Scott McLeod: Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?
I enjoyed Dr. McLeod's post about the bad things about computers because all that stuff happens all the time, and some parents may not even think about it when they go and buy their child a computer. If a parent does buy their child a computer they should install those password protected program to keep their child out of those links. There are goods things that come out of having a computer, for instance, being able to research easier and quicker, keeping up with presentations, and keeping in touch with friends who may live far away.
Dr. McLeod is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies Studies fat Iowa State University, and he has also taught at several other school in his career of being a teacher. Dr. McLeod's beliefs of changing the way people and students use computers and technology will hopefully change over the years from the way they are being used know. Some people use computers as a way to hold them up instead of doing something on their own. That's what I believe Dr. McLeod is trying to get through to everyone.
The iSchool Initiative
The use of the iphone touch is a good idea just based on all the information that it can store and hold. I can see this being very useful for teachers and students a like. Everybody would love this way of learning and keeping up with school, mainly by all the different application the phone allows. Using this form of technology would help lower the cost per student each year, and save money for other uses.
There are some downsides to the iSchool initiative, for instance, what if a student can not afford one due to money issues in the family. They never had to really worry about paying a whole lot of money for school because it is public school open to who ever wanted to learn. Then there are the I broke or lost mine, and I can't turn in my assignment excuses. I just think that having those phones in the school's won't make school easier or cheaper. I believe it will make things harder.
The Lost Generation
Watching and listening to that video really makes you think. To me it seemed as though they said all the things people usually believe is going to happen so they don't even try to change the outcome of it. But when you think all hope is lost, it can be turned around just as easily. They turned what was being said into something positive because they believed the outcome could be changed, and then they made it happen. People have to want to change, to make change happen.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
It is so assume how he brought all those people together through the web to make such a beautiful choir. None of them meeting in person to make this video, it is crazy to think somebody could actual do this. If I would have never saw this video I don't think I would have ever believed it. How they brought their tones and kept in tune with one another is amazing and it was so wonderful and enjoyable to listen to.
I believe that parents who with hold their children from the use of the internet are keeping their children from being successful i life all together. Our future is going to be mostly technology. They need to be aware of what the internet is capable of, both good and bad things. I also agree with you about having passwords, parents need to be aware of what their child is seeing, saying, and watching on the internet.
ReplyDeleteThe iSchool initiative, I do not believe that is not the best idea. How are children going to learn to write? You never know future holds, but for now, writing is essential.
The Lost Generation is probably one of the most "uplifting" things I have ever heard. I love the way it turns around. It lets people know that we hold OUR OWN futures.
The Virtual choir was amazing! I have never seen or heard anything like it! I thought it was crazy how the people had never seen each other in person or met, and they made that happen!
Crystal,
ReplyDeleteYour point ... People have to want to change, to make change happen ... is very true in education. We as educators have to come up with new ways to get students to want to change academically. We need to develop instruction that grabs their attention and provokes their intellect.