HvA Digitale Didactiek

Artikel 4: Visie digitaal onderwijs Welke visie heb ik ten aanzien van digitaal onderwijs voor mijn vak?  En onderwijs in het 'algemeen'? After studying about open and online onderwijs in the first part of this course, it became apparent that the various sources available to us as teachers are varied and helpful in allowing for a diverse approach to English teaching. Using ICT to improve upon my teaching is something that could be allowed for in a sustained ‘vision’ for my digital education standards as teacher and guide for students in class. The creative commons allows for many types of sources, like lesson plans, presentations, open source programs and games to come into the classroom and help me in my lessons. Shakespeare and his work comes alive in interactive powerpoints and lessons developed by other professionals and shared online, poetry comes alive through interactive web series allowing for different and new perspectives on classic verses, and many other exa

Artikel 3: Docentcompetenties en ontwikkelingen 1. A breakdown of related points of interest with regard to ICT in the classroom: Based on my experience teaching and the literature from class, I believe that the issues facing 21st century students and teachers are multifactorial and constantly evolving. I reject out of hand the point Burbeles (2016) makes about the ‘sui generis’ of the term for ‘new education’ as being misleading--there is nothing that comes close to the communicative and social power ICT has in our lives in all of human history. As this relates to the classroom is something I think that also goes without saying, and thus is the ‘over promotion’ of the ‘new’ in ‘new education’ a neo-luddism that can be dismissed by anyone who has experience trying to teach a student in 2019 without recognizing the central role ICT and the internet have in her life. The interdependencies of different learning competencies mean that a linear approach to teaching students with regar

Artikel 2: Bloggen en e-portfolio in het onderwijs I was able to begin using extra ICT resources and blogs in my classroom as far back as 2005, in my first teaching job in Texas. Then, I was a Spanish teacher at a high school outside of Houston, and in order to communicate with students in a ‘fun and innovative way’ (in 2005, Myspace was still a thing, and Facebook had yet to be more than a campus curiosity) with posting things in a simple online forum, perhaps with a photo or two. I had a digital camera and Mac, and loved making short films with my students with small plays and scenes in Spanish they would write in class to perform for on camera. One such example I still have saved on YouTube, is from 2006, in which my 9th graders (15-16 year old at the time) interpret a scene from a then-popular American film, Dodgeball . The students’ performance is still fun to watch 13 years later, and I remember posting the different student films and photos to the blog for everyone to watch

Beau Brown: An Introduction As I only have 500 words or so, I’m going to keep the information about myself brief: I’m 37 years old, originally from Texas in The US and after many years traveling and living abroad, I am now settled in Holland. This is my second tour of duty here in The NL--the first time was back in 2009 when I came for my ex and worked at an international school in Hilversum. I left for a while to be a private tutor in Buenos Aires, but the strength of Holland--or rather, the strength of my love for its most beautiful citizen (my wife, Jamila) brought and kept me back full time since 2015. We have a daughter, Abby, and another on the way, and are currently renovating a house in Haarlem to move into from Amsterdam sometime in the summer. I love my family and my life here in the NL, and enjoy being a teacher and working with young people. I’ve taught and worked on all 6 continents since my start in education back in 2004. I have a BA in Spanish and Latin American