Morgan Bayda is a recent graduate in the education field. In her article, Morgan Bayda: An Open Letter to Educators, she elaborates on the point that the institutionalized education system needs to change, because the world around us is changing. Sitting in a classroom, with anywhere between 50-200 students is interfering with our learning. It is impersonal and non-interactive. The instructors do not know your names and do not encourage intercommunication with others during class time. The information given is limited to the textbook, which itself is confined. More times than not, better information can be found via the internet. While some more "in depth", hands on classes do require class time, information based classes do not. Most of the work can be done on your own time with a more expansive world of knowledge beyond the textbook, not to mention the resources available in one's personal learning environment. So, she posts this video by Dan Brown, Dan Brown, An Open Letter to Educators, which basically sums up the fact that every aspect of the world is changing with the times, besides the education world and how sitting in classroom has personally interfered with his education, so much so that he drops out of school. In my opinion, that is a little extreme, but to each his own. I agree with a lot of the points he makes in the video and encourage you to check it out.
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Positive message and encouraging, I love positive messages. I enjoyed it. It really makes you stop and think about what your impact is going to be in the world, and how everyday you can be better than you were yesterday..encouraging you to be the very best person that you can be. What is my sentence? "She is a hard worker with a great sense of integrity and puts 100% into everything she does!" What is YOURS??
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Margeaux,
ReplyDeleteYour sentence is great! I had a difficult time coming up with mine. I also found that video inspiring. I thought Dan Brown took it a bit too far as well. Also, I find it really annoying when people yell to get their point across; I'm sure he was trying to convey passion for his topic but it just annoyed me. Your blog looks great!
Margeaux,
ReplyDeleteYou make a great argument for the negatives of the current learning system. You do a good job of explaining why it is not beneficial and what needs to be done to make it better. There are some good reasons to meet in person and you showed that with your statement ... while some more "in depth", hands on classes do require class time. I think the classroom needs to be a place to work face-to-face with your peers and teachers to learning more in-depth and in a collaborative environment.