In reading John Spencer's Blog, I learned about different ways students can interact in the classroom and learn more. I enjoyed the way that John explained things by giving stories and examples. Although, the posts were confusing at first the more I read them the more I started to enjoy them. In his posts, he talked about the quest of the pencil in which his teacher told them they would go on a journey, but instead they were viewing the internet and looking for pen pals. This was a great experience they had and he felt that learning just got a lot better at that moment. He felt like the more the students interact with the internet and letting them teach themselves the more they get out of learning.
John also had another post which was explaining the Con Academy. This post explained how instead of students’ always writing essays and filling out worksheets they need to get involved with their learning and start becoming the teacher. It was a whole new method of teaching and it allowed the students to understand the material and work of figuring out and telling the class. In the post, he gave a story of the teacher proposing this idea to the principal and gave him his ideas. I really enjoyed that story because he used the classroom as an academy and asked are you really able to help all these kids? His answer was no but if you think about it there is enough children to help each other and that’s the whole point of the Con Academy. The point is that instead of making the teacher help all the students, the students can now help each other and learn in a whole new way. Overall, I have enjoyed reading the post by John Spencer and learning about different ways students can learn in the classroom.
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