Week 4 -(2) T2P

If a teacher focuses on enabling the creative processes of their students’ inner workings , then the students are more apt to form ideas and thoughts on their own. This is because they are letting their creative juices flow, and are embracing their ideas and questions rather than stifling them. Through examples and activities that require speculations and evaluations from our students, they are guided to the path of tapping into their inner thoughts. Also, via examples and applications, we see the subject area in a new light that makes it more tangible and real.  Logic, problem solving, and integration of different lessons and knowledge are all becoming enhanced within the student. Building connections, as well as spotting differences between thoughts and examples, promotes analysis. Through self analysis via application we can re-evaluate why we thought, or didn't think, a certain way. In these analyses, answers to these questions are rarely simple. Thus, more questions often arise in order reach a deeper understanding of the concepts present.

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**Vicki Davis**
If you give students the resources and time to work with different technological programs, these students can thrive on their own by becoming self-taught, as well as self-relient in the learning process.This notion of self teaching is one shared by Sugata Mitra. In his many studies that he conducted in Africa, and India, Mitra came to conclude that students in a group of their peers can learn to use technology without instruction. Thus, students should be given the chance to work in groups settings, as well as individually, so as to enhance their collaborative skills. This changes the class dynamic in that the teacher isn't the main focus. Instead the teacher is there to help direct them in their path of exploration, the learning environment is one that promotes autonomy and relatedness. In this class setting the students are given the chance to take leadership and teaching roles. This change in roles helps the students see themselves in a whole new light and in doing so, the students show competence in the subject matter through demonstration. This competency, as well as the dual role of the student as the teacher, promotes self-esteem and self-determination. This is because the students feel as though they are contributors to the learning environment, as opposed to observers. As contributors, they have the inner drive to go out into the world and learn for themselves and to then apply their findings and learnings to what they chose to teach the class. A key point that Davis made was that teachers do not need to know everything about the subject matter they teach, rather they are students themselves. By allowing students to teach you something, you can open new doors into a more hands-on learning environment that enhances the self-worth of your students.