School 2.0 Reflection Tool (NETS 5)

NETS T 2 - Design Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments; I chose this Standard because I firmly believe learning through experience is easier to retain.

http://thejournal.com/Articles/2008/05/01/21st-Century-Teaching-and-Learning-Assessing-New-Knowledge.aspx?sc_lang=en&Page=1  The article is titled, 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Assessing New Knowledge, by Ruth Reynard

In the same way autumn turns the green leaves gold, the 21st century turns knowledge virtual, meaning a constant cycle is always changing.  From what I understand after reading Ruth Reynard's article, 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Assessing New Knowledge, the practice of learning constantly evolves.  With the constant change a record is desired to assess the learning function.  The teacher must assess the methods derived from student learning.  In the process of digital learning, a digital lineage of learning is illustrated.  With technology allowing surveillance, the complexity of learning can be followed; thus the process to assess learning has become easier.

The student living along the frontier of technology can explore new routes to learning, that is to say students can work together digitally and teachers can oversee the development of technological proficiency; such as student web logs.  Reynard expresses the value and recognition of the digital student.  Along with technology’s ubiquity, the students and teachers have advantage of the digital world and implement it into the classroom.  Taking advantage of the digital world allows the assessment process to be illustrated digitally and gives the instructor a chance to oberve and learn from a lineage of class work researched throughout the web.  The resources are endless among the web.  The turn of the century calls for a turn in education and with technology innovating education, teachers and students are exposed to new tools to assess learning and new fashions that lead onward to knowledge.