Day2+Quiz

Comment on the following: 1. Teachers must not be the disseminators of information, despite their expertise. What are the dangers of always being the expert?T, the class should be student centered with the teacher as a facilitator. The student is waiting on the teacher to spoon feed the information. 2. Technology allows for independent learning, but must be benchmarked for viable assessment. How does technology allow students to express themselves differently? T, the technology should have a rubic attached to it. It can be based on the end product. Technology is better than cake, it can be applied to many styles of performing such as writing, photographs, paint(computer software), powerpoint, movie making, or audio.

3. There is too much information out there for the social studies teacher. Weeding through resources is an essential skill of every teacher. What sources are absolute rubbish? Why? Weeding through a few resources from each submitted project would be responsible, but to view every website is impossible. I am not sure about the second question : 0

4. Students will perform for others, but not necessarily for you. How does a public display change a student product? Usually, the student wants to show off his creative talent and will do the best that he can do with his level of skills. Sometimes, a project will motivate the student to learn new skills to create a better product.