Blog Assignment 10

Image via WikipediaOpen Letter to Educators- Morgan opens her blog post with a summary of her experiences as a student in school. She relays that her professors rarely encouraged discussion about topics (neither with the professor outside of class, nor ever with another student). They didn't encourage independent learning and didn't make much of an effort to learn their students' names.
     I am blessed to say that I can't fully relate to Morgan's experiences. Most of m professors know my name, encourage discussion, and promote collaboration with peers.
I commented the following on Morgan's post: Morgan, I’m a student at the University of South Alabama. I’m currently taking Dr. Strange’s EDM310 class. Luckily for me, I have been blessed with professors that do know my name and do encourage interaction, collaboration, and independent learning. Dan Brown’s video is a sad statement of reality for America’s schooling system. The fact is, the world is changing and as educators, we owe it to our students as well as ourselves to change the face of schooling to be modeled after an evolving society.


Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home!- I commented the following on Mr. Johnson's Post:
Mr. Johnson,
I'm a student in Dr. Strange's EDM310 class at the University of South Alabama. I really enjoyed this post. All too often, teachers are too concerned with what the tests reflect to observe that children are always learning; it's in their nature. As the story suggests, what does it matter if they're playing hangman or if they engage themselves with penpals? Surely there is some form of learning taking place in either instance.


Two Questions that Can Change Your Life- This video challenges you to ask yourself two questions: First "What is my sentence?" and second "Am I better today than I was yesterday?" As educators we must ask ourselves this question daily. I think we will find that our sentence changes from day to day; that is, if our answer to the second question is answered with a "yes". If we consistently make it our initiative to learn more each day and improve our ability to educate, our sentence should be revised and improved. So I ask myself. "What is my 'sentence'?" Assuming that my goal to never cease learning is reached, my sentence should sound a little something like this: "He always challenged himself to provide his students with revolutionary information that they could use in preparation for an ever-changing world."