There have already been a wealth of great makes on all of the different CLMOOC spaces this week. There have also been some great discussions and questions surrounding remediation - its potential and some of its challenges. If you're as excited and we are about remediation and making, don't forget to join us tonight for our live Make with Me on Google Hangout from 6-7pm (CST)! We'll be discussing remediating - what it means, how we do it, and how it functions in our classrooms. If you can't make the Hangout, be sure to watch the archived discussion HERE.
Today's demonstration was led by Lucia who asked us consider a funds of knowledge approach when working with students from different cultures in our classrooms. From Lucia's presentation: "Funds of knowledge is a term used 'to refer to the historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills essential for household or individual functioning or well being'" (Kier-Lopez).
There may not be a better question to ask than "how do I get to know my students, their interests and their situations?" There is certainly a large body of research pointing to success in classrooms that honor students' diverse cultural backgrounds. Lucia recommends that teachers "validate a student's identity and home culture as worthy of expression, as interesting, and as specialized knowledge that others want to know."
This demonstration was rich and raised a lot of interesting points and questions. Thanks Lucia for reminding us of the importance of honoring all students' backgrounds, talents, and experiences.
There may not be a better question to ask than "how do I get to know my students, their interests and their situations?" There is certainly a large body of research pointing to success in classrooms that honor students' diverse cultural backgrounds. Lucia recommends that teachers "validate a student's identity and home culture as worthy of expression, as interesting, and as specialized knowledge that others want to know."
This demonstration was rich and raised a lot of interesting points and questions. Thanks Lucia for reminding us of the importance of honoring all students' backgrounds, talents, and experiences.
After lunch we had the very awesome opportunity to hang out in the Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory (IDEALL). Special thanks to Dr. Emma Mercier for walking us through the touchscreen tables in the lab and getting us to think about some of the possibilities that collaborative technology can unlock!
Last stop - Creative Commons. As we continue to discuss the reality of making in this multimodal world, it becomes clear that we have to be thoughtful about the types of media we use and remediate. Discussions about plagiarism have been a staple of the English Language Arts classroom for decades, but many of us find ourselves at a loss when it comes to addressing new media and how to appropriately incorporate it into our and our students' work. Creative Commons offers students, teachers, and users the opportunity to find, use, and remediate open-source media. It was valuable to have a conversation among colleagues about how we use open-source media (and how sometimes we don't!)