Questions for Mr. Schouler...
Costs, Equipment and Implementation
1. Why do you support the implementation of new meda in the classroom?
2. When did you extensively start using new media in your classrooms?
3. What are or did you ever experience negative aspects or dangers regarding new media?
4. How long did it take until all teachers accepted new media as new learning tools or are there still opponents of it?
5. Would you say that it was hard to convince especially older colleagues of the (use of) new media in addition to the traditional ways of teaching and if so, why?
6. How does your school train teachers who are not familiar with the new media in school yet?
7. Which obstacles are there when implementing the extensive use of new media in a school?
8. How many costs did you have in order to be able to integrate new media in your lessons regarding computers and so on?
9. How many netbooks/computers does your school provide for the students?
10. How do you judge the abolishment of the old black board and the replacement by smartboards?Do you have smartboards at school?
The Students as "Consumers"
1. How and why do students of English (a foreign language) benefit from the new media use?
2. Which new media tool is the most popular one and why?
3. Which new media tools are useful for which subjects?
4. How often are new media tools used in the (English) classroom?
5. Do all classes (from 5-13) work and learn with the new media?
6. Did you ever ask your students for feedback? What was the result? Are there also students who prefer learning in the traditional way and if so, what do you tell them?
7. Did you inform the parents about the new ways of learning and teaching with the help of new media beforehand and if so, how did you do that?
Future Developments
1. Do you think that the use/integration of new media in education is the future of teaching and if so, then why?
2. What should students in the teaching program at university learn in order to be prepared for future changes at school and teaching?
3. What do you think: How does your school (or also school in general) look like in 10 years and how will learning take place then?
added: November 11, 2010
1. Why do you support the implementation of new meda in the classroom?
2. When did you extensively start using new media in your classrooms?
3. What are or did you ever experience negative aspects or dangers regarding new media?
4. How long did it take until all teachers accepted new media as new learning tools or are there still opponents of it?
5. Would you say that it was hard to convince especially older colleagues of the (use of) new media in addition to the traditional ways of teaching and if so, why?
6. How does your school train teachers who are not familiar with the new media in school yet?
7. Which obstacles are there when implementing the extensive use of new media in a school?
8. How many costs did you have in order to be able to integrate new media in your lessons regarding computers and so on?
9. How many netbooks/computers does your school provide for the students?
10. How do you judge the abolishment of the old black board and the replacement by smartboards?Do you have smartboards at school?
The Students as "Consumers"
1. How and why do students of English (a foreign language) benefit from the new media use?
2. Which new media tool is the most popular one and why?
3. Which new media tools are useful for which subjects?
4. How often are new media tools used in the (English) classroom?
5. Do all classes (from 5-13) work and learn with the new media?
6. Did you ever ask your students for feedback? What was the result? Are there also students who prefer learning in the traditional way and if so, what do you tell them?
7. Did you inform the parents about the new ways of learning and teaching with the help of new media beforehand and if so, how did you do that?
Future Developments
1. Do you think that the use/integration of new media in education is the future of teaching and if so, then why?
2. What should students in the teaching program at university learn in order to be prepared for future changes at school and teaching?
3. What do you think: How does your school (or also school in general) look like in 10 years and how will learning take place then?
added: November 11, 2010
