TakeAways from 2/24

In tonight's class we saw three examples of integrated technoloy lessons and assignments. In these examples, technology wasn't just the "icing on the cake," but a key componment in how student's expressed their understandings and learnings. This seems to be a very authentic way to demonstrate growth and learning as students are able to connect in visual, auditory, and linguistic ways.  Some included short prose in their work, and their vocabulary and sytax was very converstational.  This aided in the sense that it gave solid insight into the understandings of the high school students, but I couldn't help but think how those words would be recieved had they been on an exam or paper. I'm seeing a big disconnect between these projects and the realities of American high school students.