My favorite video from
this week talked about video games being an assessment of problem solving. John
Paul Gee states, “in order to survive they (students) are going
to have to have innovation and creativity”.
Schooling needs to stress solving problems in groups, and students need to be
able to work collaboratively so that the “groups is smarter than any one person”.
Using video games in school can take an assessment and make it fun because it
is in the form of a game. Textbooks need to become manuals for reference rather
than the first point of contact. Gee also talked about kids wanting to produce
rather than just consume, and students want to use social media networks. He
also encouraged the use of fan fiction sites so students can read and write based
on what they are interested in. My favorite part of his interview was towards
the end when he begin to talk about curriculum, politicians and textbooks
taking away from teacher’s professional judgment. Teachers should be rewarded
for being innovative. Teachers need to learn technology alongside their students;
it allows students to see their teachers as learners.
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