1- I enjoyed reading the personal story of Kim Jaxon, "Empowering
Students through Co-learning", and completely agree with her that
students should talk more than the teacher in the classroom. The
classroom should be a student-centered environment, not
teacher-centered.
2-
One of Kim Jaxon's ideas particularly caught my attention. Kim says,
"Do the thing. Most of the work students would do outside of
class--reading, writing, talking, playing, making--we do in class too. I
like to think of my classroom as a big activity space where we are
always taking curated material and making something with the ideas and
materials of our discipline."
3-
it is very true that the teacher learns from the students' experiences
and feedback about how to make the course more effective. A personal
experience, for instance, I never heard of GroupMe until one of my
students sent me an email asking to add me to a class group he created.
This group is for chatting and practicing the Arabic language, asking
questions, and having fun too which makes the class more exciting and
enjoyable for students.
4-
Reading the personal story of Dr. Jaxon motivated me to read "Situated
Learning". I mostly enjoyed exploring the elements of situated learning,
which are; content (facts and processes of a task), context
(situations, values, environment cues), community (the group where the
learner will create and negotiate) and participation (where a learner
works together with others in order to solve the problem).
5-
My eleven year old daughter is a Snapchat user. My husband and I don't
feel comfortable about her using this service as it leaves room for
issues you would not normally encounter using a more antiquated mode of
communication. After reading how Dr. Jaxon let her students use in her
class and her stance on the technology, I feel more relaxed about my
daughter using it, and am currently brainstorming ideas to find a way to
let my students use it in a productive manner in class.http://connectedlearning.tv/personal-stories/kim-jaxon-empowering-students-through-co-learning
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