The two videos, Educational Change Challenge and A Vision of 21st Century Teachers, has given me the ideas of the reflection of class to the outside world, as well as the importance of using technology in teaching and learning.
As a place where students accept education together, a classroom is just like a tunnel that connects different parts of world. In the classroom, students learn knowledge, share experiences,and join activities, in order to build values, find themselves, and develop connections to the outside world.In other words, a classroom is never a simply little safe room for students to stay. Instead, it is a locker room for football players to prepare for games.
Technology has been playing an important role around the world, and it is also essential in current teaching and learning, without which teaching and learning will lose relevance to the society. Technology can make teaching and learning interesting and efficient. For example,teachers use use tools such as PPT and Prezi to present knowledge. For another example, students use iPad to take notes and track the schedule of classes. Applying technology to education can also help develop both teachers' and students' competence of using technology, as well as develop a sharp sense of discovering and learning new tools.
Hi Mo,
ReplyDeleteI really like the way that you discuss the classroom in terms of a "locker room for football players to prepare for games". This is a great way to show how classrooms are a place where students prepare for life in the outside world. I enjoy the way you made that connection in your writing. Thank you for your perspective!
Jessica Conboy
Your analogy of technology as a tunnel to the outside world is quite on target. Students used to live mostly in the classroom but now there is the potential for them to have a much wider view of the real world.
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