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How do young people use new technologies for learning ?

developing personal learning networks

Bricolage - (Levi Strauss)

creating, exploring and transversing boundary objects

software based on expropriation

the development of learning environments and PLNs are an

outcome of learning

digital identity - the self

in the network

A person’s identity is not a stable and independent psychological entity; it is constantly remade as the

person interacts with others.

A dramaturgical approach

“The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life’

Erving Goffman

"An identity would seem to

be arrived at by the way in which the

person faces and uses his experience."

James Baldwin

social learning is constructed

from conversations

and participation within a CoP

developing personal learning

pathways

Personal Learning Environments allow learners to manage their own learning and tocommunicate with others in the process of learning

PLEs can be built from loosely linked internet tools and social

software including blogs and wikis

PLEs can utilise multimedia including video and audio to allow rich communication in

different forms

Critical thinking and communication skills

Problem solvingCommunication and Collaboration skillsInformation media and technology skills

Global awareness

Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Critical thinking and communication skills

Problem solvingCommunication and Collaboration skillsInformation media and technology skills

Global awareness

Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Look for, analyse, evaluate and integrate information.Think Critically. Develop new ideasCreate digital content.Connect, collaborate and respect others’ opinion.Build your own knowledge.Make decision and choices.Continue learning outside school

Look for, analyse, evaluate and integrate information.Think Critically. Develop new ideasCreate digital content.Connect, collaborate and respect others’ opinion.Build your own knowledge.Make decision and choices.Continue learning outside school

Source Gladys Baya (http://www.slideshare.net/gladysbaya/blogs-and-wikis-your-school-goes-online)

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