Being a networked student sounds like a great way to strengthen a student skills. The video "The Networked Student" by Wendy Drexler is a very informative video. She talks about the 21st Century student. The student learns connectivism such as, blogs and Google research. They learn effectively, and retain information better because they researched it and remember more. The student will get new contacts that will link them to more possibilities for information.
The question is asked "Why does the networked student even need a teacher?" There are so many answers to that question. Teachers teach you how to build this network and how to take advantage of learning opportunities. Teachers offer guidance when the student gets stuck, they show how to communicate properly, they help organize mountains of information, and they teach how to differentiate between good information and propaganda.
Teachers are the glue that holds the world of learning together. Teachers hope when a student leaves her class they will maintain their learning network and use it to navigate the future and creatively solve the world's problems. Teachers will always be needed for guidance and instruction. Technology is developing faster everyday and teachers should keep up so they will be able to keep their students informed.
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Personal Learning Environments are great because it makes the student feel more comfortable doing classwork. In this video the student would rather do it this way because she could choose how and when to do her work. She organized her own personal page which makes it easier for her to do her schoolwork. I also like the peer review idea, it gives the student feedback on what they did wrong.
Baldwin County is now ephasizing the use of challenge based, project-based and problem-based learning strategies at all grade levels. These efforts are similar to the networked student's approach to learning except the approaches vary according to grade. If you are not prepared or are not willing to be a networked teacher you can cross Baldwin County off your list of potential employers. So get ready to be a Networked Teacher!
ReplyDeleteHi Warnetta! Your blog is great and written well! I agree with everything you said and love the quote, "Teachers are the glue that holds the world of learning together." I also think that a teachers role may change but they will always be needed. Goodluck in the rest of EDM310!
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