Maybe this will be biased because of the generation I was born into, however, learning through the internet is far more interesting and easier than traditional learning. For example, I have about three Spanish-English dictionaries for my major and I do not think I cracked each one open one time. With all the websites and translation devices via the internet, I don’t have time to sit there and look up and translate a list of thirty vocabulary words when doing it through the internet will take a matter of seconds. However, I do see the downfall in this and I understand I am fortunate to even have a computer. I grew up in an upper middle class suburban area and I understand that not all students are as fortunate as me and my classmates were. I am impressed how textbooks for schools are now including more than one sources into their websites. They are putting websites at the bottom of their pages. I believe that this will help our culture. I believe that the way our education system is set up that sometimes we are considered to be behind other cultures educationally and I think that by being open minded to new forms of learning will only help the education systems in the United States. This technique as well as the mediated immersion teaching style will help students learn more efficiently. For example, baseline students wanted to be real producers which allowed them to physically move throughout a real location. This is more of a hands-on teaching experience. Instead of just reading about it, students will be able to experience it. This is the reason why Erin Gruwell in the Freedom Writer’s Diary was so successful. She was able to make such an impact on the students because she didn’t just preach the students about how amazing the museum of tolerance is, she gave them the opportunity to experience it themselves. As I teacher I will be open to different methods of learning. I understand that everyone is different therefore they learn differently and at their own pace. I hope I will find ways to make my classes more interesting even if it is broadening my horizons by doing something I was never exposed to before. I think that as technology improves, my students will be able to teach me new and interesting ways we can learn, and it will make my classroom innovative and far more interesting in the process.
Education Class Week 7
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