In part 1 of This Is How We Dream, Mr. Miller elaborated on the traditional teaching method. When he was in school, the education process consisted of teachers instructing lessons from paperback books. Students took notes, exams, and wrote papers with regular writing utensils. Mr. Miller dreamed and prepared himself for a career that would involve books, paper,pens etc. Nevertheless, time brought about a change! The first change Mr. Miller discuss is the incremental change. The incremental change changed the work space. The work space became the laptop and not the traditional classroom.
In part 2, Miller expounded on the new work space. He referred to it as the new digital era. He also explained how it work. Teachers are now able to download different materials, lectures, and lessons. It also pushes ideas to our culture.
In conclusion, I found it amazing how the transition of writing, reading, and the overall education process has changed. What really grabbed my attention is when he explained how the information that is being obtained from this transition is not been shared. I thought about that also. Many people are too busy competing with each other about ways they think would be best to do certain procedures or operations.They forget about working together to achieve more. That is also true about the education field , but as educators we have one goal and that is to educate our students to our full potential.
Carly Pugh Post 12
I think Carly comes real close to Dr. Miller's hopes for writing with multi-media. The video was very creative and interesting. I enjoyed her playlist, topics, and overall her perspective on creating this assignment. It was very beneficial. Assignments similar to Carly Post, in my opinion, brings the learning experience alive.
EDM is Different
The chipper series reflect the skills that Dr. Strange wants his students to acquire from EDM 310. The video also gives scenarios on the benefit of having those skills. Last but not least, it emphasizes the value of an education.
In EDM for dummies a reaction of two typical students are portrayed at the beginning. At the end of the video, technology skills that were obtained from taking EDM 310 were discuss. The two students looked refreshed after taking the class.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
The arguments made in Learn to Change,Change to Learn are valid. Teaching and learning in the 21st century is based on technology. Technology provides more opportunity for global connection and job security. That is correct.
However, I have a couple of questions. Are we going to depend on it alone? Is it going to effect all the students the same? I think these are vital questions that need to be answered before we really put all of our eggs into technology based education.
Scavenger Hunt
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ReplyDeleteSamuel,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job summarizing all of the videos. I agree with you on the fact that people sometimes focus more on out competing others for who has the best way for completing a task, rather than working together. The only thing I would work on is making your post longer, because it seemed a little short. Also, be sure to get your assignments done on time! That is a very important part of this class.
Haleigh
Samuel,
ReplyDeleteYou have the scavenger hunt listed, but you don't have all three parts or an explanation of what you chose and why. Overall, your post is rather brief. However, I do feel like you brought up some excellent questions. "Are we going to depend on it alone? Is it going to effect all the students the same?" And the answer to the first question is no. We aren't. Technology is a tool, but it can't replace an entire system. It can enhance it, certainly, and that's what we're hoping to do. It's a process of reinvigoration not replacement. This class is about becoming aware of all of the tools available to you through technology and the Internet, not about depending on them. The second question is harder to address. There is going to be some disparities between those of lower income school systems and the school systems that get a lot of tax revenue to afford the newest technologies. It's a fact. However, those school systems that can't afford it on their own can always apply for grants. Then you have to address the issue of education for the teachers on how to use the technology. That's why this class is important to begin with.