Our lecturer is so enthusiastic about what we can and will achieve that it is hard not to get swept up in the whirlwind alongside this amazing lady. To be an inspiring teacher you need to be inspired and she is clearly inspired, driven and motivated by learning. Not just learning but maximising learning. Opening up a whole new world to today's learners of whatever age. This new world is developing all the time and the most exciting aspect? We don't know what it will look like tomorrow. The speed of change is uncontrollable as is the learning potential of anyone who is inspired.
As future teachers we need to be flexible, progressive, open-minded, willing to remember the old and embrace the new. We need to fine tune the balance of working with and alongside pupils but most of all we need to step out of constraints. We need to not only step out of the box we need to make a leap into the unknown and utilise what it has to offer.
We want everyone to be a learner and recognise that that is what they are. We never stop learning, we just stop recognising or admitting it. If someone asked you would you rather live life automatically or would you rather live life what would you choose? I'm guessing if you have read this far you would avoid the auto pilot like the plague. If this is the case why would we wish to encourage our future to live any differently?
With this in mind shouldn't we use technology to our advantage? It is a natural progression for learners to follow society in how they wish to learn and the means of engagement most appropriate. Future technology is not about operating on auto pilot but enhancing and extending what is achievable today and into tomorrow.
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How do we stop the automated approach and enable the approach that is individualised and active?
ReplyDeleteYour blog looks fantastic Jennifer and so up to date. (unlike mine eeek!)
ReplyDeleteHow do you feel Frankenstory works compared with Storybird? Storybird's finished product is aimed at early years but how does Frankenstory compare? Would you use it with upper years or further down the school. I'm going to have a look at that one later!
Thank you Mel, I was reading through your blog this morning. It is so interesting seeing the different views on the same inputs reminds me that everyone does take something different from a lesson a very useful thing to remember for planning I think.
ReplyDeleteFrankenstory is definitely for middle and upper rather than early years pupils and the difference between it and storybird is that you don't see the full story of what has gone before, also there are no graphics.
I can do one with you if you like and we can post to the blog?