Session 5- Nov. 1: Annotated Bib about Cohen article
Citation:
Cohen, R. (2005). An early literacy telecommunication exchange plot project: the MMM project. Educational Media International. 42(2), pp. 109-115.
Summary:
The Mini Web, Multilingual, Maxi Learning project, or the MMM project looks at children aged three to six and looks at learning with a modern flare, using computers versus a traditional classroom setting. The idea that children are growing up in the information age is the backbone of the MMM project that uses technology as the cornerstone of increasing the child’s international awareness built around what Cohen calls lifelong essential competencies in the Information Age (p. 109). The MMM project started with and introduction and then a section about what the research tells us. Later on in the article you find out that the MMM project is in five countries, fifty classrooms, and over eight hundred students participating in the project for the past three years. There is no quantitative data to show whether the program is a success yet, but there is a web link that informs us about some of their findings.
Review:
If you find my summary less than enthusiastic, you should realize that I did not enjoy this article and after re-reading it a few times, nope it did not get any better. I do not know if it was because the research comes out of France and maybe something was ‘lost in translation.’ First, the research does not apply to an age group that I do not work with. Second, Cohen never really informs us about what she really did with her project. I feel she was talking around it, and not giving us any gems from it. We never see any screen shots of their interface, or receive data about her findings. Third, the descriptions of the way the users interact do not lead me to think that they are telecommuting but instead talking to each other in a face to face fashion. The only strength I could find in this study is that children aged three to six are able to adjust very quickly to today’s technology.
Do yourself a favor if you stumble across this title when searching for telecommunications and skip right past it. I hate to bash a published article but I saw nothing of worthiness for myself and my studies, but maybe others out there could benefit from the information about the MMM project. Maybe you can skip the article and check out the MMM website at www.mmm-ecm.org.
Cohen, R. (2005). An early literacy telecommunication exchange plot project: the MMM project. Educational Media International. 42(2), pp. 109-115.
Summary:
The Mini Web, Multilingual, Maxi Learning project, or the MMM project looks at children aged three to six and looks at learning with a modern flare, using computers versus a traditional classroom setting. The idea that children are growing up in the information age is the backbone of the MMM project that uses technology as the cornerstone of increasing the child’s international awareness built around what Cohen calls lifelong essential competencies in the Information Age (p. 109). The MMM project started with and introduction and then a section about what the research tells us. Later on in the article you find out that the MMM project is in five countries, fifty classrooms, and over eight hundred students participating in the project for the past three years. There is no quantitative data to show whether the program is a success yet, but there is a web link that informs us about some of their findings.
Review:
If you find my summary less than enthusiastic, you should realize that I did not enjoy this article and after re-reading it a few times, nope it did not get any better. I do not know if it was because the research comes out of France and maybe something was ‘lost in translation.’ First, the research does not apply to an age group that I do not work with. Second, Cohen never really informs us about what she really did with her project. I feel she was talking around it, and not giving us any gems from it. We never see any screen shots of their interface, or receive data about her findings. Third, the descriptions of the way the users interact do not lead me to think that they are telecommuting but instead talking to each other in a face to face fashion. The only strength I could find in this study is that children aged three to six are able to adjust very quickly to today’s technology.
Do yourself a favor if you stumble across this title when searching for telecommunications and skip right past it. I hate to bash a published article but I saw nothing of worthiness for myself and my studies, but maybe others out there could benefit from the information about the MMM project. Maybe you can skip the article and check out the MMM website at www.mmm-ecm.org.
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