Here is an interesting post about learning styles from Kevin on a QLD list that I also subscribe to.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">
Kevin Savage</b> <<a href="mailto:kevin@edit.net.au">kevin@edit.net.au</a>><br>Date: 18 Sep 2007 16:03<br>Subject: Neomillennial learning styles<br><br></span>
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Hi
all, interesting article from the US.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Stats are for university students but I would be
surprised if they are very different here. Interesting quotes:</span></font></div>
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<div><font><span>The implication is less of an emphasis
on the "sage on the stage" and a linear acquisition process focusing on a
"single best source," focusing instead on "active learning" that comes from
synthesizing information from multiple types of media.</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>and
(from a student)</span></font></div>
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<div><font><span>IT is not a good substitute for good
teaching. Good teachers are good with or without IT and students learn a great
deal from them. Poor teachers are poor with or without IT and students learn
little from them. </span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>and
for us non-millenialists:</span></font></div>
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<div><font><span>83.1 percent of 18- to 19-year-olds
own (an iPod).</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Food for thought.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS">All the
best</font></div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS">Kevin</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Kevin Savage</font></p>
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<hr></span></font></div></div><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead