Blog Assignment 7

The Networked Student is a video displaying a student using networking frequently in the classroom. It is a change from our traditional classroom settings. Classrooms in the past and some present classrooms use the traditional setting with the teacher lecturing for an hour at a time. The students have no involvement besides listening and taking notes. They read from a text book for hours at a time, learning little to nothing sometimes. This is changing for the best of our future students.

In this video the student has a teacher, but her job is not to lecture the students and drill them to read their textbooks. Her job is to teach the students at a different level involving networking. Networking involves the students blogging, commenting, and using the web to connect to others around the world.  This reminds me a lot of what we are doing in our classroom today.

This way of teaching allows the students to become more involved. If the students are involved more there is greater chance of an increase in learning. The students are able to learn things that they have never learned before that will possibly be interesting to them. Students have a lack of interest in school and this may change that for the future in a positive way.

Seventh Graders PLE

This seventh grader’s PLE was beyond amazing. I’m in the process of learning how to do my PLN, so in comparison this student is beyond my experience in this.  This student has so many links that will always be useful for them in the future. The teacher has set this up for the students use and I’m sure it has a great impact in the classroom. I believe the PLE is great for any student. It is also very beneficial to use for other assignment or activities.