An Open Letter to Educators: by Morgan Bayda
It was no surprise to me that Morgan had a very negative experience throughout her college career in dealing with the modern classroom structure and its inability to keep up with the times. That is because I have sat through many of the same structured classes that consist of long boring lectures, and they are almost unbearable to attend. Most of the learning I do for these classes are only for the short term, so I can pass a test.
I found the video linked to the blog very interesting and compelling. Dan Brown dropped out of school, because he said that it was interfering with his education. He made his point by saying that institutional education is going to fail if it does not evolve, because the price of education is now free thanks to the Internet. It really made me think about what the education I have been paying for has really taught me, and the only things I now for sure that I have learned is time management, and how to deal with stress. Also I have learned other things, but I'm really not sure about the value of most of the education I have received.
I thought that this blog was very eye opening, and I believe that institutional education has to evolve to meet the needs of the world. This is going to be very challenging, but it also means that every person in the world can have access to whatever information that they want, and this is a good thing for society.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
WEEK 9
ALEX
The Alabama Learning Exchange is a site that offers a wide variety of educational resources for future teachers. There is a variety of lesson plans created by teachers for teachers. ALEX has lesson plans in all traditional courses and also technology based classes. It is very well organized and easy to find great ideas, and also a variety of podcasts that will also help in the classroom. This site allows access to educational resources that will improve your classroom. There are also a lot of good ideas that will keep students interested.
ACCESS
The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide is a great site that allows students to receive education from distance in while still in school. Students have the opportunity to take courses that are not given at their school. This could be very beneficial to students in rural areas who wouldn't get the opportunity to take some advanced or foreign language classes due to money restrictions. Also there is a portion at assists students in passing State Graduation Exams by posting study materials. This site has many educational benefits that would greatly improve the students academic dreams.
Comments for Kids
I got the opportunity to look at a young girl named Anita's blog, where she directed a short film. It was very creative, and the students did a great job in making it. The acting in the film was very good too.
The Alabama Learning Exchange is a site that offers a wide variety of educational resources for future teachers. There is a variety of lesson plans created by teachers for teachers. ALEX has lesson plans in all traditional courses and also technology based classes. It is very well organized and easy to find great ideas, and also a variety of podcasts that will also help in the classroom. This site allows access to educational resources that will improve your classroom. There are also a lot of good ideas that will keep students interested.
ACCESS
The Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide is a great site that allows students to receive education from distance in while still in school. Students have the opportunity to take courses that are not given at their school. This could be very beneficial to students in rural areas who wouldn't get the opportunity to take some advanced or foreign language classes due to money restrictions. Also there is a portion at assists students in passing State Graduation Exams by posting study materials. This site has many educational benefits that would greatly improve the students academic dreams.
Comments for Kids
I got the opportunity to look at a young girl named Anita's blog, where she directed a short film. It was very creative, and the students did a great job in making it. The acting in the film was very good too.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Week 8,5
Comments for Kids:
This week I got a bright young man you stated the reasons why he believed the "Lock Ness Monster" was real. He said this because of the large proof of pictures and first hand accounts. It was very obvious that he was very interested in this, and I encouraged him to keep investigating and learning because the truth is out there.
This week I got a bright young man you stated the reasons why he believed the "Lock Ness Monster" was real. He said this because of the large proof of pictures and first hand accounts. It was very obvious that he was very interested in this, and I encouraged him to keep investigating and learning because the truth is out there.
Week 8`
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
I watched this entire video, not because I wanted to, but because it simply grabbed my attention and was truly touching and informative. Randy Pausch was was dying of cancer, and was so upbeat. This whole film was interesting, hilarious, exciting, and very informative. It was no wonder his legacy is that his students had fun learning very difficult material. I have never been interested in that type of information, but listening to this speech made me wish I had him as a teacher. Throughout this speech Pausch gave great advice, and my favorite point was that "Brick walls are there for a reason, and that reason is to keep the people out who don't want it bad enough."
Pausch's first part of his speech was about his childhood dreams. He actually accomplished many of his childhood dreams, and learned many valuable lessons from them. In football he learned about the "head fake" that is that your teaching children about one thing, but in doing so teach them way more about life in general. In fact this whole speech had two "head fakes" because the whole thing was about how you should live your life, not achieving your childhood dreams. And also he said the second "head fake" was the whole talk was for his children. I thought this was really cool, because his speech made me think about how I should be living my life and what kind of legacy I will leave.
Also Pausch got to work for Disney and got to work with many important people in that line of work. He also had good advice from many people along the way and he made point that you should listen to the advice people give you, because it makes you examine yourself. He had a professor that encouraged him to become a professor even though he didn't want to, and the professor told him that he would be a great salesman, but why not be a salesman for something worthwhile, like education. That point really drove home the point on how enthusiastic teachers should be about education, because it is really important.
In the classroom Pausch was a innovator. He broke the mold and taught in ways that had never been done before. In his undergraduate classes his students had such an enthusiasm for the class that even their parents came to watch the presentations at the end of the semester. In his graduate level classes he didn't believe in using books, and was a projects course. This way it got his students hand dirty in the field, and also they had a lot of fun doing it. Also he wanted to make his a global thing offered to millions of students, and in the last couple of years this has became a reality, even though Pausch didn't get to see it.
In closing the main points that I got from this lecture was that always have fun. You can have fun and learn difficult material. And even though you get dealt a bad hand, like he did with cancer, you can still enjoy life. He enjoyed his life and that came through in his last lecture. By being so enthusiastic about his profession and having fun many students of his are now teaching in the same way he did.
"Don't Bail; the best gold is at the bottom of the barrels of crap"-- Randy Pausch
I watched this entire video, not because I wanted to, but because it simply grabbed my attention and was truly touching and informative. Randy Pausch was was dying of cancer, and was so upbeat. This whole film was interesting, hilarious, exciting, and very informative. It was no wonder his legacy is that his students had fun learning very difficult material. I have never been interested in that type of information, but listening to this speech made me wish I had him as a teacher. Throughout this speech Pausch gave great advice, and my favorite point was that "Brick walls are there for a reason, and that reason is to keep the people out who don't want it bad enough."
Pausch's first part of his speech was about his childhood dreams. He actually accomplished many of his childhood dreams, and learned many valuable lessons from them. In football he learned about the "head fake" that is that your teaching children about one thing, but in doing so teach them way more about life in general. In fact this whole speech had two "head fakes" because the whole thing was about how you should live your life, not achieving your childhood dreams. And also he said the second "head fake" was the whole talk was for his children. I thought this was really cool, because his speech made me think about how I should be living my life and what kind of legacy I will leave.
Also Pausch got to work for Disney and got to work with many important people in that line of work. He also had good advice from many people along the way and he made point that you should listen to the advice people give you, because it makes you examine yourself. He had a professor that encouraged him to become a professor even though he didn't want to, and the professor told him that he would be a great salesman, but why not be a salesman for something worthwhile, like education. That point really drove home the point on how enthusiastic teachers should be about education, because it is really important.
In the classroom Pausch was a innovator. He broke the mold and taught in ways that had never been done before. In his undergraduate classes his students had such an enthusiasm for the class that even their parents came to watch the presentations at the end of the semester. In his graduate level classes he didn't believe in using books, and was a projects course. This way it got his students hand dirty in the field, and also they had a lot of fun doing it. Also he wanted to make his a global thing offered to millions of students, and in the last couple of years this has became a reality, even though Pausch didn't get to see it.
In closing the main points that I got from this lecture was that always have fun. You can have fun and learn difficult material. And even though you get dealt a bad hand, like he did with cancer, you can still enjoy life. He enjoyed his life and that came through in his last lecture. By being so enthusiastic about his profession and having fun many students of his are now teaching in the same way he did.
"Don't Bail; the best gold is at the bottom of the barrels of crap"-- Randy Pausch
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