Chapter 1:
Quote: “Play, questioning, and - perhaps most important - imagination lie at the very heart of arc-of-life learning” (pg. 18-19).
Question: What does this new culture of learning look like at a school with very limited access to technology?
Connection: “...how the new culture of learning is taking root and transforming the way we think about information, imagination and play” (pg. 31). This made me think about the new way of thinking I am embarking on when designing lessons and discovering new ways I can have my students use technology to analyze and break down information to learn, such as creating and assigning Webquests.
A-ha: “They, however, had taught him a great deal about what the new culture of learning might look like and how powerful it can be when students see each other as resources and figure out how to learn from one another” (pg. 25).
Chapter 2:
Quote: “For most of the twentieth century, our educational system has been built on the assumption that teaching is necessary for learning to occur” (pg. 34).
Question: “In the new culture of learning, the classroom as a model is replaced by learning environments in which digital media provide access to a rich source of information and play…” (pg. 37-38). What does this look like, exactly? Does it work with standards? Or are those a thing of the past within this new culture?
Connection: “Finally, in the teaching-based approach, students must prove that they have received the information transferred to them…” (pg. 38) I can connect to this, because this is a lot of what I am doing in my own classroom and a lot of what I see taking place in other classrooms. I know I have room to change.
A-ha: “ We believe, however, that learning should be viewed in terms of an environment…” (pg. 35).
Chapter 3:
Quote: “Change motivates and challenges” (pg. 43).
Question: “Though there was no teaching in this setting, readers engaged in deep, sustained learning from one another through their discussions and other interactions” (pg. 45). What are some strategies to get students to actually read. Or is it one of those things where you will only reach a certain number of students?
Connection: “In a world of near-constant flux, play becomes a strategy for embracing change” (pg. 48). I can connect to this as I am learning all of this new “things” and being told by different people a million ways to do or use something, I am doing my best to remain open and embrace these changes.
A-ha: Chapter three discusses how quickly technology changes, and I am able to connect with this because even in the last few years of my credential prep-courses the “new” thing is no longer “the new thing”, it is a reminder that as an educator I need to do my best to integrate new technologies when able.
Quote: “Play, questioning, and - perhaps most important - imagination lie at the very heart of arc-of-life learning” (pg. 18-19).
Question: What does this new culture of learning look like at a school with very limited access to technology?
Connection: “...how the new culture of learning is taking root and transforming the way we think about information, imagination and play” (pg. 31). This made me think about the new way of thinking I am embarking on when designing lessons and discovering new ways I can have my students use technology to analyze and break down information to learn, such as creating and assigning Webquests.
A-ha: “They, however, had taught him a great deal about what the new culture of learning might look like and how powerful it can be when students see each other as resources and figure out how to learn from one another” (pg. 25).
Chapter 2:
Quote: “For most of the twentieth century, our educational system has been built on the assumption that teaching is necessary for learning to occur” (pg. 34).
Question: “In the new culture of learning, the classroom as a model is replaced by learning environments in which digital media provide access to a rich source of information and play…” (pg. 37-38). What does this look like, exactly? Does it work with standards? Or are those a thing of the past within this new culture?
Connection: “Finally, in the teaching-based approach, students must prove that they have received the information transferred to them…” (pg. 38) I can connect to this, because this is a lot of what I am doing in my own classroom and a lot of what I see taking place in other classrooms. I know I have room to change.
A-ha: “ We believe, however, that learning should be viewed in terms of an environment…” (pg. 35).
Chapter 3:
Quote: “Change motivates and challenges” (pg. 43).
Question: “Though there was no teaching in this setting, readers engaged in deep, sustained learning from one another through their discussions and other interactions” (pg. 45). What are some strategies to get students to actually read. Or is it one of those things where you will only reach a certain number of students?
Connection: “In a world of near-constant flux, play becomes a strategy for embracing change” (pg. 48). I can connect to this as I am learning all of this new “things” and being told by different people a million ways to do or use something, I am doing my best to remain open and embrace these changes.
A-ha: Chapter three discusses how quickly technology changes, and I am able to connect with this because even in the last few years of my credential prep-courses the “new” thing is no longer “the new thing”, it is a reminder that as an educator I need to do my best to integrate new technologies when able.