Vicki Davis has some great ideas about how to teach her class. I liked how she models how she is going to teach the class around the different skills and abilities of her students. She appeals to how they learn and what would makes them interested in learning. I also enjoyed how she encouraged them to be thinkers and had them teach some of the subjects in class. It was encouraging to hear from another teacher that teachers don’t have to know everything.
The Digiteen and Flat Classroom Project were both very interesting. It was neat to see how she had connected her classroom to others around the world. The ability to understand all this technology will help the students but so will the cultural education they are receiving. I also agree with Vicki Davis that if we only teach using paper and pencil then only certain types of children are going to succeed.
It's not hard for them to understand the technologies - but the other teachers in that school? We don't know, do we?
ReplyDeleteI am taking EDM 310 and we also had to watch the videos you guys did. Yes, if we only offered our students the education on pencils and papers, imagine their ability to understand technology would be in the future? Expanding the students ability to understand, learn, and operate new technology is something we as future teacher can also bring into the classroom. So, in other words I am on the same page as you and Mrs. Davis.
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