Rethinking Teacher Roles in a New Networked World

Read the article "Rethinking Teacher Roles in a New Networked World." In this article author-educator Marc Prensky's newest buzzword is "futurecation," which he says involves preparing students to do things "we could never do before." He believed that rather than continuing with a content focus—math, English, science, and social studies (or "MESS" as he calls it)—he said, "I think we need a new core: effective thinking, effective action, effective relationships, and effective accomplishment. Thinking, acting, relating, and accomplishing ought to be what primary and secondary school is about." Do you agree or disagree with his approach? How do you feel this approach would affect the way you teach now or will affect the way you teach in the future?

Interactive Sites for Education

This site has interactive content that can be used by K-5 educators. Select a subject area and then focus on a topic to explore. Identify the topic you have chosen and the grade level you intend to use the activity with. Then describe the type of activities you found and how you can integrate it into your teaching practice. Click on the link to get started: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/index.html

5 professors on YouTube who nailed teaching

YouTube can broaden a teacher's audience to include the world! Here's an article that shows how five professors use YouTube to show off their unique styles of teaching. Choose one that interests you and watch the video, then post a comment telling what you liked and/or didn't like about the video and how you might adapt one of that professor's strategies to your own teaching. Here's the link to the article with the embedded videos: http://www.educationdive.com/news/5-professors-on-youtube-who-nailed-teaching/181504/

The Teaching Channel

The Teaching Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools. It is a rapidly growing community of registered members who trade ideas and share inspiration with each other.

With the help of the Tch community, their mission is to revolutionize how teachers learn, connect, and inspire each other to improve the outcomes for all K-12 students across America.

Click on the Teaching Channel link: https://www.teachingchannel.org/  Search for a video that would be relevant to your practice, view it, then write a short summary (include the video’s title and its author) including a critique of that video, be sure to add a sentence or two about how you might apply the video's content to what you might do in the future in your classroom. Post your critique in the comment section of this blog.

2020 Stats: Rising Tablets

 

Link for Rising Tablets Infographic

Study this Infographic from the Summer 2013 issue of Scholastic Administrator magazine. What did you learn from it? What did you think was the most interesting fact/observation in the Infographic? Do you think Infograhics are a good way to present information? Why or why not? Would you ever consider creating an Infographic to present information to your students?