I really got a lot out of this video and found it very interesting. There were some great ideas brought up. I really liked the idea of having students create their own blogs. Instead of having them take a multiple choice test after a project, I think it was a great idea to have them blog about it. This really gets them learning on a higher level. Having students write about what they have witnessed not only gets them leaning on a higher level, but it enhances their writing skills too. Thanks to technology, they are able to collaborate with others outside of the classroom. This is truly amazing.
The statistics in this video are shocking. This video really got me thinking. It opens your eyes to see that there are some classrooms out there that are not preparing their students for the future. The classes are irrelevant to what the students need to be learning.
I believe that students deserve a quality education. They are certainly paying for one. As a future educator, we need to make certain that our students are as prepared for the real world as they can be. Incorporating technology into the classroom is a solution to all of this.
This video really got me thinking. It helped me to realize the answers to my questions “what do I want my students to know?”, “what do I want my students to be able to do?”, and “what do I want my students to have experienced?” I want my students to know how to use technology and understand its importance. I want my students to be able to communicate and collaborate with others across the country or around the world. I want my students to have experienced a higher level of learning.
I think that Dorothy Burt made some very valid points in her blog post. It is true that teachers are expected to know how to do much more now than in 1999. Technology has come a long way and teachers are expected to keep up with it. I got worried when I saw her long list of things that teachers should be able to do. However, after reading it over, I found that I was able to do almost all of it. Technology is used so much every day. We don’t even realize how much we use it. I agree that teachers should be capable of everything on Dorothy Burt’s list.
I really enjoyed reading this post and watching the video that goes along with it. It is quite obvious that Miles Webb is very passionate about what he does. I like how the students’ tasks were turned into much more, with the help of digital technology. This was a very good idea and I hope to do something similar with my future students.
Your first paragraph is almost a perfect "portable paragraph". Other than the title, a reader would know absolutely nothing about what you read/watched.
ReplyDeleteThe second paragraph is not much better.
A bit better, but still nothing about what you saw or read.
And your last paragraph returns us to perfection, if that is what it might be called. Only the tile and the name of the author tell us anything about what you read or watched.
Unsatisfactory.