Professor Dancealot
In the video, the teacher teaches dance through a presentation and demonstrates the steps behind a desk to where none of his students can see him. I do not agree with his style of teaching. A dance class should be taught in a room with plenty of dance space, for one. Secondly, students should actually have a partner and do the steps as they are taught. The teacher claimed to have been teaching that course for 12 years. I would not have a teacher like that in my school system. Period.
21st Century Classroom
A 21st century classroom is to integrate online resources to teach students. It ultimately shows them how to become creative and take chances with new technologies. My outline would be as follows:
- Have resources for Anything, Any Time, Anywhere
- Use Google, You Tube, Facebook, and Twitter
- Teachers are no longer main source of info
- How to use tools
- Facts and content vs skills
- Create ideas
- Use resources
- Not entertained but engaged
- Start small and collaborate
- Take risk
I would certainly agree with the information I read in the video. With technology booming and growing as large as it is, we need to use these skills in the classroom. Today, the average 5 year old can work computers, tablets, and phones as good or better than adults. This is great. We need to let these kids explore and take risk to find out new things. I would say this affects my teaching style greatly. I would all the technology I could to teach my students.
The Networked Student
I could see many college courses having class such as the one in the video. It really takes learning to the next level. I believe it would be a tough class due to not really knowing how to branch out and find the information you would need to do the work. I understand now that the teacher in that class is so important. She is a collaborative teacher who is there for any help. She would show students how to build the network he will use to find information. Also, she will be there to show him how to communicate effectively and kindly.
Harness Your Students Digital Smarts
Ms. Davis likes to expose her students to all the different technologies she possibly can. She focuses on them creating new ideas, use wiki, and being comfortable with any technology she introduces them to. Ms. Davis expects her students to look up terms she might say that they do not know. Also, she believes you do not have to know everything before you teach it. I really like how she empowers her students. She lets the students teach her and I think that is really cool.
Who's Ahead In The Learning Race
I just want to address, again, what I mentioned earlier about 5 year olds working phones and computers better than adults. Really, it is easy to believe how the children in the video were handling the Mac's. When we were children, these technologies were not around. My parents got their first computer when I was around the age of 9 or 10. Even then, they would not let me around it because it cost so much. Now, children are playing games on someone's phone to entertain them or to simply keep them quiet. It really does not surprise me that they are ahead in the race. I think it is great. I want the generations after me to succeed and be great, more importantly to be intelligent. I fully support the 21st century classroom and I cannot wait to see how much it improves when my children come into the school system.
Bringing The Locker Room Into The Classroom
As a teacher, you have to realize you do not know everything and there will be more than one way to do things. The biggest thing I got out of the video is to collaborate and learn from other teachers. You may see a way they do things and think it would also work in your class climate. From the coaching stand point, you can learn how to excite the students to learn. Coaches like structure. Coaches like discipline and for things to be done right. Any teacher will see that at a practice or game. That same concept can and should be used in the classroom. Tell students what you expect and that there are consequences if it is wrong or late. Give them structure and it will make them shape up.
Courtnee,
ReplyDeleteThis is a good, thorough blog post. Remember to add in the links to the videos or articles you are writing about. Also, insert some pictures as discussed in class last week :) be sure to use the correct codes and insert a "Source" for each photo!
Hey Courtnee,
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about the video Mr. Dancealot. If I were in charge of his job, he would have never stayed for 12 years. To address the 21st Century Classroom, it is amazing that children as young are so technologically literate! I noticed that the third sentence is a little awkward... I think using well instead of good would be more appropriate. I think it's pretty cool that students can teach the teacher. I would imagine that would give the children a sense of pride. In your response to "Who's Ahead in the Learning Race", I noticed a spelling error. In the fourth sentence from the end, "quite" should be "quiet". Getting the students excited to learn is always great and should be something that we as teachers strive for. I noticed in the seventh to last sentence that students was spelled in the possessive form (student's). Overall, you did a great job on this long blog post! Great job!
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your interpretation of all the resources! I had to disagree with Mrs. Davis's teaching methods however. I'm aware teachers can't know everything, but I think teachers should be knowledgeable about the basics of their subject. I thought it was odd that she did not know how to terraform but expected her students to without any prior preparations. I understood what she was trying to do though. She was trying to teach her students how to search for information on their own. Despite my reluctance to integrate a ton of technology into the classroom, like you, I am excited to see how technology will further help education.