This is a video I found my senior year of high school and, even then, the knowledge I gained by watching this video has stayed with me to this day. I remembered that it had a lot to do with digital technology being integrated into education and what they say really made a lot of sense to me. What do you think?
Sunday, March 18, 2012
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This is a video I found my senior year of high school and, even then, the knowledge I gained by watching this video has stayed with me to this day. I remembered that it had a lot to do with digital technology being integrated into education and what they say really made a lot of sense to me. What do you think?
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Hi Kevin, I found this little video to be incredibly informative. There is this longstanding myth/theory/assumption that we've all heard that kids don't like school, especially middle school and high school students, that they are lazy and like to be entertained, and that teachers can't compete with video games, social networking, etc. Honestly, we have to not only compete with these technologies, we have to make school every bit as exciting. If schools are still delivering information the way they did when our parents were kids, than it's no wonder that students in the 21st century are bored! The video elegantly points out that schools are failing to communicate in a language that today's students are fluently speaking, and failing to let students question the relevance of what they learn to their lives and futures. Is it really the student's fault that they are disconnected to their learning if their teachers never bothered to try to connect learning to their lives? Of course not. As for me, it's time that I invest in an iPod, because that podcast on Basketweaving is surely a useful tool for teaching art! Thanks for sharing this with us.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a great video. It helps us realize how much we do use technology and above all, makes us think about how we use technology today. The concept of the 3 R's (Rigor, Relevance and Relationship) was new to me. I never heard of the 3 R's ever from any teacher. Finally, while this video seems to support cell phone usage in class, I would have to disagree. Yes, it is a very powerful piece of technology that connect everyone, but it should not be put to use in a classroom of adolescent children. While some of them might consider themselves adults, the truth is that they are still children. Their minds are still growing and maturing and until they reach a certain level of maturity, then maybe they can begin to use cell phones in class. Until that point occurs, then they should not be allowed to use cell phones as a learning tool in the classroom.