The potential of technology to facilitate independent learning
excites me. However, sometimes the tools for creating e-learning
resources can lead to overly structured schemes of work which
children move through in isolation. For the past few weeks I
have been working on using e-learning resources to give children
responsibility for their own learning, whilst trying to avoid
these pitfalls. I recently ran a workshop for future school
leaders at the National College and, given that my remit was
participative technologies, I tried to make it as participative
as possible. Throughout the session we used a wide range of
online tools to collect the ideas and responses of both people
in the room and those taking part online, organised around an
online resource created with Google sites. This got me thinking
about the structure of lessons in my class, and I wondered if I
could use such tools to facilitate lessons where the children
had more control over the pace of activities rather than this
being dictated by my jud