Blog Post 10
In contrast to many other technological tools, could see myself using survey's quite a bit. The first way I could see them used as a history teacher is as a way to for students to reach out discreetly to the teacher, for example if students feel a test was unreasonably hard, a class wide survey could be the perfect way to express that sentiment. Secondly, I could use class wide survey's as a way to gain the students insights into the course without fear of judgement by peers or by the grading system. In short I think survey's will be useful as a way for students to control their own education without negative consequence.
The thing that I have found the most interesting about observing the blogs of this class is the way that students and future teachers disseminate information. Time and time again you see the production of educational content in various ways. You can see the various ways that people try to put their own spin on what they think a teacher should sound and act when interacting with their peers. Thus the most interesting thing about it is how they intend to do the most important thing a teacher can do, namely, teach.
I would love to learn how to 3d print various models and representations of historical artifacts and architecture. The way that I intend to learn such things is by researching the way that 3d printing is accomplished and looking for cost effective ways of accomplishing such things. From there I will endeavor to master the art of creating schematics for 3d printed objects. Finally I will try to find ways to organically incorporating this practice into my work as an educator.
I agree that as a history teacher, you could really benefit from using surveys in class. You could either use them to obtain anonymous opinions from your students or as a way to evaluate how well they are doing in class without a graded assignment. I also really liked your take on observing our blogs; you pointed out how we are all thinking of the same thing in many different ways which is a very cool way to look at it.
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