For our small study groups for Ed Psych, we were assigned to read a book from a list of books written for teachers, to discuss these books, and finally create an i-movie to demonstrate what concepts and ideas we had learned from the book. Not only was it beneficial to learn from our own books relevance to future teachers, but the final i-movie project was an opportunity to learn more technology, hopefully something that we can incorporate into our own classrooms. In our lecture the other night, we were able to view all the groups' final projects, and see little glimpses of what their books were about. Seeing these various i-movies definitely has made my interest in education increase. I am very interested in reading some of these novels in my free time, after the rush of the end of the semester calms down.
The book that my small group chose to read and discuss was titled Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv. It talked about the "nature-deficit-disorder" that has come to plague the current generation of children. Louv explains how there are countless ways to learn, to heal, and to play, from the outdoors and nature, and that the current generation is not encouraged to do so. It is a cry for teachers and parents to encourage outdoor education for the youth, before the "last frontier" of nature is destroyed and not valued anymore. I think that as a future teacher, it will be very important to keep these things in mind. nature is a very powerful thing, and it must not be taken for granted. With many of the author's suggestions, my classroom can benefit from the "Great Outdoors".
Here is a link to my group's i-movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0PvvPCUk2w
The book that my small group chose to read and discuss was titled Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv. It talked about the "nature-deficit-disorder" that has come to plague the current generation of children. Louv explains how there are countless ways to learn, to heal, and to play, from the outdoors and nature, and that the current generation is not encouraged to do so. It is a cry for teachers and parents to encourage outdoor education for the youth, before the "last frontier" of nature is destroyed and not valued anymore. I think that as a future teacher, it will be very important to keep these things in mind. nature is a very powerful thing, and it must not be taken for granted. With many of the author's suggestions, my classroom can benefit from the "Great Outdoors".
Here is a link to my group's i-movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0PvvPCUk2w
1 comment:
I completely disagree. What were you thinking? A child could have drawn more intelligent conclusions from the material. Keep up the good work!
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