This weekend I worked with another teacher to create a multimedia presentation on the importance of teaching in the 21st Century. It is kind of a video version of the Did You Know presentation, but we added our own lines at the end and got most of our stats off of a different website. You'll understand after you watch it.
Most of the information came from the following (VERY HELPFUL) source:
http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/
We also got the 'script' for the Did You Know? Video here:
http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/file/view/Text%20of%20Did%20You%20Know%2020.pdf
So the questions we have for those who view this video are:
What tools do you plan on using in your classroom to help engage the 21st Century learner?
How can we best prepare students for jobs that do not yet exist?
How can we as teachers who "know" impact our colleagues who do not know?
How did this video impact you as an educator?
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ReplyDeleteNice job on your video. I like how you also used students in it.
ReplyDeleteThe tools I currently use in my class include my interwrite board which is connected to my computer and also a DVD player. I use a camera to take pictures of the students and also just borrowed a flipcam from my school so that I can start recording them. One thing I would like to buy is a condensor mic with a USB, so that I can record my students automatically to Audacity and then play it back for them. That way the students can hear and critique what they are doing well and what they need to work on. I also use a wireless mic to teach class so that all my students can hear me and I don't have to yell.
For the future, I think making sure that students have a solid foundation in how computers work, how the process of programs work and how the processes can be applied to different programs/technology are important. I think character development is also important. Our students are very used to instant gratification and need to learn that patience, determination, perseverence, listening skills, and discipline are what can help them to be successful. Creativity and thinking outside the box is also something that they will need for the present and the future.
For our colleagues who do not "know", I believe that doing projects such as the ones we are learning to do in our graduate program can greatly impact them. Showing them how the kids are learning and are motivated through our 21st Century Learning will have them asking how they could incorporate these tools in their classrooms.
This video shows me how quickly time will pass and how fast the world can change. These students will soon move onto high school and graduate, and be out in the workforce or college trying to figure out what they can do to impact those around them and the world.
Great video. Are these kids from your classes? Currently the only technology tools I am using in the classroom are the computers in my class and also in the primary computer lab. I have also used a digital camera to take some pictures of my students working. I would really like to get a microphone so I can record my students reading when they get to that point. I teach kindergarten and being that it is the beginning of the year, most of us are not that far in life yet!
ReplyDeleteRight now my main goal is getting them to learn their user names and passwords so they can log on. I also want them to become comfortable with the keyboard and the desktop. We have only gone to the computer lab 4 times so far and already the kids love it. They ask me every day if we are going.
I think collaborating with my kdg. team members at school to create projects we can do with our students is a great idea. I work with one lady that is a computer whiz and one that is a digital imigrant like myself. By working together, I think we can come up with some pretty cool stuff.
Your video made me think about those statistics we saw in the Did You Know? video again. We really need to expose our kids to as much digital media as we can in order to prepare them for what lies ahead. We are not doing them any justice if we ignore what we know is coming.
The video was great, I loved that you used students to creat this video, they did a great job. Currently my class uses the computer on a daily basis to work on different reading and math skills. We are also starting to learn a new program where I can adjust the lesson for the day to match the standard that I am working on in the classroom. The kids love this program, they answer questions correctly and then play a game, such as math baseball, and then continue on with the lesson. But it gives them something to work toward and can't just press random buttons to skip over a problem. I would love to have access to video in the class. It would be great to be able to video a lesson, or me or a student reading, this could be placed in a center activity, or if a student was absent they could take the lesson and watch what they missed, no longer missing anything.
ReplyDeleteBrittney, all of these students actually have been in my class at one time (except Taylor- and she was in the class of my co-worker). They are all really great kids and especially great because they came to help us for about an hour on a Saturday afternoon!
ReplyDeleteExcellent video and it's challenging on many levels. Thank you for sharing it and using such incredibly talented students!
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