Blog Post #10

I'm a Papermate. I'm a Ticonderoga.

I’m a Papermate. I’m a Ticonderoga. I believe the post is trying to say what you put into your education is what you get out of it. In my opinion, the pencil is the metaphor of how cheap and complacent we are with the technology aspect of education. Mac is the metaphor for how we need to evolve in technology in our schools. I believe the cartoon is trying to state that we need to move with technology in the education life style and not let it move without us. It’s time to put down the old things and pick up the new and that is writing with technology.

Why Were Your Kids Playing Games

In Mr. Spencer’s blog post he discusses how his principal was upset with the fact that he allowed his students to play games. The principal was more concerned with the memorization tests and the teacher doing what he needed to do such as “Drill and Skill Consulting Group” in order for the students to pass the test. Unknowingly, to the principal and students, Mr. Spencer was doing just that. He was teaching memorization by using what the student in his class learned best by and that was a game.

Mr. Spencer’s post Avoiding Social Network in some aspects go hand in hand with Why Were Your Kids Playing Games. In my opinion, letting your students play educational games is a great learning tool. A teacher should teach how the students learn and many students are learning through technology. A teacher should be able to have a very professional conversation with a student. Many times most students do not complete their homework because the parents and the students were confused on the assignment. If the student or parent was allowed to connect with the teacher through the internet I believe more students would turn in their homework. We also have to remember that teachers are human too and we should have every right to have a life outside of school as long as we keep it professional at all times.

Dr. Scott McLeod

Dr. Scott McLeod is an amazing writer, blogger, and teacher. He has received several awards for his technology leadership work. He is the founding director of UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). Dr. McLeod is currently working as the director of Innovation for Prairie Lake Area Education Agency 8 in Iowa. He is an author of a book (What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media) and co-creator of a video series (Did You Know? Shift Happens).

Don’t teach your kids this stuff. Please? In my opinion, Dr. McLeod posts states that many people do not use technology because they are so fearful of the “bad things” that could happen. Dr. McLeod allows his students to use technology because he is aware of where technology is heading. So while everyone else is being foolishly uneducated about the good in technology, Dr. McLeod allows his students to explore the good side of technology. I believe Dr. McLeod was trying to say that there’s more to technology than just sexting and cyber bullying. I believe he was trying to say that students are able to use the creative ability with technology. The world seems so different when you learn through technology. A normal lesson becomes more interesting with a little technology included in it. In the future, having some technology will be a great asset to a wonderful career.