I really expected that the class would have accomplished more that it has (@ 10:25 pm, Monday, Feb 1) but perhaps we need some more time to discuss the assignment and the technology requirements. I hope that everyone will bring her laptop and we can make some more progress in class. If not, we will have to make a trip to the library or some reasonable facsimile, but I know that we will catsup. . .assuming everyone can cut the mustard ;-)
Check your blog address on the class website t ensure you can meet the minimum requirment... .]
Please remember that this course is a survey course for secondary education in the 21st Century. . .I want to push you to really evaluate your practice as well as utilize technology as a medium of the course content . . .and your class content. . .which I see as more important than the original goals of EDSS 530.
Tonight: I will ensure that you understand how to complete the Rethinking High Schools chapter summaries. . . and how to post your projects to the class ning network. . .and how to do the assessment, etc. We will also discuss the Ethnography and how it will work look as a finished project.
Important: I have posted the Intro and Chapter 1 of the book, "Disrupting Class," by Clayton Christensen. I would be ecstatic if you could access the document on the drop.io/edss530 page and bring a copy to class (only if you do not have a laptop). PLEASE TELL YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS TO BRING TO CLASS. . .I am really interested to see how "Second to None" relates to current theories on learning and education. . . .password: what does Shaun White do for a living?
Week Two Question: What is the best book you had to read in high school? I am still stuck on "Catcher in the Rye," but perhaps I am being sentimental. . .
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Best book I read in high school was " Call of the Wild"
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for Hemingway, especially The Sun Also Rises, probably because I've had to read it at least 10 times for different college courses (including Brit. Lit??)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed "The Grapes of Wrath"
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the book "The Great Gatsby", for some reason I read it in a couple of my classes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Randy, I also enjoyed "The Great Gatsby".
ReplyDeleteI don't know...but I remember reading "To Kill a Mockingbird"
ReplyDelete"The Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving is what opened the flood gates for me. Maybe not the best recommendation for all high school students but I liked it. It was NOT required reading. It's probably banned. There's a movie too.
ReplyDelete1984 by Orwell. It started a ruckus within me. Perfect book for the kind of kid I was.
ReplyDeleteThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough was one I liked (and one I actually remember).
ReplyDelete"To Kill a Mockingbird" - I think this was the only book I actually read.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book in high school was the movie theater
ReplyDeletein all seriousness, I really liked Fahrenheit 451 or whatever degrees it was. I liked because the movie we watched after reading it was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird
ReplyDeleteI dug LORD OF THE FLIES
ReplyDeleteFear and Loathing in Las Vegas, not exactly for class, but I was in high school.
ReplyDeleteand I felt like I "had" to read it
ReplyDeleteBest high school book has to be: "The Ugly American"
ReplyDeleteI agree that "Catcher in the Rye" was a great book also, but I went to boarding school and did that whole east coast thing. "The Ugly American" on the other hand was a great short book. Each chapter was a short story which was interesting, entertaining and historical. You know how history teachers always try to introduce that 1 text which shows the opposing point of view of the loser of a war and how they would wrote their view/version of history. Well this book is full of those stories from the minority point of view which was historical. A short quick read which is well worth it. I wonder where my copy went now that I think about it.
I remember enjoying "The Great Gatsby". I also remember having to read "Lord of the Flies" about 3 times, so I ended up getting so sick of that book!
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