I commented on Steve Miranda's post Information (from the archives and post was about students having more access to information than ever before. He said "five years from every high school kid will have access". He asked, "will schools still be giving multiple choice, fill-in-the-bubble tests that ask students to recall facts from memory?" Or will they help students decipher information and put it to great use? I commented saying,"Even though more students have more access now than ever before and it still rapidly growing, I think five years from now we will still have multiple-choice test be the basis for teaching. We evaluate a students performance based on test scores and not hands-on activities. Until we can get away from standardized test we can’t get into more hands-on learning."
The second post I commented on was Chris Rock (from the archives). In the post he first talks about how comedian Chris Rock tries out new jokes at a small comedy club with a notepad on stage. As Chris Rock tells his jokes the jokes fall flat and it is painful to watch. While on stage Chris Rock is learning because he is trying to connect with his audience. Steve Miranda says we are doing our kids a disservice by not letting them take risks. Teachers makes failure a bad thing when in reality it is the best way to learn. I commented by saying,"Schools do not teach students how to take risk. Chris Rock knew to be the best he had to take risk. Teachers scare students from being wrong at times but the most effective way to learn something is learn from your mistakes".
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- Erwin Coleman
- Hello, My Name is Erwin JaMarkus Coleman. I am from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; attending the University of South Alabama. I inspire to be a Secondary History Teacher. I want to do more than teach, I want to inspire and aid downtrodden humanity to a better path in life. After my undergraduate studies I want to get a Master's in Public Administration to reform education outside the classroom as well.
I definitely agree with your post. To be the best you have to take risks. Teachers do need to teach their children that it is alright to make mistakes. It is very important that children learn from the mistakes that they make. We need to start preparing children because they will be making many mistakes their whole lives.
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ReplyDeleteYou left good comments, so that's great. However, you need to remember to include the link to the post that you commented on in your summary. That way we can click back and read the original post if it interests us. Otherwise, nice summary.
Oh and you also need to have a picture with alt and title tags for each post as well.
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