Weds. July 9th - "The Myth of Average" - film response

NOTES

• "What good is tech best technology if you can't reach the best instruments of the world?"
• designing to fit the average
• no such thing as an "average" pilot
• "jagged size profile" - no one is the same on every dimension
• BAN THE AVERAGE
• "deign to the edges" of the pilots
• flexible cockpit (classroom)
• adjustable seat - diverse pilots
• designing textbooks and learning environments for the "average" student
• varying dimensions of learning
• jagged learning profile
• nurture individual potential
• average hurts everyone
• design on average destroys talent > leads to boredom/dropouts > also makes it hard to identify (ie. Science whiz who struggles with reading)
• technology allows us to do more than average
• education has gone digital
• tech is already here - what do we want it to be
• using tech to create FLEXIBLE learning environments
• language translation
• simple solutions with HUGE impacts
• new digital science curriculum
• performance improvement through tech
• formula for success from the Air Force

MY ADJUSTABLE SEAT

I teach multiple courses to multiple grades at the same time, so my entire approach to teaching and learning is an "adjustable seat". I have to gear my lessons toward a wide variety of learning styles, age levels and content, all the while ensuring I am meeting outcomes at different grade levels. Next year I will be teaching a combined 6,7,8,9 Health class. I have been working on a plan of attack for how to approach this but am open to suggestions ;) My idea of what works and what doesn't work in classroom is everchanging. Just when I think I have it all figured out, I am thrown a curveball. I suppose a major component to education is that it should be ever-changing and evolving.

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