Chapter 4, Section 11:
1.
What were the most important 21st century skills
you used while creating a newsletter? Explain how you used those skills.
While creating my newsletters, some of the most important 21st
century skills I used were communication, creativity, and research. For my
teacher newsletter I used communication skills to inform
parents/guardians/students who I am and what was to be expected in my hypothetical
classroom. I also used my creativity and research skills to find clipart
pictures that highlighted aspects of my newsletter. These skills were also
utilized when creating my student newsletter on Salvador Dali. I had to research,
create, and communicate aspects of the artist’s life.
2.
Once again, read over the thinking of students
found in this chapter. In what ways will it help you to analyze and understand
the thinking processes of students in your future classroom, especially when
you plan to use technology?
Students born in this day and age are born and surrounded by
technology. They have grown up with these great successes in technology. It is
helpful to understand how these student learn because it is very different from
how the past students have learned. Integrating technology with teaching,
processing, organizing, expressing, and assessing information is crucial. Using
technology has become one of the best ways that the new generation is learning.
Chapter 1, Section 8:
1.
Think carefully about all your educational
experiences.
a.
Describe a teacher or classroom experience where
you learned very little and explain why you think this happened.
Unfortunately, it was in my Contemporary Art class. My professor
was very inexperienced with using the technologies provided to her. Half the
class period was spent on figuring it out. She has the annoying tendency to get
off topic or spend way too much time on one topic. She treats testing as if she
has taught us thoroughly the information or as if we, the students, simply
reading the text will give us the answers right away. It is a large amount of
information to take in and she provides no possible way to focus in on what is
most important.
b.
Describe a teacher or classroom experience where
the learning was engaging, enjoyable, or exciting for you. What was different
about this classroom than the one you just described?
While this professor was bit less aware of technologies, she
would always contact someone to help her BEFORE class started. And once she
figured it out she was able to sort out a majority of everything else. She differentiated
instructions like, morning discussions, timelines, notes, pictures, online
text, quizzes, tests, papers, speeches, and so on. She had us work in groups,
move around, speck up, and more. She offered grace periods, worked around
technology failures, and allowed the students a few chances at extra credit.
2.
Presently, are you stuck in the 20th century
like some of your former teachers or are you willing to move into the 21st
century and open your mind to new ways of teaching that include technology?
Explain your answer.
I want to think that I can expand into the 21st century
skill set. I want to make learning the most important part of my art class. I
think it would be extremely helpful to integrate technology into my classroom
when it comes to teaching art. I want students to research artists, works of
art, and find inspiration in ways that works for them. Whether that means going
to an actual museum or reading in a book or looking online. I want to give my
students the accommodations to explore and learn about art and art history to
their fullest potential.
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