“Hackschooling makes me happy” is a very inspiring video with a young man describing how he receives his education by “hacking” it and creating new opportunities to learn. When I think about how we learn in our program there is a lot of hacking involved as opposed to traditional school schedules. We are in at our school site four days a week observing new teachers daily, assisting in a variety of classrooms, and teaching our own students. We receive strategies from our readings but we all use the internet as well for ideas on lessons and get lesson ideas from teachers that are not even in our field of study. Woodshop for me has been one of the most enjoyable classrooms to observe in because the choice involved in how he accomplishes his lessons is vast and very enjoyable for the students. He makes great use at activating prior knowledge when it comes to new lessons and does so through unorthodox teaching which makes his class very engaged and attentive. That I think is the whole point of hackschooling because it is allowing students to learn what they want to learn and with a couple of basic pointers they succeed. I think what is most impressive was all of the ways Logan had figured out how he would learn about a new topic. Working at his internship he gets to learn the rewards of hard work and creating new designs on hats that would never happen without differentiated learning he is involved in. There are a variety of ways to teach a lesson to a child. It could be a parent showing their child how to change the oil in their vehicle when they are only a teenager. This lesson does not just give the child a great life skill they will need in the future but it teaches them how to be careful when it comes to working with machinery. It also allows a parent to give an impromptu lesson on engines and why oil needs to be changed and how viscosity affects which oil certain vehicles require. Hackschooling opens up a huge opportunity for student engagement giving them the freedom of choice when it comes to their curriculum. I think finding a balance with that in and outside of class would be quite a feat but if it has worked so well for Logan why not anyone else? LaPlante, Logan, Hackschooling makes me happy, TEDxUniversityofNevada, retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaY&list=PLbRLdW37G3oMquOaC-HeUIt6CWk-FzaGp&index=3
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This video showcases why I think that students need to be taught digital literacy from a young age so that they know how to properly use technology to further their lives and the lives of their peers. Students need and should be using digital tools to connect and collaborate with others. By connecting to other students they are learning proper online etiquette, they are learning that their postings can affect other people, and they are learning how to continue their learning online. I really liked how Dr. Wesch contrasted the new television viewing family with the Neil Postman questions and how social change has and can easily be accomplished if a video goes viral online. When using the word easily I mean it in the context that Dr. Wesch used it meaning that it is easy with today’s technology and with a competent computer operator. Considering the average child in America probably has or has access to a modern day smart phone that makes millions of content generators that could be affecting social change as their online selves. I agree with Dr. Wesch’s point of view when it comes to the ability of technology to foster change in society. I agree that some of these points could be adapted to a classroom either by a survey of the students to reveal to them some social issue or having them create a project involving a news story. I think this could work great is a social science classroom because you will have the ability to blend in sociology and humanities to create a great lesson plan involving an action plan for social change. Maybe your students pick out a law they do not agree with and they can all tweet its author daily with reasons why they find it faulty. Or they could collaborate with another classroom around the world and create a social action plan or just a video that states their point of view on their topic. The great part of this connectivity is that the possibilities are almost endless with new programs and apps being made daily. Overall this was a great video and I hope to learn more from the TED Talks video series in the future. Wesch, M. (2010, October 12). TEDxKC-Michael Wesch-From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeaAHv4UTI8 |
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