Friday, September 30, 2011
KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND INTERESTS PREVENTS THEM FROM GETTING LOST
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"Teaching must capitalize on students' preferred literacy behaviors online." (Abilock, 2003)
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It is our responsibility as teachers to understand students' preferred literacy behaviors online in order to better teach them this way. When subject matter seems to have no value to a student this creates a lack of interest. In order for us to get our student's to take interest in our lesson plans we must incorporate subjects that interest them. We also must keep in mind the way that students use the Internet. Not all the myths of student behavior online are true but we must keep behaviors in mind when presenting curriculum this way. If students don't even scroll past the fold then it is imperative that we get our students attention before the fold to encourage them to read on. I believe it is important as a teacher to stay one step ahead of our students especially when it comes to technology and to reasearch current student interests in order to motivate learning.
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References
Abilock, D. (2003, December). A seven power lens on 21st century literacy. Retrieved from http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools
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I agree. Teachers have to be able to keep the attention of the classroom, and the only way to do that is to keep them interested. When students aren't interested they won't pay attention and in that they won't learn or take anything out of the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI really like the 6 subtle ways.... website! I'll need to add those to my lecture next semester!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Keeping a child's interest is the key to learning. If the child can't focus or pay attention because it doesn't pull them in then it is the teachers job to find a new way to reach them. Having teachers staying one step ahead of the students technologically is the best way to focus and peak the interest and help them grasp the information.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we as teachers need to stay on top of things and try to make our lessons more exciting and fun for the students so they actually want to learn. The drop out rate is so high I believe because students just are not interested. Now, while I believe that it is mostly the students and parents faults for the lack of interest, it is our job to try to make them interested.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we need to stay ahead of our students when it comes to knowledge of technology. But I don't know if that will always be possible. Children are like little sponges they are always absorbing new information. I think that if information is presented to them and we give them the right tools to learn then they will be interested and want to learn.
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