Project-Brainstorm

 

My narrative will begin by explaining who I am: 

Prior to the beginning of this course, I only thought of two concepts of the three discussed the entire two weeks. Education and Youth were the two and although I had been implementing technology in my lessons I had very little concept of the power it holds. Before we move forward, I would like to give a small summary of my relationship with technology. The first time I ever had a computer was in the early 200’s. My parents had saved up money and decided to buy me and my siblings a computer. It was a big deal! The computer in the living room was very similar to Sugata Mitra’s experiment of putting a “hole on the wall” which was a computer for kids of the slums to learn from. It was a machine that no one in my family knew how to use, but it was something that caught my attention and led me to become what Scott Noon would describe in his 4-tier “Model of Teacher Training in Technology” a technocrat at the age of 13. I can vividly remember changing backgrounds, glamorizing the text to my Myspace profile by getting codes from online. Today, I have moved up between the next two levels in Noon’s 4-tiers to a tecno-traditionalist. I have used technology proficiently to accomplish traditional classroom tasks like using Google documents for writing assignments and google slides. 

what I believe education is and why: 

I believe in creating an educational environment in which the youth are given the tools to pose questions, be creative, learn from one another, acquire technical skills, build community, and to make their learning worth it. 

-Sir Ken Robinson, highlights the concept of three principles that guide human life in flourishing by embracing diversity, promoting curiosity, and allowing flexibility and opportunities of thinking outside the box with creativity.

-Wesch: learning is a human fundamental and students should feel their education is worth it. 

-Sinek: addresses the idea of implementing the “why” for others to follow along. 

-Boyd: believes technology is for both the young and the old and that both groups should explore and learn its foundations. 

Why: I believe in creating this educational environment because it will begin to rebuild the misconception of only having to learn in school. Learning takes place outside of school as well, just as Sugata Mitra demonstrates by using his “hole in the wall” project. By creating the conditions of diverse learning, creativity, and curiosity the students are given the opportunity to flourish by either gaining a new skill or strengthening a skill they already possess. 

How:

I will implement an educational environment that will consider student cognitive development, I will use a virtual classroom for the younger grades k-3rd and a site for 4-5th. 

This tool will have various icons that will give students the opportunity to click on use effectively. 

The educational environment will have a place for: 

-Pose a question? Here students will have the opportunity to ask questions about all the things they are curious about. 

-creativity: a place in which students can do activities that will have them explore creation. 

-community: a place where students can learn about the places they all come from and possible stories

-Audiobooks: which students will be suggested to listen to before going to bed

-Parents: ways to learn how to do certain homework assignments and so they could be a second source of help.