Reaction to Teaching with News Eyes

This article, http://www.mff.org/edtech/article.taf?_function=detail&Content_uid1=133
Is about using the 5 w's when teaching and technology tools to make educating students more authentic and life skills. I must admit that the article smacked of giddy idealism, but when you push that aside there are some nuggets of value. Using strategies, like the 5W's are excellent in helping students think about a subject rather than just receive information. If students are going to learn then they need to add to existing knowledge and be very central and active in accommodating new information.

As far as the classroom goes this has good application. The main application is really a reminder to gear activities and objectives around students engaged in actively constructing and adding to their own understanding and knowledge. The second thing is life and ethics. We as teachers need to address life and it's issues and help students think through issues. So, this article is a good reminder.