Daily+Questions

How are students different today than 10, 20, 50 years ago? - proud / more confidence / self reliant / independent / easily distracted - increased access to information and opinions - satiated with information - more available - more reliant on technology - asking to write a paragraph by hand - spelling / grammar / handwriting skills (It matters when it matters - a lot of erosion of memory skills) Some people have memory for pages of poems and don't use technology. Students today can't memorize like that. - Wider Generation Gap - Baby Boomers struggle with Email - Net Gen can do it without looking at the screen - in their pocket. - students are expected to know more - don't need to know facts now. They do need to know more with processing and thinking - earlier - University level math 10 years ago is now Grade 11 / 12 - not engaged / we are not engaging them / our responsibility - a teenager is still a teenager - more aware of their education - more empowered - old school could be a teacher writing on a board for 1 hour with no interaction - students didn't like it then - but won't do it now - teachers used to be the 'google' for curious students - gap between have and have not / between students / schools - want to learn based on real life applications - when and where will I use it What difference does that make to teaching and learning? - Using more real life applicability - Teachers becoming facilitators rather than providers of information - Some students still expect teachers to be the expert - Need to train them to be life long learners - let find out together - Need to lead students to discovering the knowledge -Not get lost in the details of the technology - It is really about developing the critical facilities - growing and making meaning of the world - The purpose for learning has changed- It was train you for a job after highschool - Now the purpose is to go on to learn more skill sets - Need to teach how to function in society - how to make it in the world - We often overlook the traditional media - Books are still a great resource - - Is it on the test ? I don't have to teach everything - Find out how to achieve the learning - Show how relevant