Seth Godin’s TED talk Stop Killing Dreams questions what school is for. We are not asking or answering that questions and we don’t always agree on how we got here and where we are going. When school were first established school was about teaching obedience. Something that hasn’t changed is that teachers begin class with a morning greeting, and teach students are taught to be obedient and respond with a proper response. Students are taught to hold back because they learn that teachers will always ask for more. We are products of the industrial age we train students to produce and comply. Education was designed to make students interchangeable. The intent of public education was to train people to comply and to prepare them to work in factories. The key distinctinction if its work we try to figure out how to do less if it’s art we try to figure out how to do more. We should not be surprised that students want to know what will be on the test. When it’s a job of course they try to figure out how to do less. Art is valuable but we teach students not to do that. There are many factors changing education. Technology is changing the way students access lectures, good quality lectures are available any time from everywhere online. The value of memorizing is worthless school will be using open book all the time. Access to courses on line changes the need for public education. Measuring experience instead of test scores. Cooperation instead of individualized courses. We are paying extra to attend prestigious colleges, that will change. Performance at school does not lead to happiness and success. We are asking kids to collect dots or connect dots. Grades are an illusion, failure and persistence in priceless. Standing out takes guts we need to teach kids to. The questions teachers should be asking is how are things going to help in getting what school is for. Godin, Seth [TEDxYouth@BFS]. (2012, October 16). "STOP STEALING DREAMS: On the future of education & what we can do about it." Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc&index=10&list=PLbRLdW37G3oMquOaC-HeUIt6CWk-FzaG
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Logan Laplante’s TED talk discussed the importance of teaching kids that education can be something that makes them happy. He states that being happy and healthy is a practice that does not have to be separate from education. Being happy and healthy comes down to 8 things, exercise, diet and nutrition, time in nature, contribution and service, relationships, recreation, relaxation and stress management, and religious and spiritual practice. Sir Ken Robinson’s famous TED talk also discussed the problem with schools killing creativity. Schools can incorporate these practices in their curriculum to better support students. Hackers change the systems to work differently and essentially to make them work better. Education needs to be hacked in the sense. Hackschooling means not using a particular curriculum or being dedicated to a particular approach. Laplante hacks his education. The basis of his education approach is using technology, fostering creativity, seeking experiences (classes and camps), and following the 8 practices to being happy and healthy. Taking advantages of opportunities in his community that is flexible making healthy and happy. This video was inspiring because it stressed the importance of fostering creativity is students. I want to use a similar style of teaching in my future classroom. Motivation increases when students are interested in what they are learning. I believe that I can give students choices in my classroom to increase motivation. They need to have the freedom to choose what they are going to study. Giving students freedom makes learning fun and interesting. There are many community resources that can supplement the teaching in the classroom. Laplant made a good point in suggesting that the community can offer many learning opportunities to my students. I believe it will be important to foster good relationships with organizations in the community that my students can work with for outside school projects. Community involvement and relating content material to real life makes learning experiences meaningful for students. LaPlante, Logan [TEDx University of Nevada], (2013, Feb. 12). "Hackschooling makes me happy". retrieved from https://youtu.be/h11u3vtcpaY?list=PLbRLdW37G3oMquOaC-HeUIt6CWk-FzaGp |
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