I preferred this article much more to the previous article from last week's reading assignment. I felt that this article was much more balanced in that it presented a picture of today's learner and provided insight on how schools can appeal to these learners while emphasizing 21st century skills that are necessary for today's job market. Most importantly, the article stressed the importance of learning core subjects and expanding students content knowledge so that they are better prepared as critical thinkers and individuals who understand how they learn and how to apply this knowledge to new situations or problems. Of course, technology was a key component of the 21st Century classroom and teachers must integrate technology and information literacy with traditional standards-based curriculum. If teachers fail to do so, they will not prepare students and could ultimately fail to engage students in the learning process.
I found this article to be particularly relevant to my teaching, students and curriculum. It reinforced the notion that the digital divide must be addressed as well as proficiency in core subject knowledge so that students are prepared for today's job market, higher education and civic engagement. This article also provided examples of school districts who adopted technology integration within their existing pedagogies and actually provided examples of how this can be implemented in other classrooms.
Below is my interpretation of the article, using the "Freemind" mapping software.
2 comments:
I like how you organized your mindmap. It seems like you really thought about how it applied to you, rather than just using the same language and structure as the article.
Your visual map is very clear and summarize the article nicely.
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