While watching the video "Thinking Creatively: Teachers as Designers of Content, Pedagogy & Technology", I learned several things, but three of those things really stuck out to me.
The first thing I learned was that a specialist in math or scientist or any other subject do NOT make the best teacher for that subject, but a teacher that is TRAINED to teach are better to pass on that content. I though this was interesting, but it made a lot of sense because a scientist may know everything about chemistry, but if he tries to tutor a student he might not have the skills or ability or even patience to do so.
The next thing I learned is there is, indeed, an art and "skill" if you will, about teaching. Similar to my point above, I think there is a special talent that teachers have to learn to be able to teach, and do it well.
The last thing I learned was- we are not simply supplying our students with knowledge. We are also encouraging and helping them to open their minds to greater depths (while squeezing in a little technology!).
I loved how the two men in this video went about their presentation. They took something very simple and boring and turned it into a fun (and quite hilarious) way to learn about creative thinking/teaching.
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