Randy Miller: This is How We Dream Parts 1and 2 is about a world where teachers are teaching using multimedia. Some time in the future Mr. Miller believes that textbooks will be our computers. Students will no longer bring books to class and their work area will become just their computers.
In Part 1, Mr. Miller talks about how he got started with writing. Mr. Miller states that "we now have to capability of communicating globally ". He takes you on a journey how he wrote an article without having to go to the library. This article was done on the computer, he used different websites to find research on the topic he had to write about. This is the future of writing.
In Part 2, Mr. Miller began to talk about using multimedia our ideas do not only belong to us. He states that "we as educators must share ideas". If you have an idea or a way to better educate someone, why not share it? We can produce different things on the computer helping teachers and students to better learn.
My reactions to these video are I feel like we are already in the time where students are writing in multimedia. Schools are now investing in buying students ipads and different tablets so the students can use them in the classroom. I do believe that I am prepared to write in multimedia. I use different word processes everyday to take notes, write papers and do my homework. I am sure that my students will be able to use multimedia. With such advances in technology, there isn't a reason why they should not be able to use it.
In Blog Post #12 by Carly Pugh, she begins with her personal thoughts of what she is doing. Like most college students lay around doing their homework in pajamas. She also talks about how she looked over previous blogs doing the semester before to get a better understanding of the assignment. She tells the instructions Dr. Strange gave for her assignment. The instructions included making a "you tube" video about your teaching philosophy. Ms. Pugh continues her blog telling about what her playlist consisted of and what her video was about. At the end of the blog she makes a video asking 6 questions.
I believe that the bases of Carly Pugh blog was for future educators to make use of "you tube" video. She gives great examples of different ideas of playlist that may will help explain your teaching philosophy. This is a good way to create different videos with your class or let your students make their own. This is one way to get students to start working with multimedia tools. I will use different videos in my future classroom, not only to teach my students but also to help my future employers to know what my teaching style is.
The Chipper Series and EDM 310 for Dummies were two different videos based on common problems that students have when they take EDM 310. The Chipper Series were on a students who did not want to do her work but wanted to learn. She did a lot of procrastination. She tried to find ways around not doing her work. One idea she told Dr. Strange that "she was going to change the definition of procrastination on the internet so she could turn in her work late". This video was the journey Chipper went through in EDM 310.EDM 310 for Dummies was based on how students felt in the first two weeks of being in the class. A lot of student thought it was hard and they did not understand the class. These students made a book, like a help guide through the class and help understand the different tools that are used in EDM 310.
I would create a video like The Chipper Series but not only use my jounery, other students as well. It would be based on the average workload and things that students have to do in the class. Not only the blog posting but the videos and comments that Dr. Strange assigns us.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn is many different educators discuss on how they would change the classroom of today. They talk about what teachers should be and what students should have. They go on to talk about how we can change the classroom today.
I really did not understand the arguement that was made or maybe I missed it. I gather from the video was that we, the United States, need to increase how we teach and what students learn in our classrooms. It was said in the video that we are one of the lowest states when it comes to education.I do believe that we as teachers and future educators should try a little harder in what we teach.
Hello Lavinia,
ReplyDeleteI hope I can help shed light on Learn to Change, Change to Learn for you. What these teachers and educators are discussing, and prophesying in a sense, is a method of learning that encompasses so much more than the traditional methods of learning in the fixed classroom. Students and teachers can collaborate with other students and teachers across the globe, much like we are in this class, and in doing so, learning will not be limited to merely what is contained in those four walls.
Students will be encouraged to be explorers and seek out new avenues of learning. Due to the fascination of bureaucrats with standardized tests, the education system has come to be stagnant and learning has not progressed with the developments of the world. That can all change if we integrate these new pathways--Twitter, blogs, the Internet--into our curriculum and find ways to expand the opportunities that students have to experience the new benefits out there, like the MIT labs and NASA tools that were mentioned in the video.
I think you did a great job of responding to the prompts, but just remember to include the links to the sources of your discussion. That way any readers can click on them and see for themselves what you area discussing.