Aristotle says:
Teaching is the highest form of understanding
Alan November, in the book Curriculum 21 by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, lists “Tutorial Designers” as one of the six new roles to develop empowered learners.
If these two educators , separated by over 2000 years in history, are right… then we should be pushing students to do just that. We need to give them opportunities to become teachers.
The creation and maintenance of the Math Wiki by our Middle Schoolers was the perfect platform to expose students to an array of design tools to create tutorials for their classmates and other math students around the world.
Take a look at the following tools used and student examples.
Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerPoint
SmartBoard Notebook
SmartBoard Notebook
- Screenshot software
Using Skitch
Google Docs-Drawing
Google Earth
iMovie/MovieMaker
Student Created Tutorials from langwitches on Vimeo.
Garageband or Vocaroo (web based recording)
[audio:http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/new-rap-for-multiplying-and-dividing.mp3]
Another great post – you are a constant source of inspiration – Thank you so much!
Have a wonderful day!
Neil
A wonderful example of students taking charge of their own learning. I like the way they’ve chosen different tools to do their teaching. This must have boosted their self-esteem too.
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This has greatly influence even more my approach to the curriculum as I do believe that both teachers and students must be both teachers and learners continuously together. Alan November and Langwitches – bookmark and follow both!