Kevin Honeycutt is a very engaging speaker to listen to, probably even more so to see as well. I think that podcasts are very useful they are missing something for the visual learner. He brought up a good point in how are kids “wired” today. I am not sure we as adults can fully understand. I am not sure with his statement that we should “expect them to make bad decisions” is one I can agree with. Should we expect them to make bad decisions so we won’t be upset or disappointed? I can understand a 4 year old making a bad decision but not a 15 year old. Even if the 15 year old has had no exposure at home as to how to make good decisions they have certainly been taught in school.
As far as a lesson to collaborate on I agree that the kids today are very tech savvy and they could probably teach me. I think it would be interesting to see what they would come up with. Not being a classroom teacher I am having a hard time coming up with a particular project. I know that in English I see students struggle with theme when they read novels. In the 9th and 10th grade literature there are universal themes. I think it would be interesting to explore theme in a collaborative way. They could work as a team to explore theme and find facts to support it. It would be interesting to see if students from other countries would find the same universal themes as we do.
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I think your idea to have kids collaborate to explore themes is a very interesting one.
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