Blog Posts # 2

The central message to the video,,Mr. Dancealot, is to display how ineffective teaching can hinder students from learning. The author makes the case for this conclusion by demonstrating what can happen to a teacher's class when his or her message is inadequate for students to understand. For instance, Mr. Dancealot tries to teach his class a dance through powerpoints instead of actually demonstrating to his students. I agree with the author's conclusion because if there is a break in the line of communication with someone, the message that is trying to be conveyed will not be effective.

In Kevin Robert's video ,Teaching in the 21st Centruy he explains how teaching now is totally different from earlier years. Roberts believes that teaching in the 21st century means that teachers must be aware of up-to-date technology in order to attract students because students are starting to become more technology literate each generation.

Teaching in the 21st Century

Thesis: Robert believes that teaching in the 21st century means that teachers must be technology literate and must be collaborate with students.

I. Technology Literacy

A. Reliable resources

1.Social media

2.Technolgy devices

II. Collaboration

A. Understanding Students

1. personal level

2. professional level

I agree with Roberts that teaching is starting to change more towards the technology side because students are starting to become more advanced with technology. So teachers must be able to evolve their teaching around students' interests in technology because that is the only way how teachers can grasp students' attention. Being more technology literate will affect me tremendously because technology is advancing each year and I want to be able to connect with my students on all types of levels.

Network Student is a video constructed by high school students who describe how technology has transformed into being the key to teaching students. The norm of the 21st century is to allow technology to be "connectivism" which means to allow technology to take control of learning. The students explain that teachers' responsibilities are to only be motivators and guardians, and that technology is students' reference. I disagree that technology should be a tool that can used to enhance the learning process because all students learn in different ways. All students have different learning techniques whether its audio, hands on and/or visual. I know technology is starting to now incorporate all three learning techniques. However, technology can not help explain something to a struggling student from different angles and try to figure out what technique is best for the student. It is a human/teacher that can make that judgment about a student, and a teacher can physically give students a one on one connection.

In Vicki Davis'video, Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts she demonstrates how her students help each other learn materials by using different technology aproaches. The thesis of Davis's video is that technology can be used as another learning technic for students other than just on paper. I agree with Davis because students are more prone to learn something from technology than from a piece a paper, but I would not let technology be the main source of learning.
< /br> Flipping the classroom is not new to me, but I did not learn this concept until college. Flipping the classroom is a new teaching strategy that teachers use where students are able to learn taught materials by using the computer. For instance, Stem is a program where students answer questions pertaining to what they might have read or was taught. This approach will definitely be useful for me as a teacher because this will give some feedback on what each student needs extra work on.