teaching and learning practices that result from a do it yourself (DIY) attitude.[
Edupunk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 4 views
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This is a wonderful idea for those independent students!
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It is really important to be invested in the work a student is doing in school. Making assignments personally resonate with students can make a huge difference in the learning they take away.
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It's not often that you see students working independently and trying to do it themselves....
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Maybe not, but this may be a good approach to getting students into working independently and trying things on their own.
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In school I was rarely asked to DIY, it was always do it the teacher's way. I'm looking forward to seeing how my future students will handle this. It is out of my realm of experience.
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an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard
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Isn't good for students to know how to use mainstream mediums like powerpoint and blackboard as they are almost definitely going to have to be used later in life? Maybe mainstream teaching shouldn't be replaced completely by Edpunk mediums!
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Well I would argue that power points can be the most boring type of teaching EVER. Of course students will have to use them later in life, but teachers should be using powerpoints to facillitate this DIY attitude, and not use powerpoints as technology included lectures. What about making powerpoints for a class collaborative. Maybe as the students read through the chapter they make a slide on the class powerpoint through google docs of a topic that they found confusing or really interesting. Then atleast the powerpoint would be giving the students what they want and not a lecture.
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Im sure kids will learn how to use and be exposed to all the mainstream tools inevitably, so if a few teachers picked up on the edupunk approach I don't think that kids would miss learning how to use other formats...
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commercialization of learning
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Again, I think its very important for students to know how to use the mediums that are required in the commercialized world we do live in. Being able to say that I know how to extensively use excell, powerpoint, and wiki pages is what can get a student a job over someone else.
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not only being able to use them, but having a comfort level with technology that influences your ability to use programs you are not familar with.
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I agree with you both. However, don't you hate teachers that have powerpoint presentations every single class!? Boring!! I think some teachers rely too much on these technologies and need to have a more diverse way of teaching.
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I agree that these can be useful tools to know, but I also think that students should learn to value more creative avenues of expressing themselves and communicating their ideas to others. While many jobs do requite knowledge of these tools, many others look for individuals with a more unique approach to things.
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To continue the rant on PowerPoint: it has become a crutch to people who use it (though, I'm sure there are exceptions). In most of the presentations that used it that I have witnessed, the presenter simply reads off of the slide. That ends up feelin like a waste of time, because I could have just read the slides myself. Powerpoint has potential to add to the lecture, not just be the lecture.
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I love what you said about powerpoint adding to a lecture but not being the lecture. I hate when people read directly off a slide. It is an insult to my intelligence for the same reason you said, I could have just read it myself. It is a tool with a lot of good uses that has gotten overused like an overplayed song on the radio.
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10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports - TheApple.com - 1 views
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This article provides 10 different ideas on how to enhance book reports. Rather then have a student write a five page book report and wait for your feedback, students can get creative with the use of the internet. This article provides numerous websites that allow book reports to take a new form. I think it would be interesting to allow students the option of choosing between a few of them when it comes time to present a book. They even have voicethread on here as an idea for students to create slide shows that can be interactive and collaborative. I especially liked number seven, which suggests allowing students to create a timeline of events in the story they just read in an online timeline. Students can capture the story through photos, videos, audio and text in order to retell important events in chronological order. These ideas will make reading books and creating book reports more interesting for students and allow students to be creative.
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Collection of 10 different primarily technology-driven approaches to book reports and reading logs. I remember I had a teacher in high school who, while allowing the typical essay-format book report, encouraged creative projects that pushed the boundaries a bit, and students put together everything from dioramas to videos to magnetic dress-up dolls. This site collects 10 specific resources and ideas for book reports and reading logs, most of them involving technology.
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I remember I had a teacher in high school who, while allowing the typical essay-format book report, encouraged creative projects that pushed the boundaries a bit, and students put together everything from dioramas to videos to magnetic dress-up dolls. This site collects 10 specific resources and ideas for book reports and reading logs, most of them involving technology. There some great stuff here to motivate kids to read and make it especially fun!
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