In this blog "A World where grades are left behind" by Mary Beth Marklein she talks how learning should be free and available to everyone. She goes on to say that no one is late for class and no one accepts failure.
He then talks about a red and blue pill. The red pill is for the teachers who like adventure and wonderland. The blue pill is for those teachers that like to lecture all day. He then talks about udacity being one of a rush of online start-ups he oversees. This tool could develop a catalog of free online sources. In one room the student can be creating special effects and videos. In the other room, they are creating courses that will help the students engage in their learning. He believes that would day students will learn straight from technology. He talks about students watching videos at night and doing the homework during the day. He also believes that grades are failure of the education system. He believes that grades should come to you rather than being forced upon.
I think his ideas were awesome. If everything wasn't so forced in the school system then maybe students would look forward to learning. Rather than dreading to take a test, students would look forward to it. He also talks about having to understand your students mind. Personally, I would much rather learn through technology or a game rather than a lecture.
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ReplyDeleteThis post was short t and concise enough that I didn't lose focus while trying to read it; but you did have quite a few mechanical errors. Some of them were simple grammar such as:
ReplyDelete"dreading to take a test" in order to maintain parallelism this should have been dreading...taking".
and others were just in sentence construction that made your paper not flow as well as it could...
"Personally, I would much rather learn through technology or a game rather than a lecture."
I do get the feeling that this was rushed because it was late, so that may be why it wasn't your best work.
Have a nice day! :)