Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?
Scott McLeod is a very distinguished doctor and widely recognized as one of the nation's leading academic experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. Dr. Mcleod gave his position on certain things such as blogs that he teaches his students to do. He states sarcastically that we should not teach the students this, because there is to much stuff on the internet that is bad. I agree with his position on that we need to teach the students these things to better help them in the future. The technology is becoming better and better and I believe soon that nothing will be done on pen and paper. So the kids today need to learn about computers and how to use the internet efficiently.
The iSchool Initiative (Mobile Learning)
In this video Travis argues the effectiveness of having a school on the iTouch. He gives great points such as how much money we would save per student. This is about $600. He also shows how everything can be done on the iTouch from textbooks to calculators. He shows how this could have direct impact on student and teacher accountability. This would also help the ecosystem with no paper being used. And can be purchased for only $150.
I believe that this is a great way to do things. This will cut down on the costs for the students and teachers. It will help the environment. The world will become more interactive, and students will get to meet other students from around the world. But if this ever happens I believe it is way down the road, and might not ever happen.
The Lost Generation
My reaction to this video is that we need to reverse the way we look at the world. How today it is more about money than happiness. And work comes before family. It seems like today more people are caught up in their jobs and what not to see what's happening in front of them. This video uses a great technique, at the end of the first speech it says the world will end up this way if we do not reverse it. And then it reverses the same speech to show what will happen if it is change.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
This was a video of 185 people performing "Lux Aurumque". These people have never met and it was done all through the internet. I think this is fascinating that this can be done. I did not know the internet was this powerful and could be used this way. And it is getting better everyday.
Teaching in the 21st Century
Teaching in the 21st Century is a whole new way of teaching. There is so many new and reliable resources out there now. Teachers should make students learn these new resources and use them. This will help them be in the 21st Century and not in a later date. To teach in the 21st Century means to give the students more resources that are at their fingertips. Show them how the world of technology is out their and offers wonderful opportunities.
I agree with you about the iSchool never being implemented fully in the schools. As great as would be, I do not think people will let go of their past ways and implement new technology.I hope I am wrong!
ReplyDeleteBrent,
ReplyDeleteYou are right that teachers need to use technology and learn how to implement it to benefit the students. Technology can greatly change a student's education, and like you have seen with the iSchool initiative, great things can occur if schools have funding and are willing to accept change. I am happy to hear that you truly believe this idea could work, but I am also hesitant that it will. I certainly believe some schools could go to this, but schools down here in the South are so far behind the rest of the world. Even if we cannot use an iTouch, teachers should still learn how to use technology and try to incorporate it into their classrooms. Technology can truly enhance a classroom and benefit the students.
Brent,
ReplyDeleteI Agree that the ischool learning system would be an effective way to better education, it might be a better learning tool for students, also it would really help the ecosystem out on cutting trees down and saving paper. The school systems would also benefit by saving money on books, and less teachers will lose their jobs.