Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Final Report on My PLN
My PLN is growing as I use the tools I have learned in this class. My Symbaloo account is my home website on my computer, and I go to everything I need straight from there. I have learned how to make new tiles, and I can add websites as tiles if I want to. I have also found that I can have several tabs on my Symbaloo to keep everything organized.
C4K Summaries for November
#8 Brittany C. posted a story on November 1, 2012 about her trip to Canada. She explained how she hated the ride, and how boring it was. She talked about many different things they did and summarized the entire trip. I commented and told her: I always loved traveling with my parents and like her I hated the ride. I am originally from Indiana. So, now when I go home I drive 12 hours to see my family. I have always wanted to see Canada, but like her I do not like the cold so much. I hope she gets to see more places in her future. Traveling can be an amazing experience, and you can learn so much.
#9 ZaneD is in a 9th grade history class. His class's blog is here. In his post he speaks as if he was Napoleon Bonaparte. He gives a set of rules of dictating then says now you are ready for stage two of dictating and gives another set. He stated the source of what he read to write his blog post for his History class. My comment: Your post was very creative and thoughtful. I really enjoyed reading it. History has never been a strong suit for me so reading this was very interesting.
#10 In the blog Nelson's Navigators. There are four videos about Alabama. I watched The State House. Here is my comment: I watched your video The State House. It was very informative! Being that I am not from Alabama, I have not learned about the state of Alabama as you are doing now. However, I did learn new things from your video. We all learn at least one thing new every day!
#9 ZaneD is in a 9th grade history class. His class's blog is here. In his post he speaks as if he was Napoleon Bonaparte. He gives a set of rules of dictating then says now you are ready for stage two of dictating and gives another set. He stated the source of what he read to write his blog post for his History class. My comment: Your post was very creative and thoughtful. I really enjoyed reading it. History has never been a strong suit for me so reading this was very interesting.
#10 In the blog Nelson's Navigators. There are four videos about Alabama. I watched The State House. Here is my comment: I watched your video The State House. It was very informative! Being that I am not from Alabama, I have not learned about the state of Alabama as you are doing now. However, I did learn new things from your video. We all learn at least one thing new every day!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Blog Assignment #13
Back To The Future and A Vision of Students Today.
In these videos they show the difference in using technology and not using technology in the classroom. In A Vision of Students Today it showed a lot of things that do not surprise me at all. Like students being on Facebook during class, or buying textbooks they never use. At the end of the video the teacher wrote on the blackboard, “what is it missing?... videos… pictures…”
I want my students to be engaged in learning without realizing that they are learning. In Back to the Future he mentions that students have to learn how to be taught. I am one who has learned how to be taught, and now it is hard to figure out how to learn on my own. I am doing it, but it will take a while to get the full swing of it.
These videos are a must watch. They are very inspiring. I wish I had education like this when I was growing up.
I want my students to be engaged in learning without realizing that they are learning. In Back to the Future he mentions that students have to learn how to be taught. I am one who has learned how to be taught, and now it is hard to figure out how to learn on my own. I am doing it, but it will take a while to get the full swing of it.
These videos are a must watch. They are very inspiring. I wish I had education like this when I was growing up.
Final Project Progress report
For our final project we have chosen to do an iBook. We are accumulating all of the things we need for it, and it is going great! Everyone is cooperating well and getting things done. We are using Drop box to get all of the files to one computer to put it all together.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Blog Assignment #12
My Blog assignment that Dr. Strange should have assigned in the area of Math:
Write about your experiences in your math classes.
Were your teacher’s methods effective?
What suggestions would you give to your teacher to be more effective?
What was most helpful?
Was Technology used? If so, what technology was used?
What technology could have been used?
My Mathematical Journey
The farthest back in my school career I remember is either 3rd or 4th grade. We did times tables in class everyday. We had to do timed tests to get better and faster on our times tables. We also did this for addition and subtraction in earlier years. We also played games to make us learn these. The one I remember most is called "Around the World." The teacher picks a student to start. They go stand next to another student, the teacher holds up a card and the first person to answer moves on. The first student to make it all the way around the room and make it back to their own seat gets some type of prize.
We started pre-algebra in 7th grade. This was the best teacher I ever had. My teacher, Mr. Moore, I had heard horror stories about. I heard he was a horrible teacher, he was strict, and he was just plain mean. My brother had him 3 years before I did, and I never heard a good thing about Mr. Moore from my brother either.
On the first day of class Mr. Moore explained his class rules: No chewing on anything, this included gum, pens, pencils, hair, even fingernails. No bouncing your feet under your desk. No tapping your fingers on your desk. Do not look at the clock. “My way or the hallway.” I was terrified that he would kick me out of class because I have chewed my fingernails since as long as I can remember. He did catch me a few times, but he never kicked me out.
Mr. Moore taught us one way to do specific sets of problems, and he expected our work to be shown in that exact way. If we did not comply with his method, he would make us rewrite it over and over to make us learn the system he wanted us to use. I always used his method because I did not want to write it over and over. I still use his method even in my 400 level math classes here at South Alabama.
In 8th grade we did a lot of projects. We had to make a blue print of our dream house and do all of the calculations that are to be done on one. We also had to draw to scale what the house would look like. My favorite was the roller coaster make from Popsicle sticks. My 9th grade year my school, Linton Stockton High School, changed how things were going to work. We went from semesters to trimesters. So, my first trimester I did not have a math class, and at the end of that trimester my parents bought a house out of our school district. So, I had to switch schools. This School, White River Valley, was still on semesters. So I had the credit for all of the classes I had taken at Linton, but I did not have math. So I moved with about 6 weeks left in the semester and had to make up all 18 weeks in that time to get the credit for the class so I would not lose getting my Academic Honors Diploma. I was behind by forty lessons in the class. The teacher told the principal, guidance counselor, and my parents that I could never do it. Well I did do it.
9th grade I had Algebra II, 10th was Geometry, and 11th was Calculus. Our Geometry, however, was not exactly Geometry. Our book for it was Linton’s Trigonometry book. So, I never really had Geometry in my opinion.
In college I have had several math classes: Pre-cal/Trig, Calculus I, II, and III, Foundations of Mathematics, Elementary Geometry, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Number Theory, Cryptography, and 2 Statistic classes. I still have Abstract Algebra, Linear Algebra II, and History of Math to take.
Effectiveness
I feel that most of my teachers were very effective in the way that they taught. I think that having Mr. Moore in 7th grade really helped me get a good basic understanding of how things should work. I also learned how to teach myself out of the book because of being so far behind in 9th grade.
The only teacher I have any complaint about is the one I had in 9th grade, Mr. Walton. I had him twice a day for the first semester to make up the credit. In 1st hour he would write everything out on the board that he was teaching. After that he left it on the board all day long, and the classes afterward only got to see what was already written.
Once I did not have to be in his class twice a day, I was stuck with only seeing what he had written in 1st hour. To make this better I think he should have written it for every class period, or if we had had a smart board he could have done it as slides in the 1st hour and saved it to show for the next 6. He could have animated the separate steps to show what is supposed to be done, then posted it to a class website or a class blog for us to see later.
Technology
Up until college no technology was used in my math classes. In high school we were allowed calculators, but I wish we had not been. Since I used one, my multiplication tables are a bit rusty. I have to think about the bigger numbers now instead of just spitting it out as soon as I see it. I do, however, believe that they could have used technology had it been given to them. In my senior year they had just gotten computers in a few of the classrooms that need them frequently, like English classes. I am really excited to see how doing a lesson using a smart board is going to go. It is next on my to do list.
In one of my college classes my professor used YouTube. He would have a student help film him while he did a tutorial on a specific subject. He would upload it and let us know he did so. That way if we had problems it would help, and it was our own teacher doing the problems in the same notation we already know. Other than this, no technology has been used in my math career. Maybe this is why I am having a difficult time seeing how it will work for me to use it. I have come up with a few ways, but I am still working on it.
Write about your experiences in your math classes.
Were your teacher’s methods effective?
What suggestions would you give to your teacher to be more effective?
What was most helpful?
Was Technology used? If so, what technology was used?
What technology could have been used?
The farthest back in my school career I remember is either 3rd or 4th grade. We did times tables in class everyday. We had to do timed tests to get better and faster on our times tables. We also did this for addition and subtraction in earlier years. We also played games to make us learn these. The one I remember most is called "Around the World." The teacher picks a student to start. They go stand next to another student, the teacher holds up a card and the first person to answer moves on. The first student to make it all the way around the room and make it back to their own seat gets some type of prize.
On the first day of class Mr. Moore explained his class rules: No chewing on anything, this included gum, pens, pencils, hair, even fingernails. No bouncing your feet under your desk. No tapping your fingers on your desk. Do not look at the clock. “My way or the hallway.” I was terrified that he would kick me out of class because I have chewed my fingernails since as long as I can remember. He did catch me a few times, but he never kicked me out.
Mr. Moore taught us one way to do specific sets of problems, and he expected our work to be shown in that exact way. If we did not comply with his method, he would make us rewrite it over and over to make us learn the system he wanted us to use. I always used his method because I did not want to write it over and over. I still use his method even in my 400 level math classes here at South Alabama.
In 8th grade we did a lot of projects. We had to make a blue print of our dream house and do all of the calculations that are to be done on one. We also had to draw to scale what the house would look like. My favorite was the roller coaster make from Popsicle sticks. My 9th grade year my school, Linton Stockton High School, changed how things were going to work. We went from semesters to trimesters. So, my first trimester I did not have a math class, and at the end of that trimester my parents bought a house out of our school district. So, I had to switch schools. This School, White River Valley, was still on semesters. So I had the credit for all of the classes I had taken at Linton, but I did not have math. So I moved with about 6 weeks left in the semester and had to make up all 18 weeks in that time to get the credit for the class so I would not lose getting my Academic Honors Diploma. I was behind by forty lessons in the class. The teacher told the principal, guidance counselor, and my parents that I could never do it. Well I did do it.
9th grade I had Algebra II, 10th was Geometry, and 11th was Calculus. Our Geometry, however, was not exactly Geometry. Our book for it was Linton’s Trigonometry book. So, I never really had Geometry in my opinion.
In college I have had several math classes: Pre-cal/Trig, Calculus I, II, and III, Foundations of Mathematics, Elementary Geometry, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Number Theory, Cryptography, and 2 Statistic classes. I still have Abstract Algebra, Linear Algebra II, and History of Math to take.
Effectiveness
I feel that most of my teachers were very effective in the way that they taught. I think that having Mr. Moore in 7th grade really helped me get a good basic understanding of how things should work. I also learned how to teach myself out of the book because of being so far behind in 9th grade.
The only teacher I have any complaint about is the one I had in 9th grade, Mr. Walton. I had him twice a day for the first semester to make up the credit. In 1st hour he would write everything out on the board that he was teaching. After that he left it on the board all day long, and the classes afterward only got to see what was already written.
Once I did not have to be in his class twice a day, I was stuck with only seeing what he had written in 1st hour. To make this better I think he should have written it for every class period, or if we had had a smart board he could have done it as slides in the 1st hour and saved it to show for the next 6. He could have animated the separate steps to show what is supposed to be done, then posted it to a class website or a class blog for us to see later.
Technology
Up until college no technology was used in my math classes. In high school we were allowed calculators, but I wish we had not been. Since I used one, my multiplication tables are a bit rusty. I have to think about the bigger numbers now instead of just spitting it out as soon as I see it. I do, however, believe that they could have used technology had it been given to them. In my senior year they had just gotten computers in a few of the classrooms that need them frequently, like English classes. I am really excited to see how doing a lesson using a smart board is going to go. It is next on my to do list.
In one of my college classes my professor used YouTube. He would have a student help film him while he did a tutorial on a specific subject. He would upload it and let us know he did so. That way if we had problems it would help, and it was our own teacher doing the problems in the same notation we already know. Other than this, no technology has been used in my math career. Maybe this is why I am having a difficult time seeing how it will work for me to use it. I have come up with a few ways, but I am still working on it.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Blog assignment #11
In the first video I was shocked at how much a 6 year old can do and understand on a computer. I am shocked at how well they played together. I have never seen a group of children behave so well with technology such as a DS. Most children I have seen would be fighting over who would hold it let alone get anything accomplished.
In the Skype Interview Dr. Strange asks Ms. Cassidy several questions about her classroom and how she has come to use all the technology that she does. I like how she described how the kids love posting to their blogs. They know people from all over the world can see their work. I loved all of the questions that the students asked. Also, I had to laugh when Dr. Strange asked to see her back yard. I was just thinking what in the world could be in her back yard? Then I saw the snow. I can honestly say I do not miss that about Indiana!
I am not sure of what technology I will be able to use since I am going to teach Math at the Jr. High or High School level. Until I see some of it used in a classroom it will be hard for me to see how it would work with a math class. Obviously I wouldn’t have a blog for a math class. What would it say? We learned functions today. I just don’t see how that would help them learn Math. Of course I could have my “class Blog” to post homework and such, but that would not be my students blogging.
However, if I were to teach elementary I would most definitely use some of these things. I would have to have a very disciplined class to do it, but I would most certainly try.
C4T #3 Summary
In the teacher blog What "Ed said" she posted 10 Tips for (reticent) bloggers… In this post she explains how many people try to say they just can not do a blog, or they have writers block so she posted 10 Tips:
1. Write in your own voice, as if you are talking to people you know.
2. Don’t over-think and over-plan, just write what’s in your head. You can write another post when you have developed your thinking further.
3. Don’t agonise over whether it’s good enough. Write, check, post, done. You’ll improve with practice.
4. Never force it. If an idea for a post isn’t working, scrap it.
5. Avoid long slabs of text. Write in paragraphs. Use headings, images and bullet points to express your thinking clearly and ensure your message is evident.
6. Don’t explain everything. Use hyper-links to existing explanations on your blog and elsewhere on the internet.
7. Shorter posts are better than long ones. Always. Big idea? Break it into two posts. Small idea? Sometimes one paragraph is enough.
8. You don’t need to have all the answers. Some of my most successful posts have been composed entirely of questions.
9. Exclude all words that just don’t add anything. This was the very best piece of advice I read when I first started blogging. Carefully re-read posts that you have written and try to remove all the extraneous words that add little or nothing.
10. Exercise humility. (The tips above work for me, I’m just sharing…)
My comment to her was: I had never used a blog before this semester, and it has been a journey. I have learned a lot about HTML code and things I never realized were important. I believe these 10 tips would benefit our class, as many of us have never done a blog before this class.
The next post I read was Snippets from the SOME… SOME is a program where this teacher talks to students and teaches them from across the country. She explained how she played a game with them to learn their names. Each student said their name and a sport they like. Each student after that had to repeat the other students' names and sport then add their own. Another class period she talked to them about daylight savings time. She herself got to school an hour early because she did not change her clock. So, she tried to show them where they were on Google maps, but they were real quick to tell her she was incorrect. So, she showed them how to pull it up on the computer and "share" the screen with her. The next class time they had together she was very disappointed. The students were not having fun as usual, they were sitting in straight rows, and kept looking to the back of the room. Come to find out there was a teacher in the back of the room.
My comment: I makes me wonder how different their teaching methods are. If they were so scared to act as they normally do just because one of their teachers was in the classroom with them.
1. Write in your own voice, as if you are talking to people you know.
2. Don’t over-think and over-plan, just write what’s in your head. You can write another post when you have developed your thinking further.
3. Don’t agonise over whether it’s good enough. Write, check, post, done. You’ll improve with practice.
4. Never force it. If an idea for a post isn’t working, scrap it.
5. Avoid long slabs of text. Write in paragraphs. Use headings, images and bullet points to express your thinking clearly and ensure your message is evident.
6. Don’t explain everything. Use hyper-links to existing explanations on your blog and elsewhere on the internet.
7. Shorter posts are better than long ones. Always. Big idea? Break it into two posts. Small idea? Sometimes one paragraph is enough.
8. You don’t need to have all the answers. Some of my most successful posts have been composed entirely of questions.
9. Exclude all words that just don’t add anything. This was the very best piece of advice I read when I first started blogging. Carefully re-read posts that you have written and try to remove all the extraneous words that add little or nothing.
10. Exercise humility. (The tips above work for me, I’m just sharing…)
My comment to her was: I had never used a blog before this semester, and it has been a journey. I have learned a lot about HTML code and things I never realized were important. I believe these 10 tips would benefit our class, as many of us have never done a blog before this class.
The next post I read was Snippets from the SOME… SOME is a program where this teacher talks to students and teaches them from across the country. She explained how she played a game with them to learn their names. Each student said their name and a sport they like. Each student after that had to repeat the other students' names and sport then add their own. Another class period she talked to them about daylight savings time. She herself got to school an hour early because she did not change her clock. So, she tried to show them where they were on Google maps, but they were real quick to tell her she was incorrect. So, she showed them how to pull it up on the computer and "share" the screen with her. The next class time they had together she was very disappointed. The students were not having fun as usual, they were sitting in straight rows, and kept looking to the back of the room. Come to find out there was a teacher in the back of the room.
My comment: I makes me wonder how different their teaching methods are. If they were so scared to act as they normally do just because one of their teachers was in the classroom with them.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Special Blog Assignment
In this article he says grades are, “the failure of the education system,” and this new way of learning will give students the opportunity to stay on the same subject until the skill is mastered. First, how will they know the student mastered the skill? There are still many ways of cheating to “Pass.” The system would still have to have a certain percentage to go by to say, “okay they can move on. They have mastered this skill.” To me that is still a grade.
When I was growing up you were in big trouble if you came home with less than a B. Grades are very important because grades reflect how much you understand. The students who make straight A’s understand the material and most likely understand more. It is the students who get A’s who go beyond the average level. What I think is sad is that a C is average. In my mind a C is almost failing. A D is not acceptable by any means; that is failing. I understand that there are students who use “burp back education,” but those are not the students who make A’s in every subject.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
C4K summary for October
#3 In Rebecca's blog she posted a story about Thanksgiving and how her grandmother cooks most of the food. She wrote how she just wants to dive in.
I told her Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too. My grandma does most of the cooking for our celebration as well, and her story made me wish for it to be sooner.
#4 In Annelise's Post she talks about the things she has learned in her AP Government class. She said it has spilled over into her daily life, especially right now with the election coming up. She said she no longer has to ask her parents what is going on in the debates and such. She is a student at a Catholic school in Nashville, and she talks about how her theology class has also helped her understand what our government is doing. I loved her comments about how her "AP US History teacher describes it, the founding fathers would be “rolling over in their graves” if they knew the United States had become a two-party system."
I told her that I also used to have to ask my parents what was going on in the political debates. They were always so boring to me, and I always ended up falling asleep on the couch. Now, that is totally different. I like how her class has changed her everyday life so much. It is very important for young people to know what is going on in our government. I hope there are more like her who is interested in our country's future.
#5 In Emma's Extra-Excellent Blog!!! Emma wrote a post about Kachina dolls. She explained what they were for and how to make them.
In my comment to her I told her I had not heard of a Kachina doll before. I think it is very neat to learn about other cultures and what they do to remember those they have lost in their lives. I did a quick search and found that according to the Hopi, Kachina dolls are objects meant to be treasured and studied. They are not to be considered idols of worship or children’s toys.
#6 In McKenna's class they are learning about Alberta. She posted a Wordle with many words important to Alberta. I told her I really liked her Wordle. I just learned how to make them myself. I bet Alberta would be a wonderful place to visit from all of the different things her Wordle showed. I am originally from Linton, Indiana, and many of the words in her Wordle reminded me of home.
#7 Special Edition! Dr. Vitulli and Dr. Santoli are in Ireland attending an International Conference on Education. I read the post Attention Getters. They posted about Dublin and their adventures there. They said the people were very nice and offered direction without being asked. There the drivers are on the right side of the road, and the walk ways say "look right" or "look left" on the pavement. They also asked, "Have you traveled internationally and if so, what cultural differences surprised, challenged, and/or enlightened you? What were your "attention-getters"?"
My comment to them said that it is awesome that they get to travel to other parts of the world. I love that the people in Dublin were so nice. I have heard horror stories about France. The only experience I have had going out of the U.S. was my senior year of high school. I went on a cruise to Cozumel Mexico with my parents. My first attention getter was the water. It was so blue! The next one was how the tourist area was so clean, but when you go outside of it everything was filthy. Lastly, we took a taxi to a private beach for our "excursion." Their speed limit signs were in Kilometers rather than miles, and I felt like we were going a lot faster than the roads allow in the U.S. I thanked them for sharing, as Dublin is on my list of places to see.
I told her Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too. My grandma does most of the cooking for our celebration as well, and her story made me wish for it to be sooner.
#4 In Annelise's Post she talks about the things she has learned in her AP Government class. She said it has spilled over into her daily life, especially right now with the election coming up. She said she no longer has to ask her parents what is going on in the debates and such. She is a student at a Catholic school in Nashville, and she talks about how her theology class has also helped her understand what our government is doing. I loved her comments about how her "AP US History teacher describes it, the founding fathers would be “rolling over in their graves” if they knew the United States had become a two-party system."
I told her that I also used to have to ask my parents what was going on in the political debates. They were always so boring to me, and I always ended up falling asleep on the couch. Now, that is totally different. I like how her class has changed her everyday life so much. It is very important for young people to know what is going on in our government. I hope there are more like her who is interested in our country's future.
#5 In Emma's Extra-Excellent Blog!!! Emma wrote a post about Kachina dolls. She explained what they were for and how to make them.
In my comment to her I told her I had not heard of a Kachina doll before. I think it is very neat to learn about other cultures and what they do to remember those they have lost in their lives. I did a quick search and found that according to the Hopi, Kachina dolls are objects meant to be treasured and studied. They are not to be considered idols of worship or children’s toys.
#6 In McKenna's class they are learning about Alberta. She posted a Wordle with many words important to Alberta. I told her I really liked her Wordle. I just learned how to make them myself. I bet Alberta would be a wonderful place to visit from all of the different things her Wordle showed. I am originally from Linton, Indiana, and many of the words in her Wordle reminded me of home.
#7 Special Edition! Dr. Vitulli and Dr. Santoli are in Ireland attending an International Conference on Education. I read the post Attention Getters. They posted about Dublin and their adventures there. They said the people were very nice and offered direction without being asked. There the drivers are on the right side of the road, and the walk ways say "look right" or "look left" on the pavement. They also asked, "Have you traveled internationally and if so, what cultural differences surprised, challenged, and/or enlightened you? What were your "attention-getters"?"
My comment to them said that it is awesome that they get to travel to other parts of the world. I love that the people in Dublin were so nice. I have heard horror stories about France. The only experience I have had going out of the U.S. was my senior year of high school. I went on a cruise to Cozumel Mexico with my parents. My first attention getter was the water. It was so blue! The next one was how the tourist area was so clean, but when you go outside of it everything was filthy. Lastly, we took a taxi to a private beach for our "excursion." Their speed limit signs were in Kilometers rather than miles, and I felt like we were going a lot faster than the roads allow in the U.S. I thanked them for sharing, as Dublin is on my list of places to see.
Blog Assignment #10
In Mr. John Spencer's Blog, Adventures in Pencil Integration, he is mocking the use of pencils, I think. It is very difficult for me to see the sarcasm in writing. I can always tell sarcasm verbally, but writing is what ever tone the reader has in their head. Anyway, Mr. Spencer is mocking the integration of pencils into a pre-pencil classroom.
In Mr. John Spencer’s blog post Why Were Your Kids Playing Games? He tells a story of a conversation between a teacher and their principal. Mr. Spencer says the teacher was called into the principal’s office. He was caught playing games with his students that day. The teacher does everything he can to explain that even though the students appeared to be playing a game they were actually learning, but the principal kept cutting him off.
The principal seems to have his mind made up. The principal reminds the teacher of the last professional development day and the lessons taught. He reminds the teacher that strictly memorization type activities should be focused on and there is no time for games.
My first reaction to this is how can a principal be so uneducated? Playing games and hands on experience is how many of us learn. Most children retain what they have learned in games and such better than just sitting a trying to memorize it. As Dr. Strange expresses, this is a classic example of burp back education. When I read this the first time I did not realize the "theme" of this Blog.
It has taken me a while to chose another post to talk about because I don’t get it. I don’t really understand what this blog is trying to say. Everything is just so out of this world that I am having a hard time to chose one I understand and like the message.
I chose the post Avoid Social Networking. Again this blog is very sarcastic so I cannot tell if this story is more on the true side or not. So, the story starts out where the HR representative explains to them at the staff meeting, "From now on, teachers must avoid any site that allows for social networking with students." Each teacher expresses some sort of instance that they see students outside of school and the final conclusion met is, “Perhaps we'll simply pass a rule that you cannot interact with a student at all outside of school."
I find this very sad. I always loved seeing my teachers outside of school. It made it more real to me that they also had family and a life outside of school. Some of my teachers were my coaches for varies sports or dance teams. When I was young enough to trick-or-treat we always went to our teachers’ houses (they gave the best candy).
In the post, Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?, Dr. Scott McLeod is telling teachers and parents not to let their kids use technologies of any kind. He goes on begging them not to let them get on the web and so on. Then in conclusion he says, “'cause I'm doing all of it with my kids can't wait to see who has a leg up in a decade or two can you?” In this it just shows that he really does want children to be taught these things, BUT the children must be taught the risks of the web and other technological things.
Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is known as one of the nation’s leading academic experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues.He is author of the blog "Dangerously Irrelevant". He produced the "Did You Know" series. He is also the director of CASTLE (UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education). You can find a complete bio about him here.
Friday, November 2, 2012
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