I decided to search the words "creativity, technology, education" in YouTube this morning. I stumbled upon this video. It is the founder of the Khan Academy, Salman Khan, which of whom I know little to nothing about.
Watch this 10:32 video.
"Class has so much potential..."
"...the magic happens when people talk to each other"
I am pleasantly surprised, challenged, and motivated by this school of thought. I like the idea that the Khan Academy promotes developing thought- the founder suggests using class time to talk to our students and create meaningful projects. For example, use class time to talk about what probability in math is-rather than lecturing about it. Use real life examples and have a conversation about it with those invaluable 43 minutes of high school math a day.
As educators, the problem that teachers have is "there's no time for this", but if the videos at home were able to teach the core principles and help students to develop and learn at home in a sequential and effective way, then the role of the teacher in the classroom would change dramatically. There would be time to communicate and teach and foster thinking- rather than lecturing principles and concepts and shoving them out the door.
I strongly believe that common sense these days is more of a "super power" rather than something many of us share. Our children are going through the motions, not really learning much, while their home days fly by. I love the idea of using the classroom to talk to kids, and be more open to learning together.
Thoughts? Can we implement this style of teaching on our own through pod casts, YouTube, blogs, facebook, etc?
Can we take teaching to the next level using the ideas of the Khan Academy?
I feel inspired and have an amazing drive to implement this style of teaching in my high school Spanish classroom.
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