Journal 1: Eva Broder

In this post, I will discuss some similar themes in two of the class readings. I am interested specifically in how the later (Gardner) article draws on John Dewey’s discussion on the future movement of education.
Dewey has a clear agenda on his mind as he writes about the “traditional” mode of education and what should and could be reformed as his society moved into the future. He writes about the needs of students in what he describes as a more well rounded and perhaps individualistic society while at the same time assuring the reader that educators hold on to the value of concrete planning in progressive education: “Just because traditional education was a matter of routine in which plans and programs were handed down from the past, it does not follow that progressive educations is a matter of planless improvisation (Dewey, 1938, p28). Instead, he writes, planning takes on a new kind of meaning, inclusive of the incorporation of experiential learning and fluid, flexible lessons.
The Gardner article addresses the history of education with a specific look of the development of societal needs and values represented in the educational system. The authors move from past to future, emphasizing the point that with the development of technology, the face of education will change around new technology. I feel that this “progression” into the future, is something that is addressed in both readings. In a sense, the Gardner article is an extension of Dewey’s thoughts on educational reform. As we develop as a society, we must, as teachers tailor the educational system to teach what is necessary to thrive in the new society while keeping a close eye on our educational roots.
In the introduction to the Gardner article, the authors speak about the changes that must take place in education as well as the traditional foundation that will continue to exist:
certain information, knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values need to be transmitted to the younger generation. By the same token, there will certainly be new information, knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values that will be important in the future, though elders may not be willing or able to anticipate the specifics of these new competences (Gardner, James, & Weigel, 2009).
It seems from these two readings that an underlying sentiment is present: As we grow as a society, we must grow and develop parallel as educators of the future citizens of this society.


References
Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education. London, UK: Collier Books.


Gardner, H., James, C, & Weigel, M, (2009). Learning: Peering backward and looking forward in the digital era. [Electronic Version]. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1, (1). Retrieved May 5, 2009 from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/ijlm.2009.0005

Chris' Communitiy PPT, Standards and Concepts

http://www.slideshare.net/cdoyle004/educ-513-my-schools-community

Uploading presentations to the class blog

PowerPoint / Blogger instructions:

As far as I can tell, Blogger does not support uploading large files like a PowerPoint presentation or PDF file. I recommend that everyone use SlideShare to post PPTs on class or personal blogs. Many of you are already doing that, and it seems to work great!

So ... go to SlideShare.net and click on the UPLOAD tab at the top of the screen. You don't have to create an account, but you can. If you create an account, you can export the presentation directly to Blogger ... there is a little icon under the slideshow that lets you do that. If you are guest, you have to copy & paste the "secret" (their word) URL to your slideshow in a blog post.

Make sure you make this an active link in your blog post. That is done by selecting the text you want to link to Slideshare (such as the Title of your presentation) and clicking on the "link" icon in the toolbar. It looks like a chain. A window will pop up where you can paste the URL, hit OK, then save and publish your post.

-Jessica

Model Community PowerPoint From Joe Weisberg

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Model Community Pp

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Socialstudies Ppt

This is Lisa Berenholz's Community PPT, originally posted on June 1, 2009.

Socialstudies Ppt

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Threading together some of our conversations

Hi Everyone --

This blog can be not only a forum for sharing assignments with the group, but also a place to link (as in connect) some of the many conversations we will have about Social Studies, curriculum development, use of technology with students, etc. To help out with that, I will be regularly linking (as in linked hypertext) info from the course's home-base on myBankSt to this blog and vice versa.

This linking (in both senses of the word) will happen through new blog posts and discussion threads that I create as well as in the comments, so please look to see if your posts have comments to read and respond to.

I hope this helps to tie together some of your work that is being published in multiple folders and forums -- which is necessary to keep it organized, but can make it hard to keep track of -- and spark some conversation around the work you are presenting.

-- Jessica Millstone

link to my blog

  Hello-

      In the spirit of collaboration and learning from each other, here's the link to my blog: http://adrienne-reininga.blogspot.com

Cheers,

Adrienne