Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Practice round.
Blogger has recently added a way to thread conversations on the blog. To see how this works, let's try it ourselves! (I know you are very excited.) After watching the following clip please leave your reactions. Points that were made that you agree/disagree with? After posting, please respond to at least one of your colleagues responses so that we can see how threading works.
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I'd like to see the process that went into creating the animation that accompanied the speech!
ReplyDeleteThe speaker makes a number of interesting points, but I think that are too many big-ticket players involved (politics, money, tradition) to see any significant, long-lasting changes made.
The animation was amazing! Interesting also is that I probably wouldn't have paid much attention if it wasn't there.
DeleteHis art work, creativity, was phenomenal! Too many big players motivated by greed.
DeleteI think using a tool such as blogging is a great way to engage students in the topics being discussed. Not only is it a great way to foster learning, it lets the students interact with the teacher as well as their classmates.
ReplyDeleteAs long as it works smoothly! Janet
DeleteI agree.
DeleteWith the amount of people we try to accomodate with public education the chaos created through the transition period to Robinson's model would be unbelievable. That being said, I think it would be totally worth it. The right thing is so often skipped over because it would be a daunting task.
ReplyDeleteThere would be less stats for leaders to use for promoting supremacy/improvement
DeleteI thought the speech was interesting.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a period of change and the future is uncertain. A college degree is no guarantee of a good job or certain future. Leaders and people of power have made eduation a scapegoat.
ReplyDeleteThe fact is education helps create jobs but access to education is becoming limited through an ever increasing cost increases.
Over use of percriptions drugs is an epidemic and there is no end in sight.
Divergent thinking leads to new ways to solve problems. Great learning facilitated by teachers is often suppressed.
Very interesting.... I agree with Jim. I think education has become one big box that all students are expected to fit. Because we are all individuals, we cannot expect to all fit perfectly. Those students who learn differently, or at a different pace, or those students who don't get straight A's, are sometimes seen as failures or lazy or not smart. Just because they are not in honors classes or going to an ivy league school doesn't mean they are not going to be successful in life. Abstract thinking and being artistic and musical should not be seen as deficits. We need artists and social workers and carpenters and plumbers and musicians. Schools (and education in general) need to recognize the strengths of each student even those who don't fit nicely in the box.
ReplyDeleteHello Anonymous. Although interesting and a lot going on in the clip, a little all over the map in my opinion.
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