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Thank you for analyzing how the video will prompt interactivity. On top of the reasons you have mentioned, I also find the video suitable for your students because it is just like a cartoon. The vivid motions and simple explanations all inspire students to practice the experiment with the instructor. The video can be really helpful for your teaching content of water recycle.

Hi Jingzhe,

Thank you for sharing the knowledge about open pedagogies. I believe the most revolutionized part of open pedagogies is that it allows student to engage in the setting of teaching content. In traditional teaching, the teacher has to learn a lot about children psychology and human’s learning habit so that he/she can speculate what is the best way for students. However, open pedagogies relieve teachers of the process of guesswork. Teachers can directly receive the feedback from students about the formulation and arrangement of learning content. Open pedagogies let students engage in the decision-making about what should they learn and how they should learn it.

Hi Hannah,

Thank you for sharing your views about interactivity. You have emphasized the importance of student interactivity. Mere teacher-student interaction is not enough for students to master all the knowledge. Students can not make sure whether they have acquired everything taught by the teacher. By contrast, through interaction with peers, we can find out our weaknesses in learning, learn many different perspectives, and also absorb new learning approaches. Such a process is also meaningful and can compensate for the original teacher-student interaction.

Hi, Hannah,

Thank you for sharing your understanding of inquiry with us. Inquiry is student-oriented while direct instruction is teacher-centered. With the reform of teaching methods, it is recommended that students should be further empowered to engage in learning, whether it is play-based or project-based. However, I also agree with you that although inquiry is more innovative, it should be adopted when the situation calls for it, and sometimes students needs more direct instruction.

Hi Zoe,

Thank you for sharing your efforts in inclusion. I notice that you have mentioned the teaching tools that you plan to use in your course and the specific usage instruction. I appreciate you take into account the students’s diversity by presenting knowledge in different media: video, text, and sound. You have also give a lot of choices for students to submit their assignment in the forms they like. Such an inclusive method of teaching will absolutely create a free and creative learning atmosphere for your students.

Hi, Kathry,

Thank you for sharing such an interesting and inspiring experience with us. I find this post really thought-provoking. I agree with you that sometimes we have taken it for granted the way we are so accustomed to finishing assignments. In this way, we may easily misunderstand the original intention designed by the instructor. So we can say that learning is never limited to the process of learning specific knowledge. It is also a process of upgrading our own learning approaches.

Hi, Kathry,

Thank you for sharing with us your group’s plan for inclusion. I can see you have listed many specific suggestions about how to help the students suffering from hearing loss and color blindness. You have taken the classroom environment into consideration, including adjusting the classroom light and even the position of students. I think such suggestions are really considerate and I also agree with your mention of the importance of inclusion. I believe such behavior can also deliver a message to the other students that they should also take care of those who are in difficulty and show them enough respect and consideration.