Over at Marc and Angel Hack Life, they’ve a compilation of “12 Dozen Places to Educate Yourself Online for Free.”
It’s got me wondering.
What if you said this to a student:
Here’s today’s newspaper.
(student reads for a bit)
What are some things you wonder based on what you just read?
(student lists questions)
Okay, so let that guide your learning today. Here’s a blog post to get you started. How would you like to show your learning around these questions?
(student thinks, lists, and sets goals)
To get you started, here’s a blog post that can help you find some starting places for your search. Feel free to work with anyone else based on the questions attached to people’s names I’ve posted around the room. I’m here if you have any questions.
(students start learning)
Let me ask my two favorite questions:
If this seems strange, why?
If this doesn’t seem strange, why?
That doesn't seem strange because I've seen it work. About half of a Senior Writing class I did a few years ago very closely resembled that scenario. I've never seen a group of 17/18 year-olds so excited about learning new things. It was flooring (and exciting for me).