Pay Attention!

     Most of the time, as teachers, the question that arises in our hearts may be what kind of material I should prepare to teach students, how I can help them improve themselves or if students would think my class is boring or too hard to them.... After watching the video, "Pay Attention," it reminds me to think how students learn. The ways they learn are various. They may learn logically, spatially, musically, or linguistically.  In 21st-centruy, they learn digitally when playing video game, talking on cell phones, watching TV, and using computers which is the most common tool that people use everyday. Not only because it is convenient but because the rich information that one can find through browsing. Honestly, the sentence "How much richness does your curriculum  provide" impress me a lot because it actually points out an important point in a teacher's instruction. The information that a teacher can cover definitely will not be as rich as computers because the limitation of time and lesson plan. But, on computers, students are able to get as many information as they want and at any time. Also, as suggested in the video, students have the chance the create with digital devices which is something that a traditional way of learning cannot offer. Being a teacher 21st century, I think it is important to offer a site of teacher-student interaction not only in classroom but through digital sources. Further, there are lots of free sources online that can compensate the inadequacy of traditional teaching. It is really significant that teaching in 21st century is completely different from the previous; teaching no longer merely belongs to be offer by teachers but also by digital devices. And, learning is not just students' responsibility anymore; teachers in this century have to keep learning how to use digital sources to improve their students.

Computers Assist Learning

     On an Yahoo group, "Learning with Computers," one can find various information for people among different groups. For instance, it offers information not only for children with children books, games but some ideas about pedagogy with distance learning and free technology for teachers. Being a teacher in 21st -century classroom, students are the the only person who need to learn something new. Teachers should learn how to present instructions through technology. With this blog, both teachers and students are able to find some suggestions toward technological teaching, websites or books they may be interested or even discover new ways to assist learning and teaching. Though its target blog readers may be teachers, students still can try to receive the information they need through checking the websites or instructions such as using mobile phones and learn to create their own social stream with other people. As in the video, Levine mentions people should no longer having the idea of being failed to keep up but should start with building a connection with networks of college through emails, blogs.... Staying connected is important for people since we can learn something we do not know from others, including their experiments or experiences in life. Additionally, one should also put what they already learned or are familiar with aside, touch something new and continue learning.  In my home country, smart phones are not that wide-spreaded as in the U.S.; however, I think teachers still can start creating teaching with technology through using computers. After all, lots of free tools and websites can be found online to assist teaching and learning.