This guy has an interesting perspective on the whole Web 2.0 thing. One of the biggest things I couldn't get over was how time consuming it was to read/watch all of the information available on the web. He addresses that. Another difficulty I had was understanding the personality type that would embrace this. He addresses that, too.
He not only reveals what "looking for the mouse" means, but his comments lead up to his conclusion that "Media that is targetted at you but doesn't include you may not be worth sitting still for." As the guy on my blogline blog suggested, substitute "education" for "media" and we really understand why educators should care about Web 2.0.
He also talks about people who have been "served up passive, fixed, canned experiences" and what we can do for them. As soon as I heard it, it made me think of the traditional classroom.
I hope you like these videos.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Welcome to Kate's MathLand
Welcome to Kate's MathLand. This is my first adventure in blogging, and I hope you will enjoy it with me.
MathLand is what I call my classroom. Students find their way through MathLand as the year progresses by attending class, completing work, and acquiring new skills. The more successful they are, the better grade they earn, and the more status in the class they gain. It is a complicated system, but so far it is working.
As if MathLand weren't complicated enough, it also has to be a place that makes high school level math as relevant and interesting to the students as possible, while meeting state standards and using best practices, too.
So, MathLand isn't just a classroom management system, or a curriculum delivery system, or a blog. It is an environment. And hopefully, through this blog and learning experience, it will continue to grow, evolve, and adapt to what this teacher and her students can do.
MathLand is what I call my classroom. Students find their way through MathLand as the year progresses by attending class, completing work, and acquiring new skills. The more successful they are, the better grade they earn, and the more status in the class they gain. It is a complicated system, but so far it is working.
As if MathLand weren't complicated enough, it also has to be a place that makes high school level math as relevant and interesting to the students as possible, while meeting state standards and using best practices, too.
So, MathLand isn't just a classroom management system, or a curriculum delivery system, or a blog. It is an environment. And hopefully, through this blog and learning experience, it will continue to grow, evolve, and adapt to what this teacher and her students can do.
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