Double Entry Journal #8

The main challenge is helping students from all backgrounds and experiences to be successful in school and for all of these children to be able to learn, think, and adapt according to the global, high-tech world that we live in.

This phrase describes the different types of meanings and tones that can be presented by using different ways than words. One of the main issues addressed is having students adapt to the new way with words in education today.

Traditional schooling is being disintegrated before us as education leaders are deciding new ways to teach students how to be problem solvers, to be able to think in different ways, and adapt to changing environments.
Students need to be prepared for the new schooling environment that uses different ways with words to help these students be able to adapt to the new global high-tech environment they will be asked to work and succeed in.

There are different languages and different meanings for different activities or interests we may have. Some of these activities may have a very unique culture with many words that have different meanings that someone who does not participate in these activities may know. There are countless examples from playing baseball that can be used. Someone who hasn't played and isn't familiar with the terminology may not understand when you say drive the ball that it means to hit the ball hard into the outfield. They may think of driving a car or handling a steering wheel when they hear the word drive.

The author makes it very clear that people must have meaningful experiences that they can tie in to their learning and relate to the new vocabulary. Interest and experience cultivate people to easily pick up specialized languages.

The author explains that people must have a wide variety of experiences to be able to problem solvers in the world we live in today. They must have a wide base of knowledge and experiences to be able to adapt and think progressively in an ever changing, technology driven world.

 I agree, people must be able to learn all different ways with words other than the traditional academic languages learned and used in school settings. People must be able to use that language they have learned and be able to adapt to specialized languages in all different types of situations.

I think this author relates to the reader by not trying to talk over their head. He does use vocabulary that is very advanced but isn't trying to jumble academic words together so the reader can pick up the meanings even if they don't know the meaning of every word they read.