Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Quote:
"Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children’s mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future.”
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Reaction:
As much as the Professors/Teachers believe they are teaching a curriculum that has been created by the state to successfully teach us to the cognitive skills to become "anything we want in the world": What is reading a 300 page novel in high school English class doing for me other than making me tired and my eyes hurt? Maybe if that novel was on a iPad where i could digitally look at the book and flip through with a touch of your finger swiping across the screen. Now doesn't that seem like it would not only be more engaging to the students but would also substantially enhance their knowledge electronically? By learning how to operate one of our generation most enhanced piece of technology, to read a book is already engaging you for life in the future.
Refrence:
Heffernon, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade
Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-ugrade/?hp
Related article:
http://home.avvanta.com/~building/strategies/technology/front_tech.htm
"Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children’s mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future.”
su
Reaction:
As much as the Professors/Teachers believe they are teaching a curriculum that has been created by the state to successfully teach us to the cognitive skills to become "anything we want in the world": What is reading a 300 page novel in high school English class doing for me other than making me tired and my eyes hurt? Maybe if that novel was on a iPad where i could digitally look at the book and flip through with a touch of your finger swiping across the screen. Now doesn't that seem like it would not only be more engaging to the students but would also substantially enhance their knowledge electronically? By learning how to operate one of our generation most enhanced piece of technology, to read a book is already engaging you for life in the future.
Refrence:
Heffernon, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade
Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-ugrade/?hp
Related article:
http://home.avvanta.com/~building/strategies/technology/front_tech.htm
Friday, August 26, 2011
"Anonymous Cruelty"
Hi, my name is Justin Carey and I am from Bridgeport, WV. My major is Mathematical Education and plan on teaching at the high school level. I want to teach math because when I was in high school I had a extremely poor teacher. I have always been good at Math and really had an act for it. When this "anonymous" teacher was to spoil my brain with a horrific method of teaching is when I realized I wanted to teach. I want to teach and be a teacher that will further enhance someones mathematical knowledge instead of confusing them and running them away from the subject.
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