Comments on: Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely Alter Your View of Education http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brie D. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-36300 Brie D. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:40:13 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-36300 My first raection as I was readign this was ... WOW... a bit choppy, but the point is still there. Then as I read the comments left, I realized that these were notes. Notes... pretty good notes on education. I am a science teacher and I absolutely despise when I give an assignment or ask a question that requires Higher Order thinkign Skills (Bloom's Taxonomy) and students just sit and stare or ask questions like "What do I do?" or "How do you figure this out?" (after I gave the equation for accelleration. ect.). Students are so used to being "spoon-fed" material. I like to enocurage my students to problem solve, use and access resources necessary to find and answer, Inquiry Based Learning! After all... isn't that what they have to do in the real world... use strategies and technology to problem solve life? As for the relating to the real life situations... in science I try to relate everything to studnets' real lives. For example: Sound Waves and Car Stereos. ALso with science I always have hands-on learning (labs, webquests, building models, outside adventures, ect.). Yeah education really needs revamping!!! *~* Science Nerd *~* My first raection as I was readign this was … WOW… a bit choppy, but the point is still there. Then as I read the comments left, I realized that these were notes. Notes… pretty good notes on education.

I am a science teacher and I absolutely despise when I give an assignment or ask a question that requires Higher Order thinkign Skills (Bloom’s Taxonomy) and students just sit and stare or ask questions like “What do I do?” or “How do you figure this out?” (after I gave the equation for accelleration. ect.). Students are so used to being “spoon-fed” material. I like to enocurage my students to problem solve, use and access resources necessary to find and answer, Inquiry Based Learning!

After all… isn’t that what they have to do in the real world… use strategies and technology to problem solve life?

As for the relating to the real life situations… in science I try to relate everything to studnets’ real lives. For example: Sound Waves and Car Stereos. ALso with science I always have hands-on learning (labs, webquests, building models, outside adventures, ect.).

Yeah education really needs revamping!!!

*~* Science Nerd *~*

]]> By: Check out this podcast! « The Other Side of the Desk http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33299 Check out this podcast! « The Other Side of the Desk Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:44:09 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33299 [...] Apr 2nd, 2007 by theothersideofthedesk Last week, I referenced a post by Wesley Fryer that contained his notes from a keynote session in San Antonio.  I was mesmerized by the content and didn’t even mind that it was a little bit choppy - it was one fantastic statement after another and it seemed to me that the speaker had so many great things to say that at times, Mr. Fryer just couldn’t keep up.  What a delightful predicament!  Thankfully, Mr. Fryer recorded the session and has now posted it as a podcast on his blog.  I can’t wait to hear it! [...] [...] Apr 2nd, 2007 by theothersideofthedesk Last week, I referenced a post by Wesley Fryer that contained his notes from a keynote session in San Antonio.  I was mesmerized by the content and didn’t even mind that it was a little bit choppy - it was one fantastic statement after another and it seemed to me that the speaker had so many great things to say that at times, Mr. Fryer just couldn’t keep up.  What a delightful predicament!  Thankfully, Mr. Fryer recorded the session and has now posted it as a podcast on his blog.  I can’t wait to hear it! [...]

]]> By: questions » Blog Archive » Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely … http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33247 questions » Blog Archive » Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely … Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:31:06 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33247 [...] Original post by Wesley Fryer [...] [...] Original post by Wesley Fryer [...]

]]> By: school musical plays » Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely … http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33241 school musical plays » Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely … Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:17:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-33241 [...] Original post by Wesley Fryer [...] [...] Original post by Wesley Fryer [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32902 Wesley Fryer Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:08:02 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32902 Paul: I am not sure what the response was from other audience members, but as it was almost 100% higher ed professors I would guess it struck many as threatening. I think this audience was perhaps the most challenging one to share this message. I wasn't ready for this at the SITE conference! It was a great message, but very confrontational for the "school as it is now" idea. This was not a pro-evolutionary change in schools message, it was more of a revolutionary message. Paul: I am not sure what the response was from other audience members, but as it was almost 100% higher ed professors I would guess it struck many as threatening. I think this audience was perhaps the most challenging one to share this message. I wasn’t ready for this at the SITE conference! It was a great message, but very confrontational for the “school as it is now” idea. This was not a pro-evolutionary change in schools message, it was more of a revolutionary message.

]]> By: Firefighting with Revolutionary War Pioneers « The Other Side of the Desk http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32703 Firefighting with Revolutionary War Pioneers « The Other Side of the Desk Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:37:22 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32703 [...] One last thing: I recently read this very fragmented post and loved it!  It references this video: [...] [...] One last thing: I recently read this very fragmented post and loved it!  It references this video: [...]

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32616 Scott McLeod Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:35:30 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32616 Okay, I want to see the video clips! Especially the one about the quadratic equation! Okay, I want to see the video clips! Especially the one about the quadratic equation!

]]> By: Darren Wilson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32589 Darren Wilson Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:04:33 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32589 WOW. I hope you are to upload the audio of this presentation as a podcast. While your session notes are always great, its always good to hear it from the speaker as well. Thanks, Wes for all you do. WOW. I hope you are to upload the audio of this presentation as a podcast. While your session notes are always great, its always good to hear it from the speaker as well. Thanks, Wes for all you do.

]]> By: Paul http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32588 Paul Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:40:35 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/27/rethinking-teaching-how-online-learning-can-and-should-completely-alter-your-view-of-education/#comment-32588 Wes, While it took me 2 full times to read through the post in order to digest all the info here, it was well worth the time. The post is a nice mix of digital native application and sound pedagogy. What was the reaction and the discussion of the attendees to his keynote. Thanks and keep up the work. Paul Wes,

While it took me 2 full times to read through the post in order to digest all the info here, it was well worth the time. The post is a nice mix of digital native application and sound pedagogy. What was the reaction and the discussion of the attendees to his keynote.
Thanks and keep up the work.
Paul

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