Building a Classroom Worth Learning In When Dr. Michael Wesch started his talk with the acknowledgement that the classroom is not the real world I was hit with every disagreement I had ever had with others in education. I am not a disagreeable person, but I strongly believe that our current education system does not work to encourage active student learning. Dr. Wesch's talk shows exactly why this is: While watching his son, George, learn to walk Wesch saw the learning process in its most pure form: trial and error. Wesch saw that his son, who had fallen at least 50 times, continued to rise and try again. From this observation he saw that for learning to take place students must fail without fear of repercussion, feel connected, believe in themselves and their ability to accomplish goals, as well as be excited. Wesch then took this knowledge and made an action plan: he began to reimagine how the grading system should look. Instead of the grading syste...
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