Title: A Vision of 21st Century Teachers
Link: http://sites.google.com/site/drasresources/i-need-my-teachers-to-learn
Author: The Mahoning County Educational Service Center of Ohio
The video that I am going to be discussing is A Vision of 21st Century Teachers. As we all know, the 21st century has changed since the 20th century, and has done a lot of it's changing at the very beginning of the 21st century. Our world has grown a lot more intelligent over the past couple of years. I thought this video was excellent. I really enjoyed watching it. The way they made the movie was very creative and eye-catching. It is something I'll remember and it drew my attention. The video is basically stating that their is others new means out there to teach students. You can use technology, project-based learning, differentiated learning, and so much more. As teachers, we want our children to feel the same way when we teach them something. This video gave many great ideas on how we can do that. Children will learn so much better from hands-on or virtual experiences, instead of the normal every day worksheets.
I must say that I agree with every point this video made. In my classroom, I will do my best to stay away from as much worksheets as I possibly can. Students will not want to remember as well. From my own experience in school, I can definitely say that when I did hands-on or any type of group work I remember what I learned a lot better than completing a worksheet. Testing scores have fell a lot over America today simply because students knowledge is lacking. Teacher's need to step it up and try to get away from the standard ways of teaching. We need to explore the world out there and find different means of teaching to make learning more interesting for the children. If children have more of a desire to learn, then we might have a better chance of pulling up the testing scores throughout America. Our country is so intelligent, we need to start using this talent. These children will become their own generation and they need to know how to be successful. Technology is a good example. I will use a lot of technology in my classroom. Technology is going to be a major part of the next generation. We as teachers need to use technology in our classrooms to teach our children with it and not only that, but help them understand technology and how it works. This video was excellent and I encourage you to watch it and think about this for your classroom!
By: Tia Shae O'Neal Moyer
Tia,
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should try to stay away from work sheets. It simply isn't necessary for development that we give our students busy work. It has been proven that they learn so much better via hands-on projects and PBL. It IS sad that what you said about tests scores falling in the near past all over our nation. I cannot understand why, even with tons of proof, the educational system continue to rely on standardized testing. With new technologies we have come such a long way and have many new areas and ways to assess our students. I pray that things will begin to change in our era of teaching!
Legislation doesn't always listen to proof. There are so many students in the system that standardized testing appears at first glance to be the only way to handle a large number of students fairly and with equal opportunity. The problem is, there is not enough time in the day to make up one standardized test that is fair to every student. Noone can foresee the environment that shaped and continues to shape a child. And until they have the chance invest time in a child they cannot know that child's particular needs. The problem is education like the students is not one size fits all. You may enjoy groupwork while I may like working alone. I enjoy talking to new people and you might be incredibly shy. I could easily learn from a worksheet while my neighbor has to be up moving and hearing in order to process the information given. This also doesn't even begin to address the countless disabilities that can affect a childs development or giving a child who speaks little or no english a test written in english. ESL students might be labeled as disabled when they really just need a translator and tutoring. We have the opportunity to use the technology that has already captured our children's attention anyway, to further their educations. The internet is a boundless source of information from parents, and professionals who are quite happy to share their successes. The technology is going to keep coming and advancing. I think we just have to catch up and take advantage of it.
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