What made me say "wow that's so neat" is that I went back to my blog after reading Chapter 31 Emerging Instructional Technologies: The Near Future to start my reflection and found this link http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/08/04/technology-takes-formative-assessment-to-a-whole-new-level/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed . The article was right in line with the material from chapter 31. I thought the most ironic and awesome part was that it was on my blog as a RSS feed all of which were part of a class for Educational Technology. Check out the article it is pretty amazing. Not in how advanced it is but in the fact that we are beginning to allow students to learn how to learn and not just memorize and spit back information.
My son went to a Montessori public school from K-6th grade. He excelled and loved school. When it was time to go to middle school he was put into a traditional learning environment. It took him a while to understand the whole new system and to learn that he could not work at his own pace but had to wait if he finished first or get left behind if he didn't finish when everyone else did. It was a hard transition and he was disgruntled during his remaining secondary years. He has succeeded but school was not as enjoyable a place for him as it could have been. If he could have continued with the Montessori methods it would have been a better overall experience.
My favorite activity of the semester has to be the blog itself. As I stated in my first reflection, seeing my words in print in what looks to be a very professional environment is very gratifying. The added benefit is that others will be reading it and critiquing it. I welcome praise and critiquing as they both make us better at what we do. I have shared my blog with friends,and relatives as well as classmates. Most are impressed and some have felt challenged to rise to encompass new technology in their own requiem of knowledge.
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2 comments:
Writing the blogs have been a good part of the class, I agree. I really like how easy it is to add to them each week, as well as embed videos and links. I don't know how well blogs will work in my classroom though. I teach third grade and I'm not sure what way I would encorporate blogs. It might be a good way to have students publish their writing though.
I think blogs are a cool educational tool, but since I do not like writing, I probably would never maintain my own blog. My mind is geared more towards wikis since, at least the way I use them, they are more concise and have a better structure for creating well organized information.
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