Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Education Needs a Digital Upgrade
QUOTE: "Chances are just that good that, in spite of anything you do, little Oliver or Abigail won’t end up a doctor or lawyer — or, indeed, anything else you’ve ever heard of. According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet."
REACTION: As a parent of a child in grade school this hits close to me. When you have children you want them to be the best that they can be, and never give up on their dreams. How can a child have a dream and then that dream be shattered for the simple fact that 65% of our children may end up doing jobs that have yet to be invented. My child already has the career choice chosen, and he can reach that with the support of family, friends and teachers. I just hope that the school board will keep technology into the school systems and not hold anything back. My child does work on the computer that helps him with math, reading, spelling, writing and applied subjects.
REFERENCE: Heffernan, V. (2011). Education needs a digital-age upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
VIDEO:
REACTION: As a parent of a child in grade school this hits close to me. When you have children you want them to be the best that they can be, and never give up on their dreams. How can a child have a dream and then that dream be shattered for the simple fact that 65% of our children may end up doing jobs that have yet to be invented. My child already has the career choice chosen, and he can reach that with the support of family, friends and teachers. I just hope that the school board will keep technology into the school systems and not hold anything back. My child does work on the computer that helps him with math, reading, spelling, writing and applied subjects.
REFERENCE: Heffernan, V. (2011). Education needs a digital-age upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
VIDEO:
kehamilt, (2010). Education 2020 - educitizenship 2020 [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41i-woQT7g
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
About Me
My name is Melissa, I was born and raised in Morgantown West Virginia. As a teacher I would like to teach FACS in the middle and high school levels. Children learn from those who actually care about them. You can not go into a hands on field without not caring about who you are working for. Children young or old look up to us as a role model, and we need to keep that because we maybe the only person they trust. In a classroom setting I would be more of a hands on teacher as much as possible. I would have cook-off's for the cooking class. With this the students would prepare the meals, while their peers would have a score sheet and score how well they did. There would be prizes of extra credit handed out to all teams. For the sewing part of class I would have each student make a quilt panel, then the class as a whole would make a blanket that would be given to an ederly person that students submitted their name. I hope that I become a teacher that students look up to.
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