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Breaking down the Traditional Classroom Walls the easy way 7.4.4

We have been trying to find common ground while  doing a kind of cost benefit analysis of each of the two directions we should be considering i.e. Technology and innovative learning visavis Construction of new learning spaces. It is important to reach a consensus now  considering that both options have their pros and cons. Technology having to by-pass costs of construction and construction by pass those of technology and innovation. The costs here, of course, analysed looking at both the money that has to sink into each of the projects and the  adaptability to current and future relevant pedagogical trends. Agreeing on  a plausible approach can be a very daunting experience because in pursuing one end you have to be willing to part with the benefits of the other. But this should not be the way to look at it because you can actually experience both as you carefully lay down a plan that gradually integrates technology into the current 'four walls', virtually breaking them do

My changing view learning spaces and the personal learning environments of your students 7.3.4

The classroom walls have been up for long. They have been up with those who support the walls in position sticking to the traditional way of teaching and not embracing new trends in educational technologies which would have otherwise opened up learners to beyond the classroom. In attempt to integrate technology into the teaching learning process, attempts have been made in using old things in old ways (dedicated technology venues) where specific areas referred to as learning labs, collaboration rooms or media labs are used; use of old things in new ways were one device is used to facilitate technology integration in the classroom; use of new things and old ways which integrates technology using mobile devices; and finally the new things in new ways which monitors trends of different technologies and their applicability in the context we are addressing. My case was a mix of the traditional four walls and the use of dedicated technology venues with a slight bias towards the four