A well orchestrated lesson involves the movements of expansion and contraction, imagining possibilities and focusing on answers, seeking connections and drawing conclusions. The lesson becomes organic, it breathes and the students breathe with it.
The computer screen - it creates a focal point, a narrowing down. When I compare options of getting each learner access to Web 2.0, the image of students concentrating their focus onto tiny little screens makes my muscles tighten. Give them big beautiful screens; let them appreciate their work in full view with multiple windows open one beside the other. Let them sit back and view their creations and take a deep breath. It is much easier to take a deep breath when sitting straight or sitting back, arms in an open gesture, than (watch somebody on their PDA) when hunching forward, head bowed, wrists together bringing the arms into a closed gesture.
Stay open. Keep breathing.
1 comment:
I love your organic images: a lesson as a breathing, living organism. It makes education sound live a vital part of students' lives rather than an annoying add-on.
Post a Comment