Hobbs

Your mission, whether you chose to accept it or not, is to figure out if bringing new concepts of teaching and learning into the classroom will be beneficial.

You accept? Let's see how it goes....

Well, it seems like Renee Hobbs did a great job at Concord High School with getting the English teachers to integrate new scientific technology in their classrooms and having them be effective. She knew what she wanted and she received the results she deserved. She even states that,

"Concord High School is one of the first school districts in the United States to integrate media literacy so extensively in the secondary curriculum."

I feel like she played a big part in that by motivating the teachers to cooperate with her and try out new technologies. The teachers could do what they wanted in whatever order, but they did get through to the students and it was successful. The students in these classes were given the opportunity to really analyze literature in such different ways. The read a book then watched a movie and were able to see the differences in the way scenes and characters were portrayed. They were able to try their skills at being screen writers and coming up with a screenplay to As I Lay Dying. In my personal opinion students want to have fun. If your students can have fun with what they are doing and not really realizing they are learning we are doing our jobs. School isn't supposed to be boring and dreadful, it should be fun and worth going to. Hobbs helped incorporate different aspect we would have never thought of in order for students to be intrigued, while learning about new technology at the same time. She succeeded with flying colors.