We are emerging from a troubling decade of bamboozlement and skullduggery. The technology and dotcom bubbles have burst, the fanciful forecasts have collapsed and many of the false prophets have been caught in the harsh light of publicity.
In this chapter from his new book, Just in Time Technology, Jamie McKenzie suggests 10 Traits of Effective Learning Products to help schools avoid bamboozlement.
In this article, McKenzie combines and summarizes much of his thinking and writing about the power of questions and questioning.
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- Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School
- How Teachers Learn Technology Best
- Just in Time Technology: Doing Better with Fewer
- Making Good Change with Technology and Literacy
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An important new book from Australia with a focus on problem-based learning, questioning and literacies.
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