This week for my IT&DML class we are looking at the concept of change in this new world of educational technology. After reading the article and watching the assigned video a well known quote came to mind, “Life is a journey, not a destination.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. To me, this applies directly for education; it is not always about the final product, but rather the process by which the students got there.
In the article “Navigating the Cs of Change,” by J. Gregory McVerry, Lisa Zawiliniski, and W. Ian O’Byrne, the authors discuss the idea of “Internet Reciprocal Teaching.” This allows for the content to be integrated into the skills of critical thinking, creativity, comprehension, communication, and collaboration. Allowing the students to direct their own learning at their pace, by choosing appropriate online texts, gives them ownership of their learning. Hopefully it will motivate them to continue to grow and take risks in their learning. I want to create an environment within my own class that promotes students to embrace challenges and persist despite obstacles they might face.
I have noticed in my classes that students have a hard time with failure. If they do not get something right the first time, they are apt to give up or give the infamous answer “IDK” (I don’t know) just so they can be done. This is frustrating for me as an educator because the students need to learn to persevere. In John Seely Brown’s Youtube Video he states, “You’ve got to learn that not everything works.” I would love to post this quote up in my classroom. I would prefer for a student to try something new and innovative and have it fail then have a student take the easy route for the grade. My big goal for this year is to attempt to create a classroom environment where students are not graded on each and every attempt but rather the process they went through to get there.
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