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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Professor Sue Black OBE Keynote Speaker‏ @Dr_Black 31 Oct 2012

      We should teach computing concepts from when kids start school, if not before. Agree? Disagree? http://drblack.posterous.com/getting-school-children-excited-about-computi …

      19 replies 15 retweets 4 likes
    2. Jon Machtynger‏ @synapticity 31 Oct 2012
      Replying to @Dr_Black

      @Dr_Black What a qn - of course. The qn should rather be 'should we disband the dysfunctional approach at teaching ICT now in place?'

      1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
    3. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 31 Oct 2012
      Replying to @synapticity

      @synapticity @Dr_Black Woah!?! 'dysfunctional approach at teaching ICT now in place'? Care to explain what you mean by that please?

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 31 Oct 2012
      Replying to @digitalmaverick

      @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black He might mean the crap we teach kids in schools today like making web sites in PowerPoint, etc.

      2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
    5. Lucy Bunce  🇪🇺‏ @loobey41 1 Nov 2012
      Replying to @aral

      @aral @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black Not in any school or by any teacher I know about

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
      Replying to @loobey41

      @loobey41 @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black See @annadebenham’s talks for examples.

      2:45 AM - 1 Nov 2012
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        2. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          . @aral @synapticity @Dr_Black Give me 1 example of a bad ICT lesson and I'll give you *TEN* good ones

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @digitalmaverick

          @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black No one is saying that there aren’t good examples *despite* the system. This isn’t about you :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @synapticity @Dr_Black What do u mean 'about me'? I represent ICT teachers on #Naace & am capable of not always thinking its 'abt me'

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        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @digitalmaverick

          @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black That would explain your defence of the status quo. Hadn’t realised you had a vested interest in it.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral And I did not defend any 'status quo' - what I did was take issue when seeing the work I & others do described as 'dysfunctional'

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @digitalmaverick

          @digitalmaverick The system was being described as dysfunctional, not the work you do.

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        8. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral He said "The qn should rather be 'should we disband the dysfunctional approach at *teaching* ICT now in place?'" (my emphasis)

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        2. Lucy Bunce  🇪🇺‏ @loobey41 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black This @AnnaDebenham appears only to be following Hugh Heffner...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @loobey41

          @loobey41 @digitalmaverick @synapticity @Dr_Black My fault, sorry, her handle is @anna_debenham

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          . @aral @loobey41 @synapticity @Dr_Black But to see a word like 'dysfunctional' used to sweepingly describe what I & others do is a disgrace

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @digitalmaverick

          @digitalmaverick @loobey41 @synapticity @Dr_Black You are mistaken. ICT in schools today is a disgrace. Defending it isn’t going to fix it.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Lucy Bunce  🇪🇺‏ @loobey41 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @digitalmaverick @synapticity I agree @Dr_Black we need more CS from an earlier age but it's curriculum not teachers at fault

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 1 Nov 2012
          Replying to @aral

          . @aral @loobey41 @synapticity @Dr_Black @AnnaDebenham I t is VERY easy to find anecdotes abt bad lessons, but in ANY subject

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