Week 5 Blog Summary/Presentation

Okay I'm really bad at this. Sorry about those two previous blogs that had nothing written in them! I can't figure out how to delete them. Anyways... the posts all look great! Thank you all for your contributions and your insights to this weeks questions. It seems as though the majority of us realize that Wikipedia is not an accurate website for information (~ 9 posts). Although there are benefits to using Wikipedia in the classroom, teachers need to inform their students that there are also faulty pieces of information out there. A few of us posted on question #2 ("Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach."), and made some excellent points. I would like to point out a piece of Theresa's (goaliegurl21) response to this question. Theresa stated that, "Students should be encouraged to express their learning in ways that best suit them . . ." This pretty much sums up the quote in #2. Our students are much different learners today, than they were years ago. They need to be allowed to express their learning in a way that they can show what they truly do know. Now on another note, try to respond to other people's posts throughout the week -- not just one section of the week. However, I like how the class is supporting each other's opinions, and bringing in their own experiences. Nice job this week!