blog post 10

I'm A papermate. I'm a ticonderoga.

The message that I received from this picture post was amazing.Pictures say a thousand words in this post. My understanding of this picture is that schools and parents need to invest more into their children's education.Going the cheaper way will only cost you money in the long run.Although Paper-mate is cheaper, it just doesn't last as long as the Ticonderoga brand.If schools would invest in technology product such as computers and tablets, they would end up saving money in the long run. Buying paper and books cost a lot more because when new information comes out, they cant use the same book they have to pay for more books;Computers would save money because everything is done electronically.


Why are your kids playing games?

"Why are your kids playing games" is about a teacher being coached by his boss for playing educational games instead of teaching.I think more teachers should be more like this teacher. Students tend to learn more whenever they are having fun and become involved in the lesson.Feeding children information from a text will do nothing for them. With this type of teaching students will only remember the information long enough to pass the test, they will not learn the information. Hands-on learning helps students understand the concept and learn the lesson easier. I would much rather play a game involving a lesson than do worksheets.I believe that worksheets are just busy work and they don't teach students anything.
Mr. Spencer is a great writer. I viewed his blog and found another interesting blog post entitled "10 Points on Pencils".Mr. Spencer addresses the school Superintendent about why he doesn't use pencils in his classroom. A few of his reasons for not using pencils remind me of edm310.Just like Mr. Johnson we don't use paper or pencil in edm310. All of our learning is do on computers.Pencils and paper are played out just like the chalk board. Technology is allowing use to learn the same material as before with using up natural resources.Mr. Spencer made a good point when he stated that children are learning even when they are using technology to pass notes and communicate with each other. I agree with him because the students are still learning. Taking cellphones and tables out of the classroom is not the answer to solving this problem. Students are still going to find ways to bring these items to school.Most kids own cellphones and tablets.Schools should use this to their advantage and allow kid to use them to learn with.

Don’t teach your kids this stuff. Please?

I can really relate to this blog post. I think that all teachers should view the post by Mr. Scott. Many school are afraid of technology in their classrooms because they are afraid of what students might do with it.Many people are missing out on all of the great things that technology has to offer because they are worried about the negative parts of it. These people should spend more time worrying about the positive aspects of technology. Technology is not always bad. Technology can open a doorway to a whole new type of learning.