordable. Hornbook 16th century to 18th century. Text, curriculum, economy. Pencil Graphite. England. Meaning “little tail”. 18th century, slate pencil. 1856 Cedar Pencil. Easier to use and water proof.
Textbooks Prescriptive curriculum. Standardization. 16th Century. American Spelling Book 1873 Blackboards 1817 -- for military teaching -- large groups. Demos and illustrations. When did blackboards go green? (Banda) Spirit Copier 1876 -- pre-make stencil, and put ink on, 6 copies per minute 1950 begins use in schools. Allows teacher to manufacture curriculum locally Fountain Pen First patent 1884 -- Waterman. (1702 earliest form). Predominant writing instrument for next 60 years. 1918 -- after WWI, used more, speculation for move to schools
Filmstrip 1894 Edison Labs -- 1950’s used in schools until late 70’s and in some places into 90’s. Teachers not focus of classroom. Use of ‘exotic’, different, distance. Knowledge/curriculum in a package. Claims to ‘neutrality’ and efficiency in class. Technology of control. Record Player Phonograph in 1878. 1895 (w/ disk) Berliner (Grammaphone). 1906 -- into homes (Vitrola). Perhaps in schools in 40/50’s, but not ubiquitous. Radio 1899. Marconi (invented). 1920’s -- ‘craze’. Relatively unused in teaching, and used later for weather/geography. Radio broadcasts/ current affairs into classroom
Television 1923-27 Farnsworth (Utah farm boy). Worked for RCA. 1960’s approx. in schools? Cultural, demographic, geographic awareness, not there before. Ball point pen 1888 (patent). 1938 manufactured. Biro (developed). In airplanes in WWII -- 1953 mass marketed. 1950-60’s begin use in schools. Computers ADA LOVELACE ??? Charles Babbage and analytical engine? 1945 (military development). 1975 Apple began donating to school. Change? Classroom ‘management’, cultural change, porn sites, learning interactive/fun, Liquid Paper Betty Graham 1951 (“Mistake Out”). Home business. 1979 (bought out). Schools -- 1980’s on? B/c of mass manufacturing.
Photocopier 1959 Carlson (inventor). 1980s in schools. More print resources. “copy rights” threatened. “Paperless office”. Knowledge is portable. More resources for teaching same subject. VCR 1972 -- Phillips -- VHS 1979 -- time shifted broadcasting. Popular visual culture in classroom. mid 1980’s for vcr. Laser Disks 1979 -- Phillips and Sony. Lasted until early 1990’s. Interactive programs and movies. Mass data. Seen in mid 1990’s as simulation games/multimedia storage and use. Language Master 1960s Audio/visual aid for language/literacy.
Afternoon Production Meeting Deliverables 1. Inventory of Skills 2. Inventory of Tools Needed (i.e. hardware, software, materials, bodies) 3. Initial Idea Filled Out a bit, including assigning tasks to group members for this evening (eg research topic a bit more, see what exists, figure out how your project is different, etc.)