Reaction:
The website at first is very over whelming with the amount of data and information given. It takes a little time to feel your way around and realize how the site is being laid out. Even after viewing it several times it seems to be difficult to navigate. The thing that I see positive is the main idea that the site is promoting. This being that yes we need to covers our typical core subjects but also to cover life and career skills, learning and innovation skills and finally information media and technology skills. I think this is a positive addition to what most schools are teaching now.Overall I did not disagree with anything being presented on the site.
Information Provided:
I like to idea that the website provides not only information about upcoming speakers but also gives information on previous presentations. It is nice to be able to look back at the speeches and the materials that they used during the speech, such as power points. There are a lot of resources once you are a able to find them. The website gives an easy to follow rating scale to make searching the resources a little less daunting. I was a little surprised that they twittered their information but I should have expected as much from what they are promoting. I really like the fact with the information that is given that even more information could be found through hyperlinks to other websites.
Educators and Students:
As educators and/or students I think we needs to take in a serious consideration of the ideas that this group is pushing for. The criteria that they are pushing for will be highly beneficial to both teacher and students. Their focus seems to solely be one prepare using for the future yet to come. We should utilize the information provided to further enhance our teaching strategies and better prepare ourselves for the future. There is great amount of knowledge that can be gained from this site and others like it.
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Jonas,
ReplyDeleteI agree that this site has an abundant amount of information. It seems to be a great resource for anyone in the field of education. We all want to prepare our students for the future. The best way to do that is to be prepared ourselves. I think this organization can be a tool to us to support our efforts. I hope more states become involved and or there are more organizations like it soon.
Jonas,
ReplyDeleteI also agree that this site was a bit overwhelming, but included a lot of useful information. I found it interesting to see which states were committed in this partnership and which weren't. I feel that if more schools, teachers and administrators were aware of this site, there may be more states involved. This topic is very important for our students future success and is something that all educators should know about.