Post 3

Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?

I really liked the way that Mr. McLeod presented this information. It really catches your attention and makes you want to continue reading and even go on and read other posts. I think that it is so important to incorporate as much technology as teachers can into the classroom. Those teachers that are against technology are not looking out for their students best interest. Technology is not going anywhere it is growing at a rapid rate and is only going to continue to grow. So all teachers need to be equipping their students with the tools to become successful in the the coming years and without technology it simply can not be done. So those students who are in classrooms that their teachers are taking advantage of technology are definitely going to be on top of those who are not.

As far as what I found out about who Scott McLeod, according to his short bio he is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University. He is also the director of CASTLE. He also was the co-creator of the Did You Know? video. He seems to have a passion for technology in the classroom from what I have read on his blog. I really enjoyed reading his perspective.

The iSchool Initiative

This was a very informative video. I knew that the itouch had a lot of helpful apps but it was interesting to see all the ones that go along with education. I think that this student has a lot of great ideas. I believe that this should definitely be an idea along with many other that schools should be taking into consideration. Our schools need us to start getting smart and come up with solutions to the problems they are facing and I think this would definitely be a step in the right direction.

With that being said I do not believe that this would solve all of out school's problems like this student states but it is a good idea. So many students already own these devices and many others we should utilize them instead of banning them from the classroom. Students would love to come to class and play on an itouch all day and they would be learning while doing it.

The Lost Generation

This was a awesome video I loved the way it was done. It was sad in the beginning before the facts got reversed. It makes you stop and think that we can influence what is going to happen in our generation if we try. We have to want to reverse things and want to make the out generation better than the one before us.

The reversal of the video was a surprise. I really like the way it worked out, the technique had good impact. I think that this was such an great way to get the point across, to see how thing could be if we do not try and reverse things.

Eric Whitaker's Virtual Chorus

Wow! So crazy the things we can do with the Internet now. I would have never thought of being able to put together a chorus of that many people without them ever truly meeting. It is actually pretty mind boggling. It was a great thing to watch and see. It just shows yet again how fast technology grow and how many endless possibilities their are when we try.

Internet gives us so many options that we can use as teachers. It gives us educational tools that would be a shame for them to go to waste. This is just one example of so many things that can be done. I hope this puts into perspective for people how great technology really is.