I was assigned to a teacher by the name of Jerrid W. Kruse. The first blog was on the concept of making sure that when using technology, you are making sure the student is focused on the topic and not just how to use the program to relay the topic. His argument is that students fail to remember the topic but remember the fact that they put together a slide show instead. I felt that creativity is great, but you have to figure out that balance between creativity and technology and the student retaining the topic or information.
The second blog is focused on different strategies for classroom participation on the topic of the nature of science. He did an experiment with two different concepts in which students learn about the subject. The first was using an informal assessment where the students did a one time reflection of what they had learned and any questions they may have. The second group did this as well a a formal assessment throughout the semester through a process of continual, reflective, and explicit assessment. The second group outperformed the first group due to a more in depth approach they gave them an opportunity to do self reflection as well as reflection from the teacher.
My opinion basically goes right along with his projection that a continual reflection of material over a period of time is a great way for students to retain the information. Class participation absolutely gets better results when you generate a buzz around a subject.
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