Comments on: And the teacher learns…

By: Tippi

Tippi — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:24:14 +0000

I personally have enjoyed the procedure, or lack there of some might say, of this class. I can see this approach being used in Language Arts classes. I have trouble thinking of how you can teach Math in this way. I believe students need to explore as much as possible, but I don’t know how you leave them alone and truly expect them to learn upper level Math… and maybe my lack of experience leaves me confused. I mean I can see kind of standing back and letting students explore a lot in a Science class, I just have trouble putting that model into a Math class.

By: Joe McConda

Joe McConda — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:57:50 +0000

Really interesting. It does describe the different approach to the classroom, whether F2F or online. However, I would have to say, the one thing that we have gotten in this class is constant feedback. That’s good because I think many of us would have quit if we didn’t have the constant encouragement to keep trying. Like Lee said, those first few weeks with all the new tools was frustrating, but I feel we had support. As Barbara says, there is no red ink on papers, but the communication is there to question and encourage.

By: dancingnancy533

dancingnancy533 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:36:50 +0000

I can see the similarities between this blog and our class. I can relate to those first weeks of trying to figure out how to just get my blog and aggregator working properly. Now, I have no issues with those two tools. I understand what she means by students getting used to one form of instruction and being completely blindsided by something new. I often questioned whether this was a good idea teaching instruction this way, but now I understand that it all has meaning and in the end I am better off. I have learned many things this semester through this method of instruction. Whether in the classroom or online: ALL EDUCATION IS AT A DISTANCE. {That was my chant voice, lol:)}