Chapter 1
Quote: "the new culture of learning is intricately woven into the fabric of our society; indeed, it permeates nearly everything we do"(20)
I chose this because the first chapter really talks about how the new culture of learning has become so prevalent and that we as teachers need to work to adjust to a culture that is likely extremely different from the culture of learning that we experienced and that we are used to.
Question: What are some of the best things that we can do to adapt to the new culture of learning?
Connection: That as was talked about, students are no longer going to be going to books as references and will now be going to thinks such as Google to find their information which will mean that they will be fairly unwilling to read large amounts of text.
Epiphany/Aha: I can try to get my students to see my class as a game and give them the structure to utilize the students around them as a learning community.
Chapter 2
Quote: “Many traditional venues for teaching….have been predicted on what we would describe as a mechanistic approach: Learning is treated as a series of steps to be mastered, as if students were being taught how to operate a machine or even, in some cases, as if the students themselves were machines being programmed to accomplish tasks.” (35)
This really introduces the idea of the past views on how teaching and learning was addressed, the chapter goes on to help define the new culture of learning.
Question: How can we make the new culture of learning more widespread and make sure that we can get rid of the traditional view?
Connection: This is similar to what we have talked about in the past and how the traditional view of education has been based upon the inception of the learning style during the industrial revolution.
Epiphany/Aha: I need to ensure that I am working to stop myself from just "programming" my students and make sure that I am working to make them innovators.
Chapter 3
Quote: “Information technology has become a participatory medium, giving rise to an environment that is constantly being changed and reshaped by the participation itself.” (42)
The chapter talks a lot about how the new culture of learning is shaped a great deal by those who become citizens of the internet and the new learning generation.
Question: Are you a citizen or a visitor of the internet?
Connection: This is a very big idea that has been stressed in the Technology class; that we become citizens of the internet, helping to affect change, rather than just visiting the internet from time to time.
Epiphany/Aha: I need to teach my students to become citizens of the internet and of my own class so that they can affect change in their learning environments.
Quote: "the new culture of learning is intricately woven into the fabric of our society; indeed, it permeates nearly everything we do"(20)
I chose this because the first chapter really talks about how the new culture of learning has become so prevalent and that we as teachers need to work to adjust to a culture that is likely extremely different from the culture of learning that we experienced and that we are used to.
Question: What are some of the best things that we can do to adapt to the new culture of learning?
Connection: That as was talked about, students are no longer going to be going to books as references and will now be going to thinks such as Google to find their information which will mean that they will be fairly unwilling to read large amounts of text.
Epiphany/Aha: I can try to get my students to see my class as a game and give them the structure to utilize the students around them as a learning community.
Chapter 2
Quote: “Many traditional venues for teaching….have been predicted on what we would describe as a mechanistic approach: Learning is treated as a series of steps to be mastered, as if students were being taught how to operate a machine or even, in some cases, as if the students themselves were machines being programmed to accomplish tasks.” (35)
This really introduces the idea of the past views on how teaching and learning was addressed, the chapter goes on to help define the new culture of learning.
Question: How can we make the new culture of learning more widespread and make sure that we can get rid of the traditional view?
Connection: This is similar to what we have talked about in the past and how the traditional view of education has been based upon the inception of the learning style during the industrial revolution.
Epiphany/Aha: I need to ensure that I am working to stop myself from just "programming" my students and make sure that I am working to make them innovators.
Chapter 3
Quote: “Information technology has become a participatory medium, giving rise to an environment that is constantly being changed and reshaped by the participation itself.” (42)
The chapter talks a lot about how the new culture of learning is shaped a great deal by those who become citizens of the internet and the new learning generation.
Question: Are you a citizen or a visitor of the internet?
Connection: This is a very big idea that has been stressed in the Technology class; that we become citizens of the internet, helping to affect change, rather than just visiting the internet from time to time.
Epiphany/Aha: I need to teach my students to become citizens of the internet and of my own class so that they can affect change in their learning environments.