Blog Post #6

The Networked Student
The video, The Networked Student by Wendy Drexler, helps me understand this class better. I know understand why Dr. Strange teaches the way he does. I kinda understood why he did before but now this just solidifies my thinking. He teaches in a way that he is like the bumper rails on a bowling lane.
Just like in the video Dr. Strange gives up different assignments to get us to use different skills that we will actually use in teaching. He also getting us familiarized with tools that we will have to use in the classroom to be the best teacher we can be. Skills and tools such as using blogger website as well as using Google for things other than just searching the web. Using these tools now will he us as teachers be ready for the new technology that will eventually find its way into the classroom as a requirement and not just an option.
As for the question "why does he need a teacher?". The answer is because as he was learning about whatever topic he was doing he still needed someone to guide him in the right direction. Again, its like having the bumpers up when you are trying to teach someone how to bowl. You are no gone simply say roll the ball down the lane and hit the pins, you should teach them proper technique and put the bumpers up until they get to a point where they can do it on there own. The same is to be said for the 21st century student, he has to be helped along while still learning how to do it for himself until he understands how to do it completely by himself.