Changing Education Paradigms

1)How did you like the video?

Amanda: I liked his ideas it was interesting. I liked that he wanted the education system the be changed.

Samantha: It was interesting and different.

Jordan: His ideas were conveyed very clearly and it was valid. I agree with what he said. Education was set up for a different generation


2)What were some of the main points?

Amanda: We need to reform the way we learn/teach. We need to look at it with a more creative mind.

Samantha: I think one of the big ones were about the kids with ADHD and how they give them meds. 

Jordan:The idea that as a young mind develops the creativity is more structured and standard. IN order to get different results, we have to think different. 

3)What parts of the video do you agree with?
We agreed with it all.

4)Are there instances in your educational background that was represented in the video?

Jordan: I was put into a new student class in Rio Rancho and the levels were so different, I felt like I was in 5th grade again.

5)What part of the presentation do you disagree with or have questions about?

Samantha: I didn't understand " the further you go east, the more boring."

Jordan: I was wondering with the standardized testing, if we didn't have it, how would we measure or differentiate levels?

Amanda: I was wondering how, if we did, would we create this reform?

6)Did this video have an impact on you as a teacher or learner?

Amanda: It made me realize that with ADHD kids, its not always their fault.

Jordan:Divergent thinking--> creativity

Samantha: It is a different way to teach and learn

7)Should we consider any part of this video in terms of structuring our learning and class framework.
Yes!

QFT Reflection

The question activity made me think a lot about how we need questions in science. There wouldn't be any new advances in science if someone wasn't curious, or asked a question about how a certain object works or why it does what it does. We wouldn't have any of the technology or knowledge we have now if someone hadn't asked "What can I do to this object to help improve other's lives'?" or "Why is the sky blue?". Science is ALL about asking questions, and then seeking answers. 

-Science, to me, is the study of life and how everything works together to produce the environment we live in. It is experimenting with things we use in our everyday lives to make our lives better. 

-I haven't ever really had a good Science teacher, so I have never really enjoyed it. I was taking a Science class at WNMU and we went outside and picked different leaves and flowers. We took them back to the lab and tested for different pigments. It was really cool to see the different colors that made up the leaves. 
 My teacher at WNMU was really boring and would talk a bunch about how she used to be a better teacher. This just gave me a bad attitude towards science, biology in particular. 


-I think everyone uses the Scientific Method to fix problems in our everyday lives. One example of me using it would be when my car's heater broke this winter. I first made the observation that it was not working. So I asked a question, "Why wasn't it working?". I made a hypothesis that maybe the thermometer was broken in some way. I wouldn't say that I did the experiment to find if my hypothesis was correct or not, (I left that up to our mechanic!) but I was right. He concluded that my thermometer was off, causing the car to think that it was heated up, when it really wasn't. 

I am taking this course to fulfill some of my requirements for my Ed major. I want to learn more about science in general. My science teachers in high school weren't the best so I don't know very much. I took a course at WNMU, but it didn't retain what I learned as much as I would like to have. I also want to have fun! My science classes in the past were long and boring. I would like to do some hands-on learning if possible.

Test Run!

This is a test run!