Interesting Numbers « Life Would Be More Interesting If Everyone Was Animated!

Interesting Numbers « Life Would Be More Interesting If Everyone Was Animated! I also read this article and it left me with questions. Such as what are they really saying? I don’t think they know. The fact that it ended with more research was needed said more than the whole article. I think the research should’ve been done before the article was written.

Goals and Objectives

I believe every teacher starts a class with goals and objectives in mind.  Some designed by them others designed by the adminstration. It is the teacher’s responsiblility to join their goals with the stated objectives. I think it doesn’t matter the type of course, whether it be in a classroom or on line. Evryone starts a class with goals and objectives, includig the student. How these goals and objectives are met depends on the interaction of the teacher and student. By this I mean students will try harder for someone who they think has their best interest at heart. Some students do not feel they way towards their teachers and vise versa. Does an online class hinder this interaction, before this class I would have said yes. This is not my first on line class, but it is the first on line class where I have felt the instructor wants us to learn and wants us to take this back to our classrooms.    Dr. Lowell stated in one of his response to Traci that we have learned more than we realize in the few weeks that we have been in this chaos. I agree I have learned some much, granted I am not sure how to apply all that I have learned yet. I have grown comfortable using tools I never even knew about before this class, that in itself is an accomplishment.  So, no I do not feel being on line effects goals and objectives, I think the teacher and student effect the goals and objectives.

Global effects on Evaluation

I do not think there are any global effects on what or how we evaluate our students. I do think he tools in which we evaluate our students have been and ctinue to be effected by the www. We could to assess and evaluate the same materials and learning criteria but we are changing the way we evaulate. These changes are due to the new tools presented by www.

Remote Access: They Asked For it

Remote Access: They Asked For it  I look forward to adding similiar activities to my class. This seems like fun not only for the students. You can tell by the tone of his article that even he is excited about the outcome of the students projects.

Celebrating Failure | Bit By Bit

Celebrating Failure | Bit By Bit I too watched the movie Meet the Robinsons, this movie does teach us that we learn more from our failures than our successes.  I think back to when I was in school and I can still remember some questions that I missed on a test. I would only go back and think I should’ve known that and remebered those answers longer than the ones I got right.  We should be teaching our students that failure is the road to learning. That grades are like the lives in a game, so what if you lost one you can get another. Students are more focused on grades than learning, but I think Dr. Lowell as been saying that from day one.

This I Believe… « Ed Tech Journeys

This I Believe… « Ed Tech Journeys This states eveything that teachers feel daily. That our system is the best system but it needs to change and everyone is waiting on someone else to start the process. We all see the need for change, but yet we wait for someone to tel us to change. Like this article states it’s not something that will happen overnight, everyone needs to adjust. We cannot walk into our classrooms tomorrow and expect our students to begin thinking  and learning for themselves when for so long they have sat while we feed them thought. We have to begin teaching them to think for theirselves, before throwing them back into the wild.

Front row/Back row

It seems that the students who choose the back row are less likely to participate or all the ones causing problems in class and the front row students are their to learn. When I was in school we were arranged alphabetically in class, so this could not happen.  We did not get the choice.  This seemed to work for the most part. Today most teachers are arranging their classrooms so there is no front or back row, but I believe they are still finding the attitudes that goes with front and back rows. Even on line classes have the students that would be front and back row participants. I believe it is more a personality trait than seat arrangement.

Know it all and Teachers’ pets

Every class has a know it all and what the students perceive as the “pet”. I think there are two types of know it alls, the one who is seeking attention and the one who wants everyone to know they know more than the other students. The first type is easily hurt if they are not called on or if they feel the teacher is giving someone else more attention. This kid needs to know that they are an assest to the class and teacher. The teacher can do this by talking with the child and letting them know how they can help out the teahcer and their classmates. This child needs lots of encouragement. As for the know it al who likes to be the center of attention in order to feel better than everyone else, the teacher needs to also sit down with student and explain what an assest they are but that they need to let others demostrate their knowledge in class as well. This child may not be well liked in class and therefore when working in groups this child may have difficulty. The teacher needs to work with ths child to help them adjust to working with their peers.

The teacher’s pet is the student who the teacher has come to rely on for support and assistance.  It is usually a dependable student who gets their work done early and makes theirselves available for the teacher. The teacher has control over whether or not they have a pet or not. A teacher can always change who helps out and be as talkative and friendly with everyone. Sometimes a teachers pet has been picked before the teacher even realizes, because this student is aways there waiting to assist.

Teachers and Students Meet in the Middle… as Learners! | Edutopia

Teachers and Students Meet in the Middle… as Learners! | Edutopia This is a great concept but I feel that teachers fear letting students see them as unknowing.  Those teachers that are always the enforcer may have trouble giving the student the opportunity to show their knowledge for fear of losing control over the class. In a classroom where the teacher allows free thinking and discussion, then this role change would not affect the organization of the class. I agree that it would great to see that tpe of exchange in a classroom, students would be more open and willing to learn if they too coud teach.