Blog Assignment #6

The Networked Student
This video is a great way to show how students should be learning. This method is so much better than giving a student a text book that they will never open. With this method of learning they are not only connecting with others, but they are going to remember what they learn. With this method, where they have to go and find the information that they are looking for, the student will learn much more than if he/she would if they read 3 chapters in a textbook. There are some textbooks that are easier to understand, but most of them are complicated and boring and students want nothing to do with them. So where does the teacher come in if the student is finding all of the information on their own? We have to teach our students how to find reliable sources, and what the difference is between reliable and unreliable sources. And who are they doing this work for if they don't get a grade? Incentives are the most important part of this process. What is the students incentive to blog, search for scholarly articles and let his findings be known to others? The incentive is their grade. But by making students learn this way we are teaching them skills that they will have long after they leave our classroom.

A 7th Graders PLN

The video that this 7th grader put together is outstanding. And the fact that she as a 7th grader already knows so much about what technology has to offer shows just how important it is that we be technologically literate teachers. This way of teaching is showing children how to be organized and independent thinkers.

Smartboards

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