How Students Become Creators Instead of Consumers of Technology | John Harris | TEDxLangleyED

Описание: In this talk John will consider the promise and potential that selected virtual reality and robotics technologies can contribute to education. He will examine proven strategies for using these tools to spark the curiosity and courage required for learners to become creators of their own new technologies instead of simply consumers of products already available in the marketplace. He will ask how VR and robotics technologies can help students become inventors instead of duplicators, innovators instead of imitators and ambitious pioneers instead of the dutiful sycophants of powerful market and social influences.

John Harris is a software developer and a technology teacher at Simonds U-Connect School in Langley, B.C. His
research interests include exploring the potential of simulations, robotics and virtual reality for learning as well as
establishing best practices for using digital media to enhance learning. His students' software and robotics projects
have garnered many international awards, including an excellence in design award from NASA, two international
Thinkquest awards, and have been positively reviewed by such international media as USA Today, BBC, AOL, Google
and Yahoo. He was awarded both the Prime Minister’s and Premier’s “Awards for Teaching Excellence."

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