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
