Exit Slip: 10/14/10

Today's class discussion focused on Chapter 5, The Seeds of a New Education System. The discussion allowed us to think of pros and cons of the different aspects listed in the Chapter. Some of the things we talked about were learning systems, home schooling, video games for learning, and distance education. Another student in class offered a personalized pro of video games for learning which made me change my perspective a little. At first, I agreed with the group that video games such as SIMS are more fore fun than learning. The student in class shared that her son's reading level went up two grades after switching his video games to SIMS games. This made me think about how important it is to keep in mind that all students learn differently. The rest of class we spent talking about our iRLOs and using scratch. Now that I have a little more experience with scratch I think it'll be fun to design an iRLO.