We were shown this video in class and I fell in love with it! Not only is it content rich, it is captivating and motivating. I love every aspect of this video, but the four things that stood out to me the most are described below.
- Teachers need to be aware of all new resources that could be beneficial in their classroom. Media is taking over the world, and if you as a teacher do not incorporate that into your teaching, you are taking away something very valuable from your students.
- TINKER. TINKER. TINKER. (Sound familiar?) Teachers and students need to be tinkerers. Teachers need to try new things, question new ideas, make mistakes, play with ideas until they make sense, and try again. Tinkering makes you better, it makes you resourceful, it opens you up to new experiences, new techniques. John Brown says in this video that you need to fail and fail and fail, before you succeed. Students need permission to fail, to know that it is okay to fail, so long as you don't give up.
- As a teacher, you need to take this content that you are spitting at students each and every day, and you need to create meaning for it. The internet is KEY for creating that meaning.
- "Brilliant teachers, are brilliant in being able to create epiphanies for kids." Through tinkering, play, media, resources, etc. you can work to create these epiphanies for kids.
- Teachers need to be aware of all new resources that could be beneficial in their classroom. Media is taking over the world, and if you as a teacher do not incorporate that into your teaching, you are taking away something very valuable from your students.
- TINKER. TINKER. TINKER. (Sound familiar?) Teachers and students need to be tinkerers. Teachers need to try new things, question new ideas, make mistakes, play with ideas until they make sense, and try again. Tinkering makes you better, it makes you resourceful, it opens you up to new experiences, new techniques. John Brown says in this video that you need to fail and fail and fail, before you succeed. Students need permission to fail, to know that it is okay to fail, so long as you don't give up.
- As a teacher, you need to take this content that you are spitting at students each and every day, and you need to create meaning for it. The internet is KEY for creating that meaning.
- "Brilliant teachers, are brilliant in being able to create epiphanies for kids." Through tinkering, play, media, resources, etc. you can work to create these epiphanies for kids.