Blog Post J. Chapter 11.

Chapter eleven introduced lots of new ideas to me, one I found to be very interesting "are places where students and teachers together make substantive decisions about important aspects of educational operations, from the academic curriculum to school climate and rules."(Maloy, 2013) This is called a democratic schools and classrooms. If teachers were to allow the students the decision of making the calls in the classroom there would be a lot more free time and less time actually learning. For this reason I think that this concept is really cool. The curriculum, and what is being taught is still the job of the teacher, however, how the materiel is going to be taught will be decided by the classroom " through honest dialogue, debate, and discussion making between students and teacher." (Maloy, 2013)


PowToon Digital Portfolios Pros & Cons 

Another great thing I took from chapter eleven is student participation systems. This is a wireless tool that allows interactive learning benefit for teachers and students. After my reeding I cant help but think its something like KaHoot.it where the students have to answer the questions that are being asked on the big screen on their own computer or tablet. The only difference is with the student participation systems, you have an actually clicker or "remote". I think that this idea is a great to get the students to think and play together as a classroom.


Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Montgomery, Mary Audrey. "Digital Portfolios." Digital Portfolios Pros & Cons. 4 Nov. 2015. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.