Thomas Cane's Blog on Digital Futures in Education

In this post, I will be discussing the idea of contemporary learning, including what it means to me and how I believe it could be realized in the field of education today as digital technologies become more and more prevalent within schools. Despite the phrase seemingly being common knowledge amongst the articles that I have read, I would like to begin identifying a definition of contemporary learning as it is a phrase that conjures a different image in my head to the general consensus. Contemporary learning refers to modern learning, such that an article from the 1970s that refers to contemporary learning will be referring to the learning trends that were around in the 1970s. More recent contemporary learning theories and approaches are typically focused on “multiple intelligence theory, cooperative learning, problem-based learning, [and] constructivism” as well as others (Şad, Kiş, & Demir, 2017, p. 210), with these approaches incorporating students’ individual experiences to...

Video Review of “DoodleMaths”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMVKTsfusA&feature=youtu.be Written Review of “DoodleMaths”: https://thomascanedigitalfutures.blogspot.com/2020/03/doodlemaths-review-20.html Following on from my video review of the educational application “DoodleMaths”, I thought I’d reflect on the process and how the app might be utilized within my future practice as a mathematics teacher. So let's begin with why I selected “DoodleMaths” as the application to be reviewed. I was first introduced to “DoodleMaths” through my younger brother who uses the application for his homework. I had a particular interest in this app because I not only had more experience with it when compared to an educational app found on the Google Play Store, but also because as a secondary school mathematics teacher, I am interested in learning how mathematics is taught in primary schools before students graduate and move into Year 7. However, I will admit that it was a str...