week 3 reflection

Okay -- trying this a second time, cross your fingers...

Reflections on this week's stuff...



I really liked the section on plain English. That seems to me to be an important consideration in today's world of standards. Are we really telling students what the learning target is if we can even break it easily down into student-friendly language? I also liked the student videos in this section. We don't have a lot of technology so I can see this as something I could actually do with what I have. I also like the idea of students creating the pictures pencil/paper before shooting the video. It's good for their brains to do that kind of work.
 

The copyright information was interesting and eye-opening. I'm sure I'm not alone in the world thinking that things published on the internet were part of the fair domain. It seems like almost everything is covered under copyright. It's definitely a good thing to discuss with students in addition to plagiarism.  I do wonder, though, how sites like Facebook are able to add links to your page from anywhere (news, videos, etc.).  It would seem like that would be a copyright violation.


I like how the editors have created a pretty straightforward, yet informative book.  One thing the really impressed me was the research on the benefits of pictures and movies that date from the 1950’s!!  Our profession always seems to be on a pendulum going one direction or the other.  It was reassuring that the best practices from the 50’s – 80’s still make a lot of sense today.  I’m also glad to have the research resources.  I don’t know about anyone else in the class, but in my building it’s important to have the research that shows how practices benefit kids.