In this weeks Lecture I learnt about the elements of Authentic learning which is a key part of the unit and important in becoming a teacher. I enjoyed watching a segment from the Movie "School of Rock" that was used to demonstrate that the teacher in the movie Dewey Finn uses authentic learning to teach the children rock and roll.
I had previously seen the movie and now I was seeing it from an educational perspective. I could see that different authentic learning techniques were used such as collaboration, brainstorming, coaching, watching videos and reflecting on their learning were used to enable them to learn about Rock and Roll. This helped me to know how I could ensure authentic learning techniques were used in the classroom.
I also learnt about what influences the type of teacher that I will become. Some of the influences were: strong personal beliefs, cultural factors and my own experiences as a student. It made me think about how the great teachers I had in Primary School influenced me to want to become a Primary School Teacher. I hope that one day I can be as good a teacher as they were to me and inspire young children to learn.
I read Chapter One from the textbook "Meaningful Learning with technology" which allowed me to learn a bit more about meaningful learning and how technology can be used to support meaningful learning. I think that technology needs to be used the right way by people so that they get the most out of it.
Until next post :-)
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