I first want to comment on how I really enjoyed the video we watched as a group. There were some interesting ideas and concepts discussed in the 30 minutes. One thing that I will take away from the video is that education is going to have to be relevant and meaningful in the 21st century. Most of the men on the panel agreed with this and felt that we are stuck in a late 19th century version of education. In order to compete on a global scale we are going to need to re-think our ideas on education to fit our current time period. This is something I feel real passionate about.
I also want to comment on RSS and bloglines. I really enjoyed exploring the Bloglines and feel there is a real use for it in my classroom. I teach an American Institutions class and I am embarrassed to say that we are still using newspapers for our current events portion of the class. Bloglines offers so many more opportunities for students to get involved and understand current events. As I mentioned bloglines is currently blocked at our school but I am confident that we will move past this decision as a school district. Besides my American Institutions class I also Co-Teach a Biology class. I am very excited to share this with my co teachers as there are some great RSS feeds that we could potentially share with our Bio students too.
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