Definatly an interesting idea, but I think there are cheaper ways to do it that would accomplish the same thing and make it more accessible to average schools and students. There are quite a few schools that make their lectures available as pod casts (also Apple, anybody seeing a trend here?), some even going as far as to completely remove the lecture and simply increase profs office hours for students to seek help. I think this approach offers the potential for much more individual instruction time with students having trouble, while at the same time allowing gifted students to move ahead at their own pace and explore enrichment opportunities.
I totally agree that this is an extreme and expensive idea! It is just nice to see this institution go above and beyond to facilitate learning. I think that anytime we can individualize instruction as much as possible as you mentioned it allows for more students to reach their optimum potential. I like how you brought up the Apple trend... Apple is definitely a company that researches how people learn and makes their products as easy to interact with and as user friendly as possible. I went mac.. and I won't go back! What is it that makes Apple so appealing and how could we use their techniques in our teaching to make our lessons more appealing to students?
Wow. What an idea, I currently own an ipod touch and honestly I have no idea how to really use it. This article highlights the infinite possibilities that could help improve the education system. The idea that a student could replay a lesson if they don't understand or answer a questing using an anonymous poll could really benefit students everywhere. Obviously as future teachers we need to consider how we can use this technology to help us rather than harm us. We all know that we have to be careful not to innovate ourselves right out of a job. This technology could in essence replace us, just like online courses, students do not need to be seated in a classroom to be learning.
Even though its kind of scary find this amazing and I wish I had more training to help me utilize my own ipod touch more efficiently.
Tyler made a really good point about the pod cast. I did not even know they had such applications for phones but i guess with all this new technology anything is possible. What other options do you have if you cannot afford an ipod or a mac computer?? go back to taking information down the same way like when we were in school? is this something we need to ask out school administration about finding some funding to supply these tools??
I am just looking at a similar idea for a different class and it is the idea of having laptops for all students in the class. This is geared towards science but I think it will become more popular throughout our careers. Especially after this class my view on technology is changing and I think it can offer so much more information to the students. It also focuses on student centered rather than teacher centered approaches which is great. The only thing that worries me would be a decrease in connection to students. I think it is important to have connections with students and this may change with everything being available from the computer
Definatly an interesting idea, but I think there are cheaper ways to do it that would accomplish the same thing and make it more accessible to average schools and students.
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few schools that make their lectures available as pod casts (also Apple, anybody seeing a trend here?), some even going as far as to completely remove the lecture and simply increase profs office hours for students to seek help.
I think this approach offers the potential for much more individual instruction time with students having trouble, while at the same time allowing gifted students to move ahead at their own pace and explore enrichment opportunities.
I totally agree that this is an extreme and expensive idea! It is just nice to see this institution go above and beyond to facilitate learning. I think that anytime we can individualize instruction as much as possible as you mentioned it allows for more students to reach their optimum potential. I like how you brought up the Apple trend... Apple is definitely a company that researches how people learn and makes their products as easy to interact with and as user friendly as possible. I went mac.. and I won't go back! What is it that makes Apple so appealing and how could we use their techniques in our teaching to make our lessons more appealing to students?
ReplyDeleteWow. What an idea, I currently own an ipod touch and honestly I have
ReplyDeleteno idea how to really use it. This article highlights the infinite
possibilities that could help improve the education system. The idea
that a student could replay a lesson if they don't understand or answer
a questing using an anonymous poll could really benefit students
everywhere. Obviously as future teachers we need to consider how we can
use this technology to help us rather than harm us. We all know that we
have to be careful not to innovate ourselves right out of a job. This
technology could in essence replace us, just like online courses,
students do not need to be seated in a classroom to be learning.
Even though its kind of scary find this amazing and I wish I had more
training to help me utilize my own ipod touch more efficiently.
I tried to post that yesterday, now it pops up in a strange format. sorry.
ReplyDeleteTyler made a really good point about the pod cast. I did not even know they had such applications for phones but i guess with all this new technology anything is possible. What other options do you have if you cannot afford an ipod or a mac computer?? go back to taking information down the same way like when we were in school? is this something we need to ask out school administration about finding some funding to supply these tools??
ReplyDeleteI am just looking at a similar idea for a different class and it is the idea of having laptops for all students in the class. This is geared towards science but I think it will become more popular throughout our careers. Especially after this class my view on technology is changing and I think it can offer so much more information to the students. It also focuses on student centered rather than teacher centered approaches which is great. The only thing that worries me would be a decrease in connection to students. I think it is important to have connections with students and this may change with everything being available from the computer
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