I am a huge fan of the Do-It-Yourself concept especially when it comes to DIY projects around the house. But lets be real, although I love the idea and satisfaction of being able to complete small or large home reno tasks on my own, the reality is, I will always prefer to have other knowledgeable and more skillful brains and hands to support me in these tasks. That being said, I love the idea of do-it-yourself tasks in and outside the classroom but I love the idea of the do-it-with-others concept even more.
With the explosion of DIY online digital tools, students now have more options around how they want to learn, and teachers have more options around what tools they will use, and how they will use them to motivate and engage the students. When teachers incorporate DIY tools in the classroom, it allows for skill-based learning and collaboration….and what is collaboration….working with others! So students are not really doing-it-themselves, they’re doing-it-with-others.
In the article DIYMedia Creation (2014), Fields, Curwood, Lammars and Macnifico claim that "DIY culture has also flourished online, where geographic boundaries and time zones are no longer major obstacles.” What I see here is that now students have a greater opportunity to not only collaborate with their peers in the classroom, but now the globe is their classroom, and collaboration with students across the world is no longer a thing of the future but is a thing of the present.
References:
Deborah A. Fields, “DIY Media Creation.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 58(1), (Sept 2014) Pp. 19-24.
With the explosion of DIY online digital tools, students now have more options around how they want to learn, and teachers have more options around what tools they will use, and how they will use them to motivate and engage the students. When teachers incorporate DIY tools in the classroom, it allows for skill-based learning and collaboration….and what is collaboration….working with others! So students are not really doing-it-themselves, they’re doing-it-with-others.
In the article DIYMedia Creation (2014), Fields, Curwood, Lammars and Macnifico claim that "DIY culture has also flourished online, where geographic boundaries and time zones are no longer major obstacles.” What I see here is that now students have a greater opportunity to not only collaborate with their peers in the classroom, but now the globe is their classroom, and collaboration with students across the world is no longer a thing of the future but is a thing of the present.
References:
Deborah A. Fields, “DIY Media Creation.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 58(1), (Sept 2014) Pp. 19-24.