Restructing Education Through Technology

I enjoyed this article for three reasons (which made it easier to discuss with our class). First, I thought this article was understandable (language and content). Second, the ideas presented were interesting. Breaking education down to teacher, student, content, context, and environment caused me to think about my teaching experience and how this five things combine was a good experience for me. Teaching is much more then lesson plans or classroom discipline. Thinking about the learning process from the students perspective, about what content would be most needed, etc., helped me look at my teaching (changes to teaching are still in process). The part of the article where the five parts of teaching were paired with each other (context-student, content-environment, etc.) helped isolate each component in my mind. This made it a much better learning experience for me! The third reason I enjoyed the article was Frick's 'Now' and 'What if...' section. Frick wrote this article in 1991, when the internet was bring to be used. His what 'What if...' section is our now, so as I read it was fun to see if Frick's possibilites had come to fruition. In the seven areas, some of the ideas were in use but not all of them were used. Overall, I'm glad my group had this article to discuss with the class.