Who wouldn’t want to be a student at the school described at the beginning of this chapter? The teachers are so invested, the students are so interested, and the curriculum is so individualized. This is definitely what we, as educators, must do to equip students with what they need to be successful in our ever-changing world.
One part of this chapter that really stuck out to me was the portion where the author was talking about preparing our children for the future with personal face-to-face relationships. Warlick states “but the relationship must be richer than a teacher who simply delivers instruction, with students passively receiving and storing that instruction” (page 7). This point is especially poignant with me because too frequently I see students falling asleep or acting out because they are bored with their education. We, as educators, need to learn to teach in a way that our students can engage with their learning.
Of course, as Warlick points out, the only way for our schools to move in the direction of the school 2.0 at the beginning of this chapter is for our practices of teaching and learning to change. Warlick states “they depend less on the market-driven advance of technology, and more on people’s willingness to invest in fundamental changes in schools and schooling” (page 11). If schools do not change they way they teach, no amount of new technology will do any good.
However, using the technology I am learning in this class, I hope to entice teachers in my school to embrace this new multimedia as a means of changing instruction to engage all learners in their classrooms.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
"If schools do not change they way they teach, no amount of new technology will do any good."
ReplyDeleteYes! It's not about the technology as much as it about the learning!
Are universities employing the same web 2.0 phliosophies and strategies in their courses and teaching? I worry about students becoming so accostomed to using all of the dynamic and interactive technology in their grade school classrooms, that they won't be able to survive freshman year lectures with a professor standing at the front of a huge lecture hall with 400 students!!!
ReplyDeleteI love all of these great teaching tools and hopes everyone will get on board, but until they do I feel like I need to play devil's advocate.
Excellent point, Amber. I frequently worry that all the differentiation and inclusion of technology at the elementary and secondary level, while fantastic, does not give students an accurate view of what college is going to be like.
ReplyDeleteThat is a bit of a challenge. Moving change through the education system - seems like it would be easier, but it hasn't been.
ReplyDeletePerhaps like Warlick recommends to the students at the end of the chapter - ask for a way to create digital response in your college work and then wait for an answer that fits your future!
thanks -