Exit slip 10/18

Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology chapter 4 titled “The Development of American Schooling” was discussed today.  This chapter was a somewhat of a recap of information I had acquired in previous classes although I must admit, it had a different tone to it.  I learned about the development of our current school system as a matter of fact.  The tone in this particular account of that history seemed pessimistic.  As I learned this information in the past, it was a basic timeline of events.  Here, the course of development was painted as a “this is the best we could do” scenario never really or fully addressing the needs of the students.  The group did a good job of addressing the bottom line fact about our educational system:  it has changed in the past and it will inevitably change in the future.

I am nervous about developing an interactive reusable learning object (iRLO) because of the grade levels I wish to teach.  iRLO seems like a great way to drill and skill without the boredom.  However, how can I apply that to high school sophomores?  Sure, kids at this age still enjoy playing online games, however, the level of sophistication has greatly changed.  Now that they are playing games such as World of Warcraft, will they really want to play find the adjective?  What type of iRLO can be developed for analyzing and writing about selected readings?  Understanding, appreciation for and reaction to an author’s work is very subjective.  How can this tool be used as I move up Bloom’s Taxonomy?