Post about the "Ceetopen" discussion on Twitter.
I was quite riveted during the ceetopen discussion. I found that I was frustrated with not being able to post a comment other than a reply to someone elses' post. I will play with Twitter and figure it out. I was fascinated with the knowlege base of the people tweeting. It moved very quickly and I had trouble keeping up with the amount of information people were giving. I will go back and relook at the tweets. I am looking forward to Wednesday nights session. Hopefully, I will have the glitches figured out
As I read through the "Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in BC" I was struck by the realization that these standards are, for the most part, basic to what we all try do as teachers. I was, however, questioning a couple of standards, of which states; "The school is appropriately staffed to support student demand" and "Required hardware and software puchases and upgrades are completed on a regular basis." Really? If these are a sampling of some of the standards, or basic requirements, then these aren't even being met in a traditional school setting!!! I think all or most teachers strive to reach every student, however, I don't think we are given enough resources to do so. I would like to see us move more toward goals rather than standards. Goals are, to me, something to strive for, whereas standards are something to settle for.
On another topic, that of Inquiry, I tried a small inquiry project with my grade threes and they ate it up. They loved the freedom to find out about things they wanted to know about within the concept we were studying. They were able to work alone or with a partner. I was amazed at the eagerness they showed to find out about their question. I learned a lot as well. I want to learn more about Inquiry and be able to use it more effectively.
Response to Michael's post
Hi Michael,
I also like what the Khan Academy has to offer. I agree that some students need a different way to learn. I like the way you refered to the use of Khan is like having a "guest speaker". I think that people who are against sites like the Khan Academy are not that confident in their own teaching or feel threatened by these kinds of sites. If some people are so rigid and narrow-minded then their students will miss out on some really good tools to help them.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
Jane C
I was quite riveted during the ceetopen discussion. I found that I was frustrated with not being able to post a comment other than a reply to someone elses' post. I will play with Twitter and figure it out. I was fascinated with the knowlege base of the people tweeting. It moved very quickly and I had trouble keeping up with the amount of information people were giving. I will go back and relook at the tweets. I am looking forward to Wednesday nights session. Hopefully, I will have the glitches figured out
As I read through the "Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in BC" I was struck by the realization that these standards are, for the most part, basic to what we all try do as teachers. I was, however, questioning a couple of standards, of which states; "The school is appropriately staffed to support student demand" and "Required hardware and software puchases and upgrades are completed on a regular basis." Really? If these are a sampling of some of the standards, or basic requirements, then these aren't even being met in a traditional school setting!!! I think all or most teachers strive to reach every student, however, I don't think we are given enough resources to do so. I would like to see us move more toward goals rather than standards. Goals are, to me, something to strive for, whereas standards are something to settle for.
On another topic, that of Inquiry, I tried a small inquiry project with my grade threes and they ate it up. They loved the freedom to find out about things they wanted to know about within the concept we were studying. They were able to work alone or with a partner. I was amazed at the eagerness they showed to find out about their question. I learned a lot as well. I want to learn more about Inquiry and be able to use it more effectively.
Response to Michael's post
Hi Michael,
I also like what the Khan Academy has to offer. I agree that some students need a different way to learn. I like the way you refered to the use of Khan is like having a "guest speaker". I think that people who are against sites like the Khan Academy are not that confident in their own teaching or feel threatened by these kinds of sites. If some people are so rigid and narrow-minded then their students will miss out on some really good tools to help them.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
Jane C