Research Interest

How is taking my family down to Nicaragua related to new media and education? Or how did my research take me there? I have been studying the use of digital technology by young children for some time and one thing has become very evident to me. The emerging digital learners are going to have drastically … More Research Interest

Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard

// Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard I have began to read two texts that deal with entirely different parts of learning but seem somehow very complementary. The first is The hundred languages of children, the Reggio Emilia approach – advanced reflections, edited by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini and George … More Reflection 1: learning to listen also means to learn to be heard

My research

How is taking my family down to Nicaragua related to new media and education? Or how did my research take me there? Every society that depends on procreation for its survival must take into account in its social organization that children initially require a great deal of care (Matthews, 2007). I have been studying the … More My research

A Wet-‘N-Wild Playground Rethinks How Kids Play And Learn | Co. Design

A Wet-‘N-Wild Playground Rethinks How Kids Play And Learn | Co. Design.   A Wet-‘N-Wild Playground Rethinks How Kids Play And Learn Sydney recently unveiled its newest, biggest, and, by all indications, funsiest public playground–a 43,000-square-foot waterlogged wonderland designed to “promote learning and experimentation through acceptable risk taking,” the designers, ASPECT Studios, say. Acceptable risk-taking? … More A Wet-‘N-Wild Playground Rethinks How Kids Play And Learn | Co. Design

21st Century Learning

If we do learn to listen, problem solving approaches do mean that the students do the work, what ever communication and information system is their native space. We need to accept the tools and in time we will too learn how to operate within these spaces….