posted on 16 June 2010 12:03
"I can sort this. There is a way to sort this":
(teacher fixing a problem in front of her class - the Teachers' TV clip had reset itself to the start after she'd cued it to the right place in preparation)
What's so powerful here is what she's modelling: an incrementalist (Dweck) can-do approach to life. How often do we hear (or say) the opposite when technology reminds us that it's only human: "I'm no good with computers; it always goes wrong; technology never works". Choose carefully how you talk to your digital equipment - the children are watching and listening; picking up subtle cues from you about whether life is full of difficult problems or achievable challeneges