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Synthesis Blog #5

   I have been always been an advocate for changing the way that students are learning in the classroom. This article basically backs up everything that I preached as a high schooler.   As a high school student, I was tired of the traditional opening up a textbook and reading a chapter then answering the questions at the end. Constantly reading out of textbooks will lead to students constantly falling asleep in class. Despite the study showing that there were no differences in the resources used in the classroom, I still believe that podcasts are more effective. My high school had a podcast called “Channel 1 News” that would air every Monday during first 15 minutes of 2 nd period (don’t ask why I still remember all this). It may not have seemed like much, but I guarantee you students actually looked forward to it. Students are easily intrigued with technology no matter how simple it may be. You could tell the difference in the classroom once Channel ...