Final Blog

The best thing about Corinna School is that they are always desperate on being your friend, they allow you to join in their games and activities. They take care of you when are feeling down, they’ll say friendly jokes and make sure you are feeling positive.

Another good thing about Corinna School is that your friends will never back stab you, they’ll be honest with you at all times, they will help you solve your problems. Students here in Corinna School are very welcoming, once you have come to Corinna School you’ll feel welcomed, like you belong and that Corinna School is your home.

The first time I was came to Corinna School, I was nervous and scared, I stood frozen not knowing what to do, I saw people running towards me, allowing others to join in their games.

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21st Century Learning Speech

                                  21st Century Learning

What do you think of “I learn best at a desk”, I strongly disagree with this statement. According to the latest research, 21st century learning is the most effective way to learn, considering the accessibility to online resources. This style of learning prepares kids for life. It’s when we are able to use technology, instead of just using books, pencils and pens to help us access our learning tools and  resources, share our learning, connect with experts and learn 24/7.

In my opinion, technology has helped us students succeed in our learning. We have lots of opportunities to use different types of  technology like Chromebooks, Imacs, Ipads, Iphones, go pros and much more to do our work. There are lots of online websites that can help us students with our reading such as kiwi kids news and stuff.com.

Let's go back to the old days when the teachers were very strict, they’d tell you what to do, they will yell at you just for getting an answer wrong. Students had a limited time of writing down what the teacher had written on the board. We’d all be learning the same odd things as the others.

In truth, I think that technology has helped all students with their learning, helped us improve in all subjects especially spelling due to using spell check. Nowadays we are able to access our learning, anytime and anywhere, you can share your work to others, teachers and the global world.

Sharing your work is much faster, you get instant feedback and advice from experts, teachers and classmates instead of just having to wait in line for the teacher to mark your work.

We have the freedom of choice to design our school, environment and community how ever we want. You get to choose what type of things you want to add to our school grounds, what changes we could make to the environment and what differences we could make to the learning we do here at Corinna School. This will help us develop skills that we will need in the future.

Just think for a minute…Wouldn’t it be hard, just having to write down what the teacher had written down with a limited time? and don’t you think this is an old school way of learning! I’m sure that you said “yes” to all of these questions. This is why 21st Century Learning is now considered to be the most appropriate way to learn NOT working on your own at a desk!

Thank you for listening to my speech!