Edutopia

4. Edutopia:

Harrison Central High School-The idea of connecting real world experiences to school applications is a good one. When children get to work out real life experiences I think they learn more than using hypothetical situations. Later in life they will think back to those experiences and relate them to a current issue and be able to have a base for the right decision to be made.

Mary Scroggs Elementary School-This is the most wired school in the nation. The students have personal access to a computer anywhere in the school which is a great idea but I would think it would be costly. Having computer access would be beneficial when needing information that some students may not be able to get from home and since it would be in a school environment access would be limited and monitored to assure safety.

A Product of Learning-In my opinion, hands on learning is all ways the way to go because you bring many of the other senses into the learning process which would allow the information to be better retained while keeping the students active in their participation in the class.

A Night in the Global Village-I enjoyed watching how the students in this video were excited to learn about how people in developing countries live by actually sleeping in the different types of houses and in some cases bagging for their food. I think this experience would make the students appreciate what they have but more importantly have empathy for others in the world.

Learning By Design-Having an internship while in high school would be a great experience for students. They would get real work experience while using the skills they learn in school.

Art Works- The students are learning through physical activities that they like to do such as dancing or playing music. There are so many ways to use mathematical solutions while looking at music or dancing when the students would take the time to analyze them, there would be much data to organize and apply to other areas of learning.