I feel like we don’t talk enough about the parallel between the entirely-lecture-driven, silent-student classrooms that used to be widespread in education and the entirely-tech-driven, silent-student classrooms that are starting to be more widespread in education.
The response, I think? Double-down on prioritizing classroom community as teachers. Not just as a means to an end, either, but as a meaningful end itself. x.com/thebrokencopie…
The response, I think? Double-down on prioritizing classroom community as teachers. Not just as a means to an end, either, but as a meaningful end itself. x.com/thebrokencopie…
@MarcusLuther6 So true…just wrote something along these lines here: agnelloed.com/2023/06/15/ai-…
An interesting observation. 👏 Within the classroom, many EdTech tools appear to be distracting instead of engaging to both the students and the teacher. I’m all for tech enablement but introing new tech without changing foundational classroom methodologies is not innovation. Reminds me of a smart tv bolted on top of the whiteboard bolted on top of the chalkboard.
Silent classrooms are not the way to go. Teachers need to facilitate conversation between students so that they build their social skills, as well as their ability to make an argument verbally to their peers. Personally, as an English teacher of 25 years, I truly think the Kagan strategies are effective ways to lead students to collaborate.
@MarcusLuther6 Amen. And kids are tired of both. Their future employers would also appreciate employees who can communicate/work with other people.
@MarcusLuther6 You mean we can't just use our phone camera to take pictures of our overhead projector slides and make a PowerPoint? (And beam it to a bunch of laptops, of course)
@MarcusLuther6 @Xeno_lith Sorry, but when were students silent in lectures? Sure, give the lecturer due respect, but "I didn't get [that bit], can you elaborate, please?" is always valid. Even when the next lecture is in 5 minutes. (When the answer may be "we'll address that in this week's seminars".)
@MarcusLuther6 Interesting- I use tech almost daily in my classroom. It creates rich discussions in strategies and thinking. I feel that most teachers don’t understand best practices in using tech in class, and therefore allow students to be siloed in their learning :(
@MarcusLuther6 I prefer more discussions, fewer assignments.
@MarcusLuther6 I will have to find it, but there’s a great podcast about how a lot (not all) of edtech is digitalizing outdated pedagogies but because the presentation look sexy and students can do them on their own calling them “innovative” or “personalized”