Filed under: 21st Century Learning styles, The Internet, technology in the classroom
While most of my previous blogs may have seamed like rants that schools need be ‘modern’ and to try and keep up with the times and I just found a video on teacher-tube that looks at the same issue. Shift-happens totally blew me away, it really makes you think about why we need to teach problem solving and creativity not just content, skills and simple processes. Some of the ideas proposed are amazing, consider the implications of teaching students for jobs that don’t yet exist. Think about the importance of the web and social networking sites if that many million children are already using my space and billions of Google enquiries are made every year. This is just enormous evidence of the changes that are already happening. The video claimed a weeks worth of the times newspaper contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century, it makes being a future teacher sound both daunting and very exciting. With that much information out there it becomes more important to know how to find it, use it and how to share it. More than anything this should get you thinking…..
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As a future teacher myself, I find that very interesting. I do agree often times schools need to be more modern, in a way that students can actually relate. I also agree that teaching problem solving and creativity and not just content, skills and simple processes is essential because I always remember when I was in school teachers basically would just make us pull out a book and make us memorize things we “need” to know. For most kids that technique makes what they have been told to learn to go in one ear and out the other. I feel as though if there were more updated and creative ways of learning students would be more focused and would actually remember the material. Since I am going to be a teacher not too far down the road, I feel as though I should begin collaborating now with other teachers to come up with new material as well as new techniques to promote lifelong learning, not just so the student could prepare for a test.
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Comment byI really enjoyed reading your post. What caught my eye was the mention of the teachtube video. My AP just got back from a conference where she was also exposed to the “shift happens” video. I am the technology specialist on my campus and I found that video to be an eye-opener.
After watching the video ‘Shift-happens”, one thought came to my mind. What is our purpose here on earth? How will technology serve that purpose? We look at hardware and software, but where does happiness come to play? How will we as humans be different than Data, the droid on Star Trek? Perhaps we should be introducing philosophy as curricular content to the high school, or even younger? Technology can help our society reach our goals, but only if, as a society, we know what those goals are. As a global community, how do we determine our destiny?
Comment byNice slide there. It certainly made me think many stuff. well teaching is certainly an art. Not everyone can teach. but it certainly is an awesome thing to be doing. sharing your knowledge is one awesome thing to be doing.
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Comment byThanks for sharing that video with me,it really makes you think. I guess it should not be so suprising if we look back from ten years ago to now. Also thanks for introducing me to teacher tube, I did not know about teacher tube until today. Being a teacher of 8th and 9th grade students, I am in total agreeance about teaching problem solving skills. Sometimes I am baffled at the things my students can’t do, or don’t want to do, to find a solution to a problem. Thanks for sharing your post with me.
Its amazing that we are preparing children for jobs and technology that isn’t even in existence yet. I too agree that we need to push to make classrooms more modern and get away from teaching skills based on memorization. I teach third grade and my students are exposed to a lot of technology like response clickers, an interwrite board, and web-based teaching like BrainPop.com. If you haven’t checked out Brainpop.com, I highly recommend it!
Comment byThank you for this informative read, I really appreciate sharing this great post. Keep up your work.
Comment byAs a global community, how do we determine our destiny?
Comment byThanks, I really interested in this post.
Comment byThanks for the post man…
Comment byThe video really makes you think. I agree that at times we need to modernize education, but how do we do it when it changes every minute? How do we know if we are doing the best job we possibly can as educators when we aren’t really sure where the end point will be, because of all the changes? What a powerful video. Thanks for sharing.
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Based on our rigorous state standards, teaching creativity, etc. is almost impossible. Using technology helps to make that possible. Since I have had an interactive board in my classroom, I have found new, exciting ways to teach my skills. I definitely think we have room to grow when it comes to technology integration in the schools, however I feel very blessed to have the technology that I do have.
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