If you built a school.
Mrs. Krissy is a 10 year educator. After years of teaching elementary she is now in her passion of special education. I think that she is a very gifted person and very very creative and brings that to her classroom. You can tell she is so creative and spontaneous by her "If you built a school" blog on November 13, 2012. She describes her school, and there is literally not a dull moment or a single white wall in the entire school. She encourages self creativity and student collaboration. I love when Krissy says that a grade level should not depend on an age but on readiness and ability. Smarts and schooling should not be based on your age but on your readiness, because I know many people that are smarter than an older brother or sister but they are not advanced to another grade because of their age. So in a way we are holding back children and not letting them be the best they can be because we are trying to make everyone average.
Eric Whitcare
I think that Eric's choir class was neat but again I think that it is taking away from human interaction and it is making all those children lazy. Sit at home in your bed and sing a song then send me the video, I do not think that was very good teaching and again making the children lazy. We already have a problem with this in America so we are just making it worst with this kind of teaching. <---that was my initial reaction
After I watched the NPR interview I did change my point of view a little bit. I think it is cool that they have the people from all over the world. However...is this an elective, an after school program, or something just for fun. If it is just for fun sure go for it, it could be a good time, but if it is for school education I do not know how that would work. If you have one person at one school that wants to be apart of this how will they be able to get the times right with the other children all over the world and how will they be able to pay a teacher to sit in a class with one student? I know this kind of thing would of never happened at my small school because we didn't even have enough money to have some extra elective class.
I guess I am split down the middle on this Digital Choir thing.
Kevin Roberts
I think that Mr. Roberts thinks that teaching int he 21st century is not much different. Is stead of teaching children how to use paper and pencils and how to manage it int he classroom we now have to exchange that for iPads and iPhones. Children can almost literally find anything they want to at their finger tips and since they can, teachers are here just to filter it and to help put it in to real life situations and how to use it collaboratively and educationally. It will change education in they way that now teacher MUST know how to use technology because it will be everywhere. As a teacher you always want to have an answer for your student that comes to you and even if you are not using technology in your classroom I'm sure that they will have a question about it that they will expect you to answer.
Flipping the classroom
I think that Katie Gimbar flipping the classroom was a pretty good idea. She set up the flipping of the classroom in order to get bring all of the children together. In the classroom you will always have a couple kids that are ahead of the assignment and bored with the teaching, the ones that are behind because the teacher before just passed them along with out actually knowing the information and the children that are focused and need all the teachers help to get the present material. Mrs. Gimbar's flip makes it to where the kids that are behind can look at the assignment that will be in next class and go ahead and do some practice work and get caught up. And for the kids that are ahead it gives them more material to practice on.
Bailey,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog. Our views on this blog post differ slightly. I have a few friendly pointers. You may want to insert a picture, hyper-link, and title modifier on future blog posts. Check out the instruction manual for the class. Look at writing a quality blog post. It may help just a bit. Good luck with the rest of the semester!
John Carpenter
Mrs Venosdale (which is the appropriate way to name her in your writing) also mentioned a massive infusion of technology. What about that. In addition, you did not describe your dream school.
ReplyDeleteWhen you watched the Virtual Choir you did not understand that the video had nothing to do with instruction but was a demonstration of how the Internet can be used to bring people together? That surprises me.
"I think that Mr. Roberts thinks that teaching int he 21st century is not much different." Really? I would argue he calls for an entirely different kind of teacher - one who teaches skills useful in processing facts rather than the facts themselves. You even describe their new activities quite well. And yes, children will always ask questions. But we teachers do not have to have all of the answers. We can teach the kids how to learn on their own.
"... in order to get bring all of the children together." This is unclear.
"In the classroom you will always have a couple kids that are ahead of the assignment and bored with the teaching, the ones that are behind because the teacher before just passed them along with out actually knowing the information and the children that are focused and need all the teachers help to get the present material." Awkward. this sentence needs to be rewritten and broken into parts. For example: There will be a couple of kids in very classroom that are slower learners . Perhaps they have been promoted without demonstrating they are ready. Other children will be focused and prepared. This, however, has little to do with a flipped classroom. The object is to move lectures to video which are to be watched at home followed by in class work on specific projects. That will give the teacher more time to work with the students who need more help.
John Carpenter has good suggestions in his comment above.