Today we discussed chapter 10 (the last chapter) in Rethinking Education. We discussed what the future might look like if technology is not included in the learning environment. Will schools survive? Will students continue to be motivated to learn? Will they go elsewhere for their education? Dr. Boyer brought up the point that even in kindergarten, children can use technology. If we aren't using technology in the classroom, are we meeting our student's needs to the greatest extent possible and available? During discussion debrief, we also discussed the difference between teaching students breadth vs. depth.
We then engaged in a media search task. We found artifacts (online video, podcast, SMART Notebook lesson, Scratch project, and online game) for a grade level/content area and posted them to our delicious accounts. This was actually a fun task to do. We were able to search for things that are interesting and pertain to a topic/grade that we are planning on using in the future. This was actually very helpful. I found quite a few interesting mathematics websites, videos, lessons, and games.
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