BP#14 2009123 Peer Review Becky Ward

Running head: WARD BECKY - PEER REVIEW








Ward Becky - Peer Review
TJ Pendergast
Full Sail University






Ward Becky - Peer Review
In BP 6, Anti – Teaching essay, Becky makes some salient points concerning her doubt about new technology being the savior of education.
“As Michael Wesch put it in his article, significance is the problem. Students absolutely need to see the significance and purpose in each one of their classes.” (http://beckyward77.blogspot.com/)
Becky via Michael Wesch’s video is referring to the content of the learning experience. Michael Wesch’s admonishment to pay attention to the significance of what we are teaching our students to learn is critical. Becky appears to understand this argument.
Becky’s BP #4 supports her proposition that learning math needs to connect to the real world whenever possible. This particular web toll does that. It is also a very timely tool for these particular recessionary times. (http://www.walletproof.com/) Teaching her students how to balance a check book offers a critical skill that will transfer over to other applications in the real world, “paying the rent/mortgage, car payment, car insurance, school loans, groceries, utilities, gasoline, just every day expenses in general.” (http://beckyward77.blogspot.com/2009/11/bp42009121web-20-tools.html)
In BP3, Google Reader, Becky presents the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey. She discusses the concern that teachers have about students not having the know -how when it comes to organizing the work. Unfortunately Becky is experiencing an “Administration glitch, “Unfortunately, our district could only afford the book, but not the workbook that goes along with it. Therefore, I am trying to find ideas of projects that I can do that will help my students see how they could personally use the 7 habits.”