Thursday, October 15, 2009

Wk3 Ron Smith Interview Interactive Q&As


1. Ron Smith is the lead teacher at _______________________________________ in ___________________________.

2. What type of education does Hollywood High School focus on?

3. What are students using to express themselves creatively?

4. Why does Ron Smith say his classroom is “like a laboratory”?

5. Why does Ron Smith say “teachers are part of the problem”?

6. What does Ron Smith mean by: digital teaching is all front-loaded?

7. What technologies are students excited about?

8. What company created Sketch Up?

9. What resources work with Sketch Up?

10. How does Ron Smith respond when a student asks “How do I do that?”

11. What does Ron Smith see as the trends in education?

Answers

A1. Hollywood High School / Hollywood, CA

A2. Careers in the entertainment industry or media related businesses

A3. Animation / Flash Animation

A4. He tries new technology as soon as he hears about it and tests it on the students.

A5. Teachers are happy to simply use PowerPoint.

A6. There is a lot of work in the beginning.

A7. Scratch, Sketch Up, Blender

A8. Google

A9. Google Maps, images

A10. “I don’t know. You figure it out.”

A11. Curriculum design

YouTube video: Ron Smith interview, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0e3YlOFPcQ retrieved October 15, 2009

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