Blog Post #2

What Will Teaching in the 21st Century be Like?

1. During this video, it appears to me the professor Dancealot main focus is to teach his class the basic steps in learning how to dance using Foxtrot, Rumba and many more. The professor doesn't do a very good job at teaching this course in my opinion. Yes, of course he uses a little hands on to demonstrate the different dance techniques but over all everything was lecture, reading directly from a power point slide. Many students learn at different rates and with this being a dance class, spending more time on dancing rather than lecturing would have been very helpful for his class. 
2. What i gathered after watching this video is that Robert's thinks that we as future teachers should come up with something different as to the way we teach our students. He believes that we should teach our kids/students how to use and operate the resources that are available to them such as Google, Microsoft applications and more. Teaching in the 21st century is very much so different than the way things we taught back then. We went from using chalk boards to now using Smart boards and projectors. That doesn't mean don't refer back to the books that were given and solely rely on technology to do the job, because as we all know technology can be very irritating at times. So basically, to sum up what I'm trying to get across is that do whatever it takes as a teacher in the 21st century to help your students be successful in life. Whether, that means using technology, reading the book or even hands on activities. 
3. Today I watched a video called, Network Student by Wendy Drexler. In my opinion I think this was a very interesting video, it goes to show you again how prevalent technology is in our world today. The use of this thing we call technology seems to be very important to today's society but take a minute and think to yourself, What will happen to the students who aren't tech savvy and or not impressed by the way learning takes place in the classrooms today? Will they be forced into using or will they receive a failing grade for not participating in class assignments that deals with technology?   
4. Out of all five videos I've watched over the past few days this one by Vicki Davis would have to be my favorite one. I love the way she refers to her new way of teaching which involves using and and every form of technology out there to teach her class. Not only are they learning from her but she even picks up a few things from the students which makes the class even more interesting. The way this class is setup is how I would like to be with my own classroom in a few years. 
5. After watching this video, This is the first I have ever heard about flipping the classroom. The topic has me a little on the fence side for many different reasons. It is something that I would have to test myself to be able to make a decision. However, I personally do not think this approach will be a very good idea for many students today especially in the Secondary Elementary field of study.