I have to say that this was an amazingly easy and interesting read. The information and ideas presented on here were simple, well organized and clearly defined. I kept writing notes in the text about how excited I was about trying some of these ideas and how much I agreed with everything he had to say.
I loved the anecdote about his son and minecraft. I had just ran into an article about a teacher using it to teach Biology. I was amazed and intrigued as to how there was connection between Minecraft and Biology, but there was. Check out the article here. Minecraft Cell Biology. Which made his point more clear. His son wanted to learn more about his game and he was going to find a way to do it because he was interested. He did not need anyone telling him what, where, or how. He just figured things out on his own. The idea of intrinsic learning comes to mind. He made a connection with the content and wanted to be more knowledgeable, not just to know or to win the game aimlessly, but because he was truly passionate about this topic. He was facing problems and he was finding ways to solve this problems based on his interest and drive. This is makes sense and I completely agree. I just never saw minecraft in that light because of the zombie killing and fanaticism of children wanting to kill zombies. I no longer see it in that light.
I can say confidently that I would want to choose the road less traveled, which is it to become a master learner, guiding other learners through the vast information out there. I want to help my students become long life learners who can be autonomous and think outside the norms. This will surely not happen if I continue to bombard them with questions for information they will forget as soon as they leave my classroom. I can reassure you that I have given those multiple choice tests to assess their comprehension of the content, because that’s what learned in my college courses and thought was the way to help them. With that said, I will push hard to unlearn those things, so that my students can face the everchanging world that is just around the corner.
I can see that the six unlearning/relearning ideas are imperative in moving in the right direction. I believe they are very straight forward and simple enough for all of us to start pushing change now. At the same time I’m a realist, and know that I will fall and/or trip over some of these six ideas. But rest assured I will not give up. The one I think I will have the most difficulty will be Talking to strangers. I have not been very good at doing that in any medium professionally and or personally. I will have to start with colleagues and build from there. I do love sharing new things that I’m doing in my classroom with them, to get ideas and feedback. I just have to begin to open that circle via the internet.
Even though I just read this article, I think that his idea for change is the reason why I’m in this program. I want be a better educator, and at the same time, help change our education system for our students and our society.
I loved the anecdote about his son and minecraft. I had just ran into an article about a teacher using it to teach Biology. I was amazed and intrigued as to how there was connection between Minecraft and Biology, but there was. Check out the article here. Minecraft Cell Biology. Which made his point more clear. His son wanted to learn more about his game and he was going to find a way to do it because he was interested. He did not need anyone telling him what, where, or how. He just figured things out on his own. The idea of intrinsic learning comes to mind. He made a connection with the content and wanted to be more knowledgeable, not just to know or to win the game aimlessly, but because he was truly passionate about this topic. He was facing problems and he was finding ways to solve this problems based on his interest and drive. This is makes sense and I completely agree. I just never saw minecraft in that light because of the zombie killing and fanaticism of children wanting to kill zombies. I no longer see it in that light.
I can say confidently that I would want to choose the road less traveled, which is it to become a master learner, guiding other learners through the vast information out there. I want to help my students become long life learners who can be autonomous and think outside the norms. This will surely not happen if I continue to bombard them with questions for information they will forget as soon as they leave my classroom. I can reassure you that I have given those multiple choice tests to assess their comprehension of the content, because that’s what learned in my college courses and thought was the way to help them. With that said, I will push hard to unlearn those things, so that my students can face the everchanging world that is just around the corner.
I can see that the six unlearning/relearning ideas are imperative in moving in the right direction. I believe they are very straight forward and simple enough for all of us to start pushing change now. At the same time I’m a realist, and know that I will fall and/or trip over some of these six ideas. But rest assured I will not give up. The one I think I will have the most difficulty will be Talking to strangers. I have not been very good at doing that in any medium professionally and or personally. I will have to start with colleagues and build from there. I do love sharing new things that I’m doing in my classroom with them, to get ideas and feedback. I just have to begin to open that circle via the internet.
Even though I just read this article, I think that his idea for change is the reason why I’m in this program. I want be a better educator, and at the same time, help change our education system for our students and our society.