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Learning in the 21st Century
(a Barry G find)
Nice to know that Digital Natives "prefer graphics before their text." I suppose preferring graphics before text would have nothing to do with the fact that today's Digital Native was taught to read using balanced literacy and sight words.
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What means enduring understandings? [slide #37] My district's new 20-page Strategic Plan is chock-ful of Enduring Understandings, so I'd like to know.
5 comments:
The first two comments left under the slide show are quite good:
"by the way, Danniel Willingham, a cognitive psychologist, has a great YouTube video on why brain science really doesn't apply directly to teaching and learning in a school setting."
"I get what you're saying, but I think you're off-base.
I just want schools to accomplish the most basic of missions - get everyone to read, write and do math. then I think you can go the cool stuff shown in your slide show."
Amen.
Help me. On slide #5, I'm unclear of the meaning. We were or We're (meaning "we are").
I think that the ability to communicate one's message effectively, regardless of the medium, falls under "written communication skills".
Slide #40 is a hoot. I strongly prefer that my child receive a print-based, 20th century education, thank you very much.
I'd rather my child be able to decipher a textbook than learn from "performances."
Students may "prefer" multitasking, but the evidence shows that it doesn't work. Jumping from one thing to another every few seconds slows you down, and breaks up your concentration, period. It's impossible to think deeply if you're trying to do four things at once.
(Preaching to the choir, am I?)
@cassyt:
I interpreted slide #5 as "were really good at preparing students for...", as in "One-room schoolhouses and/or drill-n-kill teaching were really good at preparing students for life as worker bees in sweatshops."
As for the rest, a couple of observations:
Slide #18: 6 1/2 hours/day being entertained - no wonder that attitude carries over to school (cf. slide #23)
Slide #22: "Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast" - you don't say? Then why is the fast pace of summer school such a challenge for most students?
Slides #39-40: (Exercise for the reader: How many straw men can you identify under the heading "20th Century Classrooms"?)
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