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Quote:
"That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times--rather than to the industrial age or some artsy utopia where everyone gets an awesome for effort." (Heffernan, August 7, 2011).
Reaction:
I agree with that quote because she says in her article that 65% of students will be working in a job that does not yet exist. (Heffernan, 2011). Also, as we see everyday, new technology is being produced and utilized and we are going farther and farther away from using just standard classroom practices (e.g. writing on the chalkboard) and we are now utilizing the new technology as it comes out and is available. I believe we should move away from the classroom procedures that were used as recent as ten years ago and move towards the digital age so that the children will be more prepared to enter the real world and be able to use the technology that is available to them.
Reference:
Heffernan, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
Related resources:
This video shows how integrating technology into the classroom helps the students learn and to make them want to learn more. Also, this forces the teachers to learn to utilize the new technology so they can enhance their classroom teaching which helps the students.
"That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times--rather than to the industrial age or some artsy utopia where everyone gets an awesome for effort." (Heffernan, August 7, 2011).
Reaction:
I agree with that quote because she says in her article that 65% of students will be working in a job that does not yet exist. (Heffernan, 2011). Also, as we see everyday, new technology is being produced and utilized and we are going farther and farther away from using just standard classroom practices (e.g. writing on the chalkboard) and we are now utilizing the new technology as it comes out and is available. I believe we should move away from the classroom procedures that were used as recent as ten years ago and move towards the digital age so that the children will be more prepared to enter the real world and be able to use the technology that is available to them.
Reference:
Heffernan, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
Related resources:
This video shows how integrating technology into the classroom helps the students learn and to make them want to learn more. Also, this forces the teachers to learn to utilize the new technology so they can enhance their classroom teaching which helps the students.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Introduction
My name is Jerome and I am from Parsons, WV which is in Tucker County. I would like to teach either World History or United States History to grades 9-12. I believe that high school students would learn more and retain more if they were taught how to take proper notes and develop critical thinking skills. I believe studying history helps develop critical thinking skills that the student can use across all subjects. However I do believe that rather than just lecture classes in my classroom I would implement videos, field trips, guest speakers, and interactive activities designed to help the students to interact with each other and myself and to learn the subject of history.
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