Student as Contributor
Alan November tours his hometown of Marblehead, MA and comments on the historical global vision of his community. He challenges us to think about the emerging role of “student as contributor” and to globalize our curriculum by linking students with authentic audiences from around the world. See if you can pick out a reference to B3Rs member, Darren Kuropatwa, "a friend from Canada," just before the 10-min. mark. (For more, read Alan’s article, Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm. http://novemberlearning.com/resources/archive-of-articles/digital-learning-farm/.)"
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Comment by Ray Daly on June 23, 2009 at 9:36am -
Calculators. Now my kids had to buy a graphic calculator for math classes. Things do change. I think the pace of this change make much of McLuhan's teaching obvious to most now.
I really like the idea of the scribe even outside of the classroom. With more and more teleworking, a scribe at an "all staff" meeting would be great for those who could not attend or who are teleworking.
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Comment by Raman Job on June 10, 2009 at 3:56pm -
Right, Ray. I love this look and the content of this video. I like the pace, the reflection. The other really neat thing about it is that a fellow member of this Ning, and mentor to many, is mentioned right before the 10-minute mark--but not by name.
When Alan November says, “I have this friend up in Canada” he's referring to Darren Kuropatwa, former math department head at Daniel MacIntyre Collegiate here in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Darren is on the cutting edge of teaching and technology and just landed a job as a Senior ICT specialist with the province.
One of the many ways he integrates technology into the classroom is to have one student serve as a scribe on the class blog. That student would be tasked with summarizing the lesson content that evening and even making reference to their "muddiest moment" or concept they don't fully grasp yet.
Apropos of your television remark, you'll also remember the big kerfuffle over the use of calculators in the classroom. These days, it's a non-issue.
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Comment by Ray Daly on June 10, 2009 at 2:53pm
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The fact that Marblehead was one of the largest towns in the US prior to the American Revolution reminded me of a visual history map I'd like to see. Timeline shows the largest cities in North America indicating the rise and fall of great cities. Also take any town like Marblehead in 1700 and show how many towns of that size exist now.
But I distract from this well thought out video. It reminds me of the 60's when some people thought TV should be incorporated more into schools. Now it is just there. The proposed roles for the classroom starts about 8 minutes in.
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