I really enjoyed this article. It is sad to see that students are bored in class and that they feel like what they are learning is irrelevant to what they want to do in the future.
I think that educators today are faced with many new challenges that are not easy to tackle. There are a lot of new methods of teaching that need to be tried and also new ideas that need to be looked into. Do I think this will be easy? NO. Am I completely comfortable with changing everything I have come to think about education? NO. But, do I think that it is important? YES.
There were a few thinks that the author mentioned that I was not a huge fan of such as DDR in P.E. and cell phones in class. But then again, I am not sure it this is true because it is so different from what school looked like when I was growing up or if it is true concern.
However, one idea that I 100% support is the idea of meeting individually with students to hear what it is that they want to learn and where they want to be in the future. I think that it is important to be able to personalized education more and to assist students in their dreams. I also think that having individualized projects is also a good idea.
I think that it is important to combine the old with the new. I think that there is still value in books, and history and tests and math, however, I also think that these can be combined with technology.
Overall, I liked this article and, as a future teacher, I really want to continue to think through what role technology is going to have in my classroom.
Hey Devon!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I think that meeting with students individually is a great way of not only showing students that we value their input but by doing that, we will enhance the learning experience for the students.