Difference between revisions of "325--2011--Week 1 Questions/Comments"
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I disagree that you are smart. -- Joey | I disagree that you are smart. -- Joey | ||
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| + | With regard to the technology in education article, tt has been proven in multiple different studies that project or problem-based learning is essential for students. The education system of paper and pencil is obsolete. Why do we no longer send letters, because we have email? Why do we give our students worksheets, because no one wants to break the mold or can do to policy? The design of schools has changed very little since the one-room school houses of the early 20th century. There has been over a hundred years of advancement in technology, but yet students still sit at desks with pencil and paper. | ||
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| + | Not only are kids learning a lot outside the classrooms, but also they are experiencing a lot. Students watch TV, they go on walks, they get on the computer, they eat, and they sleep, but do they know why, how, what, who, and when? Are they taking what they learn in the classroom and applying it to the outside world? I doubt students leave math class and see the golden proportions of the Fibonacci sequence in seashells, but scientists do. Cross-curriculum and cross subject education must go beyond the classroom. | ||
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| + | Failure-based learning is an odd concept, because it seems almost unrealistic. Yes, not all mistakes are life changing, but you cannot always just hit restart. There must be real circumstances and consequences within these. Oregon trail was the best game at this. Go through the swamp and you may get malaria, but it is faster. | ||
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| + | ~~Kyle Allwine | ||
