Blog Reflection 5

By now, everyone should know what is TLLM. If you don't, you obviously do not live in Singapore.

TLLM stands for Teach Less, Learn More. If you think as educators it means we actually teach students less (in its very literal sense), you could not be more wrong ;p

Skimming through the bluesky website, one thing that leaps out at me is that with TLLM, it means we try to teach better so that our learners are engaged (remember PETALS?). Sounds easy but really, it takes some practice!

That website also seeks to tie up various initiatives we have and we can see TLLM forming the nucleus (as it transforms the way we learn). With I&E (which changes our mindsets), we will eventually have a TSLN (which is our vision).
(This is a photo I took with my V200! I placed it here because I was talking about the "bluesky" just now :)

One thing that I like is this: That we should prepare our learners for the test of life and NOT a life of tests! See how powerful language is. Just by re-arranging words within a phrase, it can take own a whole new meaning (which can be very very powerful).

How ETD can contribute to this TLLM initiative really comes in when we "RECONSIDER HOW WE TEACH":

1. IT can be used to encourage engaged learning.
2. IT should allow us to move away from a "one size fits all" model.
3. We can assess our pupils' learning through more authentic means.

If we were to look at these closely, they are tied to our mp2, aren't they? So we are not obsolete at all (for now :)! In fact, whatever we are doing now only serves the TLLM initiative.

Let's press on, everyone! がんばって！