In class, we talked about the documentary Most Likely to Succeed, lesson plans vs learning plans, and creative commons.
The documentary Most Likely to Succeed, directed by Greg Whiteley shows the story of a school in San Diego that follows a non-traditional teaching approach. The documentary suggests that education has not changed in years; therefore, the need to rethink education.
I found the documentary interesting, and I agree that the world is changing; therefore, education has to evolve. As discussed in our breakout rooms, rethinking education is not easy to implement. We have grown with a traditional educational approach. thus, parents might be hesitant to enroll their kids in a non-traditional educational program. In addition, schools might need funding to support more skill-based programs. Although, if done, students’ learning will be enhanced.
Additionally, we talked about Lesson Plans and Learning Plans. Lesson plans are group-directed, and Learning plans are personalized student plans. Planning individually could be hard when you have 20+ students, but I acknowledge the importance of knowing your students and planning according to their needs and abilities.
Lastly, I enjoyed learning about creative commons. I had not heard about it before. I was happy to know that there are communities where we can meet other educators, find inspiration, and share resources. As a first-time teacher, I consider this helpful, and I am adding this to my resource list.
I liked to learn about education in other parts of the world, and how technology, if well used, is an excellent tool for planning and learning. As a future teacher, along with the BC curriculum, I would love to incorporate technology in the classroom and plan for activities that encourage students’ critical thinking, perseverance, leadership, and more.
I imagine (and hope) that education changes. I think there would be more hands-on learning and we will be using more technological tools to improve learning and teaching. As the world keeps evolving, I wonder, will education change? what would it look like in 10 years?
R.
Hi Reyna,
Great job covering everything we talked about in class and our learning pods. I agree that it is important to learn about education in other parts of the world and the different techniques and ideas used. I also hope that education continues to change because to me change usually means improvement or at least the opportunity for improvement. Thank you for your contributions in our learning pod and I look forward to our future discussions in this class.
-Lucy
I really like how you see change as an improvement, or as an opportunity for it. Thanks, Lucy!
See you in class,
R
Hello, Reyna.
You replied to all five prompts for the inquiry, impressive! I also like you use of boldface font as well as italics for the title of the film we watched; I only used italics, and it is not a striking now that I compare them. It’s probably a good idea to make the topic of conversation really pop off the page, as you have.
I feel you’re right to use a double-space between paragraphs, so I wonder if the lack of one between paragraphs two and three is a typo, or a left-over from a change in formatting?
Write to you later,
– Emmanuel
Thanks, Emmanuel for your feedback. You are right, the lack of space is a typo… whoops!
Hi Reyna,
I think it is great that you started with a little summary of the movie. I also liked that you included some of our thoughts from our learning pod. I agree that education is constantly changing and that is it right to change. Technology also seems to be a huge part of our evolving education system and it will be interested to learn what to use and when to use it.
I find it really interesting to think about what the future will be like for students. Even in the past five years it seems like things have changed so much. I can’t even image what things will be like in ten years.
-Kasey