In the presentation "This is how we dream," Dr. Miller talks about classes using media and technology to express something instead of words on a word processor. He thinks writing needs to be more interactive and creative. I totally agree with what he's saying. Technology is moving so fast that teachers are starting to utilize the technology to put it in their lessons and assignment. I plan on teaching high school History, so this will be extremely helpful in making things more creative in my classroom. Now, with this kind of technology, students won't have to get up in front of a class and do pointless power point presentations that noone pays attention to. This way the students can be more interactive with the technology.
Creativity
Carly is similar to Dr. Miller with her project. She is using multimedia and technology to do her project instead of writing pages and pages on a word document. Using technology and media arts can help students better understand the subject manner, since they are growing up in a society that is so built around nature, that it would be almost inefficient to keep things the same as they have been for the last 50 years.
Push Through
The Chipper series is about a girl who has Dr. Strange for EDM310 and doesn't like learning on her own and that he should teach her since she is paying tuition to go to that school. Chipper eventually decided to drop out of school and make her own school. When that didn't work out she got a few jobs teaching, but none of them seemed to turn out the way she wanted it to. She eventually would go back to school and get her Masters. EDM 310 for dummies is a project that a few students got together and did together. They were extremely frustrated with the class until they got their copy of EDM 310 for dummies. When they got that, they did a lot better because it has more in depth instructions on the different things we use in the class. I think the overall message is to keep pushing through, even if you hate it. I'll be honest, i really dislike this class, but i know I can't give up because I know that at least some of this will come in handy one day.
It's time for change
In this video "Learn to Change, Change to Learn," they talk about how educators need to realize that technology isn't a choice in these kids' lives anymore; it is a part of them. So why not utilize that? Why not use our teaching methods to fit with what our students now-a-days are used to, instead of taking their technology away. One of the educators in this video said "if you turn a child's phone off, you essentially turn the child off." I don't think that could be anymore true. It's sad that our society has become that dependent on technology, but its' reality.
Your blog post was very interesting. I agree with your comments about Dr. Miller's video. Technology is growing rapidly, and I think teachers need to learn how to incorporate this technology into their classroom. Also, Carly's blog post ties into the idea behind Dr. Miller's video. Carly has incorporated the text, auditory, and visual components that Dr. Miller described in his video. When watching The Chipper Series, one lesson I learned was to not procrastinate. I think the message you listed to keep pushing through even if you dislike something is a good message too. I think it is important to teach students perseverance and how important it is to not give up. Also, I think you skipped the last part of the blog assignment about the scavenger hunt.
ReplyDelete"I think the overall message is to keep pushing through, even if you hate it. I'll be honest, i really dislike this class, but i know I can't give up because I know that at least some of this will come in handy one day. " A brick wall. Why do you hate EDM310?
ReplyDeleteSkims the surface of most of the assignments.