Professor Dancealot
Professor Dancealot "teaches" dance in a not so effective way. His studio is a lecture hall with a large screen in the front of the class. On the first day he displays the "you will be able to" goal for the class. However, throughout the semester he does not allow his students to get up and participate in learning the dance moves or asking questions about steps. When it comes time for finals the students were instructed to preform the dance steps and they will be notified of their grade at the end of the week. Everything about this teaching style is wrong. Not only can you not teach dance by simply telling your students the dance steps and expecting them to know it, this type of teaching is what Dr. Strange calls "Burp-Back Learning". This video was cute and entertaining but it's sad to say that a lot of teachers teach this way. Maybe not to this extreme, but it still exists. I believe in many ways of teaching. However, the students need to be involved and there needs to be interaction between the student and teacher in order to have a successful classroom.
Teaching in the 21st Century
What Kevin Roberts is asking in Teaching in the 21st Century is what is the role of the educator? As educators are we here to simply give students information? No, they clearly have search engines like Google and Bing for that. We as educators are here to provide resources and the tools needed for students to succeed. Technology is taking control of classrooms whether teachers are ready for it or not. We need to be able to teach our students how to use iPads and computers, and not only tell them Google can answer your questions but teach them how to interpret the information they find on Google. Teaching in the 21st century means teaching in classrooms where textbooks don't exist anymore. (Try telling that to teachers 20 years ago.)It means saving those trees and typing on laptops instead. The fast pace, technological world that we live in is taking over our classrooms and educators should be prepared.
Melissa, I love how you said, "technology is taking control of classrooms whether teachers are ready for it or not. We need to be able to teach our students how to use iPads and computers, and not only tell them Google can answer your questions but teach them how to interpret the information they find on Google." It was spot on, and informative. Good job! You also do not need to make any revisions! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I agree that technology is taking over our classrooms and as teachers we need to be prepared for that. Soon, there will be no books in the classroom at all. Great job on this post! no revisions need to be made.
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