Blog Post #5

If I Built A school
In Krissy Venosdale's blog Venosdale's blog She writes a post about If I build a school. She states that this is a dream in the very begging so you know its going to be out there. In her post she talks about her school as if it is almost magical. A place where students can come to learn and that is the main priority. She embraces the idea of a comfy area that kids can go to in order to think and explore their creative side. The library would have a tree house with lights so that the kids can read in it, there would be a massive fish tank in the school with places for the kids to sit and feel surrounded by water. The biggest thing that stood out in her dream to me was when she said,"Curriculum would be a loose road map based on standards that’s traveled through". As crazy as her dream was its really not that far from what kids need. School is getting so main stream that the system is not taking the time to let kids learn. I hope to see her dream become reality.

If I Could Build A School

I never actually sat down to think about something like this before. If I could build a school, The school day would be split. The first part of the day the kids can choose to learn whatever they want. Then the second part we would go along with the curriculum, the curriculum would be more of a guide line then anything. Students will still be able to use their imagination and creativity. There would be no regulations on what kids should be learning. They would be provided with whatever type of technology they needed. The school would literally be theirs. If they wanted to build a giant rock wall because that is what they are passionate about then the school would provide it. No limitations.

Virtual Choir

Words cant describe how cool that was. That was all put together from different youtube video's. Its amazing how something so beautiful can be put together and sound so great when the singers have never met each other,and its all due to the fact that technology brought that amazing video together.

Teaching In The 21st Century

In Kevin Roberts Video , He Talks all about how technology is taking over. I completely agree with him, students are open to all sorts of technology and are practically learning how to use it on their own. We as teacher should help our students and push them to use technology more efficiently and show them how it can help them stay plugged in to learning and school. I believe students will enjoy it. They are growing up in a technology boom, and teaching them how to properly use technology to benefit them will give them a leg up as they move forward.

Flipping The Classroom

I could see myself using this in my classroom. Its a great idea that does exactly what they say. It allows slower students the time they need to learn the information and gives the more advanced students the opportunity to challenge their minds and move ahead. The best thing it creates is discussion time and actual learning in the class room.