想不到,Lara 學前預備班下學期(7月初)開始,學校就要請孩子每天帶平板上學,因為孩子們每天都會用到不同的app來學習。
在我的刻板印象中,澳洲孩子是世上數一數二純樸、鮮少使用3C的民族,不是天真爛漫地在沙灘上跑跳,就是於山野中露營,各個視力2.0(例如老丹)。但萬萬想不到,科技這股浪潮來得這麼快,擋也擋不住。
例如下學期開始,學校會使用幾款付費app, 如:Australian touch and write 以在蛋糕上擠花的玩樂方式,讓孩子用手指學寫英文字母、練習發音;用Reading eggs學英文發音與閱讀;用Mathseeds學數學;用Pic Collage (教育版:沒有廣告)讓孩子在課堂完成一項勞作後再於平板上拼貼、裝飾,接著用seesaw app 上傳,讓每個父母都能用手機即時看見孩子在校的成果⋯⋯。
老師說,孩子將來每天在校使用平板的時間,大概至少會有半小時(一天中不同課程的時間累積),而在家也會需要時間練習。
突然之間,我有點暈眩。
還沒六歲的孩子們,沒想到就要開始練習在這股科技浪潮上乘風破浪了呀。
而我這個對他們來說處於山頂洞人世代的媽媽,則要跟上時代、修建港灣,但同時也提醒孩子在衝浪的同時記得休息(否則以5歲的自制力大概會不眠不休地衝吧)。
和身邊幾位朋友聊起,她們說自己的孩子學校還沒使用平板(若是私立小學,使用平板的年紀應該會比較早),或者大約是8、9歲才開始,想不到Lara 上的公立小學這麼積極。
大家孩子的學校幾歲開始使用平板教學呢?又大家覺得5歲開始用平板上課會過早嗎?還是這是新世代的潮流,我們靜觀其變就好?和我分享分享你們的想法吧!
#澳洲小學生活日記
(圖為:我心中的澳洲孩子該有的形象😂這是我們今天在二手店挖到的寶藏:自製的木製挖土機。)
reading eggs app 在 AiClay Facebook 的最讚貼文
Fancy some late night reading? I've been asked to put up my blog post here instead, so here goes.
" Heart-to-heart: On working from home.
It's been quite some time I wrote in here.
There have been so many social networking platforms to write on (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) and it's just so much easier to post on the go with my phone that sadly, I've neglected my oldest networking site, here. By the way, I post DAILY on my Dayre (it's a new microblogging app, please go download and follow me there! I update constantly about what's going on in my life and AiClay work there)
Currently, I'm waiting for my lunch to cook (a vegetable patty in the oven and eggs waiting to boil). So let me talk about something that I've been thinking about these few days.
When I first quit my full time job (a 9-6 desk bound job) and started working on AiClay, I faced a constant turmoil of emotions. When I was working, I hated the daily shuttling from home to work, squeezing in the train filled with mobs of robotic and depressing faces, waking up to my annoying alarm and never having enough sleep. The list goes on. Constantly, I craved for the comfort of my warm bed, dreaming of snacking while watching telly dramas, or just being home.
But this changed very quickly when I brought my office home. Or called my home, my office. Whichever way you want to see it.
Admittedly, I had more than my fair share of slacking at home when I first quit my job. I didn't know how to schedule my work, or what I could work on if there were no commissions. I bathed in my newfound freedom to wake up anytime I wanted to, and to take breaks without seeking anybody's permission. There were even days I just slept till noon, went for mahjong dates, or lazed in bed playing Candy Crush (yup, that was the craze then) for hours. I probably squeezed in a bit of working in my tight schedule of being lazy. -dry laughter.
You know how they say, too much of something is bad enough? (okay the Spice Girls said this) That was definitely true for me. I had too much freedom, and freedom means nothing when there was nothing to be free from. Taking breaks was meaningless because I wasn't working prior to that, going on holidays made me feel guilty, and weekends just meant that I was resting (again) with the rest of the working world.
I felt a growing sense of unachievement (is there such a word?) as the days went by.
Also, I was so occupied with having fun, that it bugged me when I couldn't find dates. I felt so trapped at home, ironic as home was where I so desperately hoped to be when I was working.
I tried to fill up my schedule with meeting friends, anything that could allow me to leave home. But friends had colleagues to hang out with after work, or meetings to attend. My boyfriend suffered the brunt of my incessant need to leave the house. I was asking him out everyday, and unreasonably I was expecting him to accompany me constantly. Our relationship was strained as I grew clingy.
And then, one day it hit me. Even though I was supposedly working from home, I hadn't actually been doing so. 90% of my time at home was NOT doing work, so how could I say I was working from home.
The process of getting into a schedule, and gaining self-discipline is long and not easy. But 4 years into a home-based business, I can now say I REALLY spend at least 75% of my time at home working. Even if I'm shuttling between appointments (with friends or business), I'm replying emails and marketing on my social networks as well. There were a lot of factors that contributed to this as well. For example, I converted my room into a home studio where it's a lot more conducive to work from. My bed is now a makeshift one, so I no longer have the luxury to just laze on bed in between tasks. Or the fact that I've been blessed with having kind strangers and friends share their ideas and opportunities with me, and opening up my mind about the potential AiClay can blossom into.
The most awesome change I see in myself, is that I no longer feel bored or unhappening even if I spend the entire week just working from home. How can I, when I'm busy working on exciting new projects for AiClay and discovering new potential challenges. Of course, I still love meeting my friends and family, and would fit in dates with them every once in a while. It's just healthy for my system.
So that's my story. Sorry if I don't make sense some parts, or if this hasn't really been helpful for you. But if you work from home, please share your experience thus far with me. I'm always happy to hear your stories. :)
Now let me go peel some eggs. :) "
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