C4T #2 Post #1
This week I was assigned to comment on Mrs. Lisa Thumann's blog, a professor at Kean University in New Jersey. In her this week she brings up a situation which has been bothering her for a while now. She helps organize and run the EdubloggerCon East in Boston, a conference to help people talk about education. In recent years, attrition has worn down the number of attendees for the conference so she posted asking others to offer suggestions about how to fix this problem. I offered my opinion in that maybe people are forgetful and a system of e-mails or calls needs to be set up so that the people who register are still able to make it. I also suggested making sure that the venues have topics that people are interested in just in case people have become bored with the conference.
C4T #2 Post #2
This week I once again had Mrs. Thumann's blog. In this week's post Mrs. Thumann talks about 20% time. 20% time is a concept in which people are allowed to devote 20% of their work hours to a project of their own choosing. She gives an outline of the project and took a poll to see if teacher's are implementing such a concept in their classes. As it turns out many teachers are, and I commented on the post saying what a great idea it would be to have in the classrooms. Students would actually want to attend class and it would alleviate any boredom or stress they might be under. It wold give students a chance to express their own opinions and ideas, something which rarely happened when I was in school.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Blog Post #8
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Video
Where do I even start with this video? We were asked to consider what we can learn about teaching and learning from Randy Pausch's Last Lecture. I think that one of the most important things is the subject of brick walls. Throughout the video Randy Pausch's kept pulling up the concept of brick walls, things in life that get in your way and that are meant to see how badly you want something. If you don't want it bad enough, the wall will turn you way. However, if you want something bad enough then you will find a way past that wall. I find this applicable to learning as I myself find myself running into a brick wall. Even now, I am questioning myself with how bad do I want this degree? I am taking 18 hours of classes and still working a job. I find myself questioning how much stress am I willing to put myself through to get to my goal. And that is where I find the best thing about Randy's concept of brick walls. It's in moments like these when you run into a brick wall that you find out things about yourself. Finding out about yourself and the world around you is what learning is all about. Each moment learning is something new, something different to discover. If you are able to learn about something and find out about yourself at the same time, then I think you've accomplished something truly worth it. And that right there, is what learning and teaching should be about. You should be willing to teach in such a way that students find out about themselves and the world around them so that they have an environment where they can grow as students and as people.
Where do I even start with this video? We were asked to consider what we can learn about teaching and learning from Randy Pausch's Last Lecture. I think that one of the most important things is the subject of brick walls. Throughout the video Randy Pausch's kept pulling up the concept of brick walls, things in life that get in your way and that are meant to see how badly you want something. If you don't want it bad enough, the wall will turn you way. However, if you want something bad enough then you will find a way past that wall. I find this applicable to learning as I myself find myself running into a brick wall. Even now, I am questioning myself with how bad do I want this degree? I am taking 18 hours of classes and still working a job. I find myself questioning how much stress am I willing to put myself through to get to my goal. And that is where I find the best thing about Randy's concept of brick walls. It's in moments like these when you run into a brick wall that you find out things about yourself. Finding out about yourself and the world around you is what learning is all about. Each moment learning is something new, something different to discover. If you are able to learn about something and find out about yourself at the same time, then I think you've accomplished something truly worth it. And that right there, is what learning and teaching should be about. You should be willing to teach in such a way that students find out about themselves and the world around them so that they have an environment where they can grow as students and as people.
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