My First Podcast! "Why School?" Reflection
Following this description is my very first podcasts! I was eager to learn how to be a part of the podcasting world, and I am happy to say that I was able to figure it out easily. I plan to continue making podcasts about issues I find interesting or valuable to discuss.
As for this podcast, I recently read the book, "Why School?" by Will Richardson. The text discusses the fact that it is time to seriously question "why school?" when we have unlimited resources on any given topic that are easily accessible through the Internet. In a world where learning is literally at our fingertips, teachers are no longer the masters of information and schools are no longer the only place you can learn information, which is changing the way we learn and want to learn. Why should a student be told what to learn when the Internet provides access to any kind of learning? The text, "Why School?" describes this modern world and explains that we are going to be forced to answer these questions in the coming days as our students become increasingly uninterested in the traditional sense. Further, learning in the traditional sense is outdated to the point that students are no longer learning to their full potential, but learning to pass the test, then forgetting what was learned immediately after.
The book was both enlightening and fascinating, and I highly recommend it to parents, teachers, and administrators alike. As a public school teacher, it definitely made me question the way I approach learning in my own classroom, and left me motivated to begin making minor changes to the learning structure in my own teaching strategies. Because we are so far from seeing effective changes made to the institution of education, "Why School?" provides tips as to how teachers can implement a new narrative of learning on a small scale, starting from their own classrooms. As a new teacher, I will be cautious to jump into these tips during my first year of teaching because I have heard it is best to lay low as a newbie, but as I establish myself on campus, I will undoubtably use the tips from the book. Awesome read!
Hope you enjoy the podcast! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please leave them in the comment box on the blog page.
As for this podcast, I recently read the book, "Why School?" by Will Richardson. The text discusses the fact that it is time to seriously question "why school?" when we have unlimited resources on any given topic that are easily accessible through the Internet. In a world where learning is literally at our fingertips, teachers are no longer the masters of information and schools are no longer the only place you can learn information, which is changing the way we learn and want to learn. Why should a student be told what to learn when the Internet provides access to any kind of learning? The text, "Why School?" describes this modern world and explains that we are going to be forced to answer these questions in the coming days as our students become increasingly uninterested in the traditional sense. Further, learning in the traditional sense is outdated to the point that students are no longer learning to their full potential, but learning to pass the test, then forgetting what was learned immediately after.
The book was both enlightening and fascinating, and I highly recommend it to parents, teachers, and administrators alike. As a public school teacher, it definitely made me question the way I approach learning in my own classroom, and left me motivated to begin making minor changes to the learning structure in my own teaching strategies. Because we are so far from seeing effective changes made to the institution of education, "Why School?" provides tips as to how teachers can implement a new narrative of learning on a small scale, starting from their own classrooms. As a new teacher, I will be cautious to jump into these tips during my first year of teaching because I have heard it is best to lay low as a newbie, but as I establish myself on campus, I will undoubtably use the tips from the book. Awesome read!
Hope you enjoy the podcast! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please leave them in the comment box on the blog page.