1. The first time I submitted an assignment online was my
senior year of high school in my online
English class. It was a big change from how I used to write papers and do
assignments and I wish that my teachers in past years would have introduced
that kind of online submission and interaction earlier. That is at least one
thing that I would suggest them to add in their curriculum. Also, I would
suggest making a class blog or discussion board where all the students would
get a chance to post and respond so that they are better prepared for college.
2. I know that today’s dentists are much different even from dentists ten years ago. The technological advances are insane. There are so many new tools and machines that do almost all the work for you in the field of dentistry; it’s all about knowing how to operate them. I don’t think Oakland can really prepare me for that in my undergraduate years just because they are preparing me to take the DAT in order to get into dental school. Then in graduate school I will be prepared for the skills I need to operate and use the new technology.
3. I feel that when I write in a blog or an email I can be myself and I don’t have to worry about any formatting or proper persuading or citing. I think that things like the “five paragraph essay” or a “1,000 word essay” limits how I can write and can sometimes even force me to stretch out papers when they already sounded good 300 words ago. Putting specific formatting and requirements on papers can be stressful and I don’t feel that I write as good as I would in a relaxed setting.
4. If I were a math teacher I would do a lot of things differently than most of today’s math teachers. First of all, I would never have my students memorize formulas or equations. To me, it doesn’t make sense to do that even with today’s technology because anyone can just look up formulas for whatever problem they have in a matter of seconds. I feel that having to memorize equations makes the test more stressful and takes away from the whole point of the test; which is to test the student’s ability to do the problem correctly. Also, since technology and the world are always changing, I would especially focus on making sure they have the basics down that society will never stop using.
5. I definitely agree with Virginia Heffernen and the main focus of the piece; which was “…we can’t keep preparing students for a world that doesn’t exist.” Everyone needs to realize that there is a need for an update in the way teachers teach and a change in the curriculum. A related to everything she wrote in her piece. It’s so true that when students are forced to write a specific kind of paper that has to be a certain length students don’t write as well as they would without all that.
2. I know that today’s dentists are much different even from dentists ten years ago. The technological advances are insane. There are so many new tools and machines that do almost all the work for you in the field of dentistry; it’s all about knowing how to operate them. I don’t think Oakland can really prepare me for that in my undergraduate years just because they are preparing me to take the DAT in order to get into dental school. Then in graduate school I will be prepared for the skills I need to operate and use the new technology.
3. I feel that when I write in a blog or an email I can be myself and I don’t have to worry about any formatting or proper persuading or citing. I think that things like the “five paragraph essay” or a “1,000 word essay” limits how I can write and can sometimes even force me to stretch out papers when they already sounded good 300 words ago. Putting specific formatting and requirements on papers can be stressful and I don’t feel that I write as good as I would in a relaxed setting.
4. If I were a math teacher I would do a lot of things differently than most of today’s math teachers. First of all, I would never have my students memorize formulas or equations. To me, it doesn’t make sense to do that even with today’s technology because anyone can just look up formulas for whatever problem they have in a matter of seconds. I feel that having to memorize equations makes the test more stressful and takes away from the whole point of the test; which is to test the student’s ability to do the problem correctly. Also, since technology and the world are always changing, I would especially focus on making sure they have the basics down that society will never stop using.
5. I definitely agree with Virginia Heffernen and the main focus of the piece; which was “…we can’t keep preparing students for a world that doesn’t exist.” Everyone needs to realize that there is a need for an update in the way teachers teach and a change in the curriculum. A related to everything she wrote in her piece. It’s so true that when students are forced to write a specific kind of paper that has to be a certain length students don’t write as well as they would without all that.
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