About Me
- Scott Barner
- "The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book." ~Author Unknown
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
"Education Needs a Digital Age Upgrade"?
“What if bad writing is a product of the form of writing required in school — the term paper — and not necessarily intrinsic to a student’s natural writing style or thought process?” She adds: “What if ‘research paper’ is a category that invites, even requires, linguistic and syntactic gobbledygook?"
This quote affects in me in a very personal way--throughout my time as a student, about 4/5 of my life, I have always run into the problem of educators having an unreachable level of expectation for any "papers" to be turned in. What most of those people never really considered is that the students they may have labeled as the "unteachable," or the "failures" were, more often than not, the true geniuses of the classrooms, but they were never given the opportunity, or the right outlet for their specific talents. If the educators had provided more ways than a "term" or "research" paper to share knowledge, these students could more easily reach their truest potential.
Writing "papers" can be a daunting task--and for this reason, I feel that the picture below fits this topic perfectly.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
My First "Hello!"--ou, mon premier "Bonjour!"
Hello everyone!
Just a quick introduction--my name is Scott Barner, and I am currently a Senior at Fairmont State University. I am working toward two degrees--one in French, and one in Education with specializations in French and General Science. With these degrees, I hope that I am able to bring the joy of learning these subjects to anyone in the age range of 10 years old and above--they are my primary focus.
I believe students need to be thoroughly invloved in learning throughout the classroom. Some activities that would encourage this include, but are not limited to: full classroom games, rotational question participation, voluntary reading aloud, and many others. When a student is involved in a classroom, the student is more likely to be excited about a certain subject.
Hopefully throughout the time of this course, and this blog, I will be able to learn more about how to integrate technology in my future classroom!
à toute à l'heure! (See ya later!)
Scott
Just a quick introduction--my name is Scott Barner, and I am currently a Senior at Fairmont State University. I am working toward two degrees--one in French, and one in Education with specializations in French and General Science. With these degrees, I hope that I am able to bring the joy of learning these subjects to anyone in the age range of 10 years old and above--they are my primary focus.
I believe students need to be thoroughly invloved in learning throughout the classroom. Some activities that would encourage this include, but are not limited to: full classroom games, rotational question participation, voluntary reading aloud, and many others. When a student is involved in a classroom, the student is more likely to be excited about a certain subject.
Hopefully throughout the time of this course, and this blog, I will be able to learn more about how to integrate technology in my future classroom!
à toute à l'heure! (See ya later!)
Scott
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