Reflective+Journal+for+Week+of+Nov.+17

I find the concept of using technology for literacy very intersting. I think there is so much we can teach our students by going global. I find it ironic though that as we try to figure out how to educate our students in these new global technologies, it is probably them who could teach us. The movie was very informative. I think the idea about transforming your classroom into a creative space. I think the environment in the classroom needs to be set up so that our students are challanged. If not and it is boring and dull in our room, their work will be dull and unimaginiative. Isn't it better to set our kids free to aim high, than to stifle them? The other thing very important from the movie was teaching them to work in cooperative groups. This skill is an important life long skill. It is something they need to know not only for all of their years of schooling, but when they enter the work force. We need to teach them how to problem solve while they are working in groups. I have seen this is a skill that is sorely lacking in my students, and know we have to teach them these skills. While taeching them is important, they need to see us modeling it with our peers too. The students could never be able to successfully complete a global activity with their peers, if they don't have the necessary skills to be creative, work together, and now how to communicate with each other.