Monday, February 27, 2006
A future with MORE lectures?
On the final day of this class, I was astonished to find out that a significant number of students thought that more/newer/better technology would result in more opportunities for teachers to lecture. Say it ain't so! Here's another viewpoint from a teacher who uses student-composed blog posts -- not technology-enhanced lectures -- to enhance student learning. He explains that the method takes an extra five minutes of his time per day and that the results have "knocked his socks off." When students "watch it, do it, then teach it," then they really get it.
