1. Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?, by Scott Mcleod is full of sarcasm and I loved it! In the post he talks about all of the negative things that go along with using technology. For example, he says "don't you know how much junk is out there? haven't you ever heard of sexting? of cyberbullying?" and "you know they're just going to look at porn and hook up with predators, we can't trust them."
I actually had to read it a couple of times to fully understand what was going on, but after reaching the last sentence he says "don't do any of it, please, really, '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?", which I think is his main point. Teaching our children to use technology is extremely important and it will definitely give them a "leg up" in the future!
Dr. Mcleod is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. He is also the founding director of CASTLE, which is the nation's only academic center devoted to technology needs of school administrators and he was aslo the co-creator of, in my opinion, the most interesting video on YouTube, "Did You Know".
2 . The iSchool Initiative, by Travis Allen. In this video a seventeen year old, Georgia student, argues that he has found a way to cut down the costs for our students, parents, and schools, and becoming "Green" in the process.
Allen explains how iPod Touches by Apple could replace meny thing that we use today in the classroom, including paper, pencils, pens, graphing calculators, textbooks, etc. He shows many educational apps that can be used to help in this process. For example, there are apps to learn about the presidents and space, apps to read textbooks and books, apps to take notes, for homework help, email, and many, many more.
I completely agree with his argument and I think that it is an amazing idea! There are so many different types of technology out in the world today and a lot of it can and should be used to help out in the student's education process!
3. Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir is an absolutely amazing video! After watching it I was in shock that it was even possible! He used 185 voices, 243 tracks, and all of the participants were from twelve different countries. Wow, this is an amazing use of technology!
Hi Brooke,
ReplyDeleteI thought Dr. McLeod was very clever in delivering his message through sarcasm. Although you didn't understand it at first, at least you went back and read it a few times instead of dismissing it altogether. Reading through some of the comments, I think a lot of people did just that and failed to see the real message.
I noticed you didn't reflect on the video "Teaching in the 21st Century" by Kevin Roberts. If you didn't view it, I recommend that you do. Roberts poses a lot of thought provoking questions for current and future educators. We have to face the fact that lecturing is losing it's appeal with today's tech-savvy youth. It's just another reminder of the importance/benefits of becoming technologically literate.
Why did you have trouble with the sarcasm?
ReplyDeleteIn your response to the question Who is Dr. McLeod? you come dangerously close to plagiarizing. You may even have technically committed it. If you copy and paste more than 5 words without acknowledgement and without putting the copied words in quotation marks, you have technically committed plagiarism. Plagiarism is a very serious offense. You are not the only person who has done this for this assignment. I will attribute it this time to a lack of understanding about how to avoid plagiarism. It is especially important that anyone entering the teaching profession understands what plagiarism is, avoids it in their personal work, and can teach others about it. The copy and paste world in which we now live makes it very easy to do. Careers can easily be ruined through plagiarism. Watch the Class Blog for additional information and assignments.
You left out Robertson's 'Teaching in the 21st Century.' Everything else was very brief. You had the right ideas, but it's not good enough if you do not express yourself thoroughly.
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