I love to tell stories! As an educator, I have found that there are frequent teachable moments that arise everyday that involve a clenching application story. It's like being a good preacher, using elaborate illustrations to make points more relevant to the audience. I am very much looking forward to the things I will be learning in this class. Once the technology needs in my school are met, it will be important to be able to effectively use alternative presentation venues that will captivate my students. I already have experience creating slide shows and slide show movies. Learning how to give them focus and intentionality, as expressed by Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen, will serve to make my presentations, no matter who the audience, more pertinent. I believe this is the crux of what we should take away from this week's lessons.
I, too, am looking forward to alternative modes of presentation to engage my students. I know yours are three years younger than mine, but I would also like to learn how to have my students create their own electronic presentations about what we learn. So much of what we do still involves crayons and markers because we have limited amounts of time in the computer lab. By the time we can book lab time, we're already onto a different topic in class and the learning opportunity seems lost.
ReplyDeleteI like how you said "Once the technology needs in my school are met," This seems to be the common problem. At our school we do not have nearly enough computer space to accommodate these types of projects, (but I was told Thursday we are getting 2 more labs for next year!!!) If as teachers we are going to move forward with technology, we have to have the resources available to do take the next step. In out current economic conditions this seems even more unrealistic (thank goodness for stimulus money).
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the needs will ever be met - as the finish line keeps moving, but if we can harness what we have even better...
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