EMDT Scott: Readings LMO Week 2 Blog

"Honestly, leveraging this type of approach, building an array of interactive and reusable educational media files, would revolutionize my classroom. True, while it can take a significant amount of time to develop digital materials, once a specific lesson or example has been produced, it can easily be stored, recalled, and distributed to learners. Furthermore, organizations often talk about developing "community" and "common language" among staff and faculty in order to develop a compelling call-to-action that excites clients, students, etc. Creating sharable media can help enhance this process. Adding to this process, by developing such materials in-house, institutions and educators are practicing many of the same digital competencies that are likely to be required of students in tomorrow's workplace."

(Retrieved on August 15, 2010 from http://emdtscott.blogspot.com/2010/08/lmo-wk-2-blog-1-readings.html)

My Comments:

I agree, No more file cabinets… lets find the different urls and start a database inclusive of all of our paper resources. If the content was self created, well then its time to electronically archive them and or start publishing our own content on the web. Reusable educational media files would revolutionalize my classroom too!

I started this approach over the past two years on my own, as the economic crisis unfolded and the copying paper became nonexistent. I began to electronically archiving my work on my website, where learners could click and read the assignments on their school and or home computer. No more: “ I lost the assignment” as I no longer hand out any Xerox papers. If the learner wants to print a copy, they are welcome to do so.

I too am eager to start a new academic year this September, to continue my digital learning environment and to set the 21^st century example of incorporating technology into the classroom, as well as allowing learners and their parents and guardians to click on the content links and promote a community that supports the learners academic development.