Education
Education
The Big Idea #2 In essence individual learners have a learning zone
It’s one thing to tell a student to solve a problem, but an entirely different matter to teach the art of problem solving itself. It is important to only interject guidance when it is needed in order to help your students reach that zone where they can solve problems on their own.
The Big Idea #1 Get stated and get it over with already
Ever wish you didn’t have to study? Get over it. Self-scrutinizing what my priorities and goals were at a younger point in my life, and observing how they have shifted or remained steadfast, were at times unsettling. What things provided me with crossroads to keep moving, learning, and growing? There is actual a term for this, it’s call the Serial Position Curve. While serial position curves aren’t necessarily one of the big ideas that I will take away from my life’s journey thus far – it is worth mentioning. Basically, because it provided a bit of an ‘intersection’; and I began to look for other intersections to stay on course.…
Cramming for that exam!
Adult learning, experienced based instruction, and is self-directed with an emphasis on critical thinking. Educators generally stray away from encouraging students to cram for information for short term gain. Rather most will encourage alternative methods and learning strategies for their students.
Creating Innovative Students
Creating Innovative Students in an online classroom and making sure that the students can be successful in them is a craft,. A craft that instructional designers and instructors work on endlessly. Building online and blended content for the new technological classrooms requires more time and energy than the traditional classroom that most of us grew up with. However, online instruction offers something that the traditional classroom doesn’t offer – the ability of the student to actively engage in the technological learning process, and gain hands-on experiences that push them to really think about how things work in an innovative way within the field of emerging technology. That is one of…
Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era
Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era – Welcoming In The New Millennials I walked into the junior high classroom this morning, and it was chatty as normal, similar to the beginning of any class. It’s a very open environment, and the culture of the students says, “this is our space“. Students were discussing the latest news in spirit activities, while others were trying to decide if lunch was going to be edible. Picking up on that conversation, that gave me the heads up that I better head across the street during my free hour and grab some food. I’ve eaten the food at all the schools, and I’m not…
