Summary Post C4T Teacher #3

Dorothy Burt's Blog

A New Twist to Parent Engagement

This post by Dorothy Burt was very moving and tells a lot about Mrs. Burt's background and belief. It starts by explaining a project she did using 7 and 8 year olds. The unique twist about this project was that the students were the teachers and the parents were the learners. A lot of times we can learn more by teaching than being taught. Seh provides a video of a group of children teaching their parents. The part of this post that was moving was the prayer. This particular prayer was asking the Lord for help as the students entered their learning environment. It was particularly based around learning while using technology. She prayed for the students to thoroughly learn while she effectively taught. This prayer was awesome to me and a big indication of how great of a teacher Mrs. Burt is.

Student Internet Use in the Holidays

This post by Dorothy Burt was based on finding out how much access students had to the internet over the holidays and how they used their time on the internet. She also wanted to see what was popular in different age groups. She lists a set of questions that the students would be asked so that a survey could be taken. She not only wanted to know how much access the students had to the internet, but more in depth questions such as whether they actually used the mouse or were they just observing someone else use the internet such as a parent. This information can be very useful when teaching students using technology. We, as teachers, can have a basic understanding of their knowledge prior to teaching it.