I also loved that he included the different apps that we can use as teachers. I think that a lot of times teachers are scared to try different apps so the fact that he recommended these are great. It also went along with that we need to provide information in their language too to help them understand it. With google translate as a tool, we have no excuse as teachers to not provide them with that.

I also like that she pointed out how we tend to stick to using the same method with presenting our lessons. That would be boring for me if I was a student. We need to remember to mix it up or our students are going to fall asleep on us. I think that is something that we need to consciously do or we will forget and keep our lessons boring. 

The second thing I really liked was how he said that students should be researching understanding and communicating. I have had students that will automatically ask me what the answer is. I tell them all the time to either look it up in their notes or look it up on their phone. This way they can get use to looking up the information and understanding it. 

I also liked the part about there being too many things on the wall or the information being redundant. I feel like I have seen so many classrooms where the information is overloading to me, let alone a student. It feels as if you have no idea where to look when you need help, or it is just too distracting when the teacher is talking.  There have also been a lot of times that I have been in a classroom and seen the same information repeated. At that point, the poster is just cluttering the room and doesn’t need to be up there.

a. “How do we shift students from content consumers to content creators?” 

b. The Idea of this video is the importance of allowing our students to create in our classrooms, rather than just “passively consuming” as Matt Miller puts it. Ben Forta discusses a study that was done in Scotland, that found many different positive outcomes of creativity in the classroom: 1. Students are more interested in discovering things for themselves. 2. Students are open to new ideas and challenges. 3. Students are able to solve problems. 4. Students learn to work well with others. 5. Students become very effective learners. 6. Students have great ownership of their learning. All of these positive outcomes are things that we strive to create for our students, but sometimes we are unsuccessful. I strongly agree with Miller and Forta that we must allow our students to create their knowledge through discovery and creation, rather than through us as teachers trying to directly feed them knowledge. Not only will this practice help our students obtain a better understanding of the content we are teaching them, it will help students to develop the creativity and problem-solving skills that can help them succeed at almost any new life experiences.