Blog Post 10

Adventures in Pencil Integration

I'm a Papermate. I'm a Ticonderoga




This particular image symbolizes many different issues in today's education process. You could look at it from many different perspectives. Nevertheless, the issue that I really think the image represents is the difference between the traditional learning process and the technology based learning process. The Papermate image represents the traditional "burp back" method of learning. This method cost less but does not get the job done. The Ticonderoga image represents the technology based learning method. It is the more expensive one out of the two. However, it is up to date and is preferred more by the students.


Why Were Your Kids Playing Games




First, I would like to start off by saying Mr. Spencer is a very creative writer and person. In his blog, Why Were Your Kids Playing Games, he gave a detail example on how the current education profession has overemphasized a systematic way of educating. In his post, the principal made a big deal about him bringing a more creative style of teaching to the classroom. The principal was so use to educating a certain way until he refused to accept or acknowledge a different teaching method. This problem still remains today.


I Banned Pencils Today




After I read Mr. Spencer blog ,Why Were Your Kids Playing Games, I was eager to read another one of his blog post. The blog post that caught my attention the most was, I Banned Pencils Today. I was very interested in finding out how he performed that task. In the beginning of his blog, he stated that he saw a need for all types of media in his classroom. However, one day in math class he banned the use of paper and pencil and ask the students to solve a math problem without it. The students struggled for a while until they relied on their brain! Each student answered the question and shared the information among themselves. This technique taught the students to realize the amount of power they had in their brain alone.



Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?




Dr.  Scott Mcleod is the founding director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (Castle). The nation 's only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. We were assigned to read his blog post Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?
It was a sarcastic way of expressing his viewpoints on technology based instructional learning and exposing opposing views from opposition. After viewed his blog post, I agreed with him on some aspects of his argument. On the other side of his argument, I felt the people that he was referring to in his blog had valid points also.

I agreed with Dr. Mcleod in regard of technology based learning better preparing students for the future. However, there are still some flaws with it. Safety, content, and reliability are some issues I have with it.

In conclusion, I think there are some pro's and con's about his argument . Nevertheless, I was very impressed with his creative thinking and writing style.