Almost precisely on schedule, we arrived, ready to meet everyone (both from the tour and our hosts from Israel as well) and get underway. And how do we start? By congregating, of course.
So, we all introduced ourselves (sorry, no photo) and proceeded to the culinary part of the evening. Judging at least from this first taste, though we can't yet say how nourishing the educational side of our tour is going to be, it's certainly going to be a treat to our mouths and stomachs.
And then it was time for our opening lecture. Hanan Yaniv spoke with us about "Digital Pedagogy" - about how the tools that are at the disposal of today's pupils compel us to undertake a dynamic style of learning - Project Based Learning.
We concluded the evening with the feeling that though we've convened to learn about ICT in education in Israel our real focus will be how we can learn today ... as well it should.
Thanks Jay for this post and all others,keeping records and photos from the tour.
ReplyDeleteProf Hanan, encouraged us, in his talk to ask ourselves “ Why do kids want to do that?” when examining and exploring technologies. This intrinsic motivation, Hanan was talking about,I intend to keep in mind.