Dr. Howard Gardner is ALIVE!
Where did I miss the memo that he is a 21 century theorist?
He has always been one of my absolute favorite
theorist, and after watching this video, and realizing that he is a living man
of the 21 century, makes me love him even more. In his video he discusses
teaching students how to be good digital citizens. I think this is so
important, and something I rarely discuss with my students. However, I preach
it to my nieces and nephew when they post ridiculous stuff on Facebook and
Instagram. Also, he states that, “he see teacher more and more as coaches and
as role models….” That information that
once was processed by one expert is not the case anymore. Information is available
in many forms, it is our job to coach and motive students to go get it and use
it.
This week when reading Using Technology with Classroom
Instruction that works, page 161 figure 8.5 has a great example of students
comparing their efforts to weekly test scores. I have students track the
objective we cover and determine if they understand and are meeting the
objectives, but this concept ties in a new piece that I have search for and did
know how to motivate the students. I am starting these past two week s getting
my students set up in Google Applications. Our district has already set them up
students just need to access it for the first time. Once we get this Going I think
the Google doc will be a great place to have
students graph efforts put forth in class and compare them to test scores, or
daily work scores.
When reading Web 2.0 new tools, new schools, this quote hit home, “ Performance
assessments call upon the examiner to demonstrate specific skills and
competencies, that is, to apply the skills and knowledge they have mastered.” (Solomon
2007 pg 168)
The way we think about assessment
will have to change. I feel that when you allow students to learn and be
assessed at the same time you will have a much higher percentage of
students succeeding with an A. This is a huge change. Teachers, myself
included, feel that if everyone is making an A then the curriculum is not
hard enough. I first thought that about Lamar. I have a 4.0 right now. I
thought that it’s too easy, but I LOVE every class, can fit it into my life and
more importantly take what I am learning and apply it the next day. Lamar
has set very clear expectations each week, aligned readings and media to
help us meet the expectations. I meet them and do it very well. I love that
Lamar isn't teaching in a 20th century approach about how to teach
to the 21 century students, but rather they model great teaching strategies
that can be applied to my classroom. I am constantly demonstrating what I
am learning through group discussion, updating my blog and implementing it into
my classroom.
I need to
take this piece of assessment and formulate it so that my student can learn in
a practical way and meet expectations on state assessments. I do formal
evaluation all the time. However, I have experienced that my students to well
with hands on interactive approaches and deeply understand the content but bomb
the state assessments. But again like this book talks about these cookie cutter
assessments don’t fit everyone and do not count for every students abilities
and disabilities.
Edutopia.org
(nd). Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-howard-gardner-video
Pitler, H.,
Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using
technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, 155-164
Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2007). Web
2.0: New tools, new schools. Eugene,
OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 168-176.
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