As a I reflect on my approach as a teacher, I am pleased to say that I have changed and grown. I can’t help but acknowledge that it is clearly due to the concepts and resources that I have been exposed to throughout this master’s program. Just as my driving question has evolved over time, so too have my thoughts on teaching and what I can do to better serve my students. Currently I am increasingly focused on the role of technology in my classroom as better means to better ends. My students, like most, are more than fond of technology. They use it outside of school regularly so it makes sense that they would want to use it in school as well. I keep observing students collaborating and communicating via technology without being required or in some instances, even advised to. When I am not thinking about how easy my students make digital collaboration look, I am busy thinking about the unlimited potential of what my students can produce. Already my students have made podcasts, informative videos and original movies. There seems to be no end to what modern students can learn and create provided their teachers are willing to stay curious and informed. You know, that whole "Life Long Learner" deal. We have to walk the walk. So that's where I am currently, attempting to serve my students by exploring new resources and finding engaging ways for students to create with.
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Nancy
11/28/2017 05:37:42 pm
Hey Jimmy,
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Patrick
11/28/2017 08:24:59 pm
I definitely resonate with your thoughts on the modern student's potential. I don't think I would have been able to produce a short film when I was in middle school. The internet was around then and my middle school had a computer lab and, back then, I feel like at least Windows Movie Maker was on most windows computers. Maybe my level of access to computers and editting software was not as high as other students, but I still trouble picturing myself, at their age, creating the same things our students regularly do.
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