Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Good and The Bad

cartoon picture of a teacher pointing to a chalk board that says rules to the class which is two dogs and a cat
For this assignment we were to read Seven Stupid Mistakes and Seven Brilliant Things Teachers Do with Technology by Doug Johnson; Also we were to read the list of New Classroom Rules by Education Innovation.

Seven Stupid Mistakes:

2. Treating a school computer like a home computer. Teachers who use a school computer to run a business, edit their kid's wedding videos, or send tasteless jokes to half of North America (including that fundamentalist math teacher down the hall) are being stupid. Teachers who take their computers home and let their kids hack on them are being stupid. Teachers who don't own a personal computer for personal business deserve to get into well-deserved trouble.

****I picked this one because I think it's important for teachers to know that a school's computer is not for your use, it's for keeping your students grades, school board emails and etc. Like Mr. Johnson stated it's not for you to send funny emails or to download pictures to and what not. And teachers who do do this,I agree, are stupid!

3. Not supervising computer-using students. It is really stupid to believe Internet filters will keep kids out of trouble on the Internet. If they choose to do so, even the slow kids who can't get around the school's filter, can still exploit that 10 percent of porn sites the filter won't catch. They can still send cyberbullying e-mail -- maybe even using your e-mail address. Or they can just plain waste time.

***** I picked this one to, this one is really important. You should also supervise children while they are on the computer to make sure they are doing what they are suppose to be doing. Some students think that they can get away with it and it will be okay cause the teacher wont find out about it, because some teachers don't watch their students while they are occupying them. I think that teachers should really keep an eye out so that students wont get on these sites, cause it will all come back on the teacher anyways.

Seven Brilliant Things Teachers Do With Technology:

6. Use the kids’ own devices to teach them. Brilliant teachers understand the old Arab proverb, "It's easier to steer the camel in the direction it is already heading." Students are increasingly and unstoppably bringing in personal communication devices -- cell phones, cameras, game devices, iPods/mp3 players, netbooks, laptops, and PDAs. Brilliant teachers know how to use cell phones to poll their classes; create podcasts of lectures for later review; use games to teach difficult concepts; and make "Google-jockeys" of student wireless laptop users. Read the report, http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/publications/index.html?tr=y&auid=4393966 Pockets of Potential for a great overview of this topic

****I really think that this topic is very interesting! I think teachers should incorporate these items in their classroom, I believe that students would learn a lot more, and the interest level would rise if they were to use the things that they owned! Cell Phones, Cameras these things would really help the students have the hands on experience they may need.

5. Accept the role of co-leaner. One of the best signs of intelligent people is that they tend to willingly admit when they don't know something. Brilliant teachers not only accept the dismal fact that they will never know all there is to know about technology, they also turn that condition into a classroom advantage by having their brilliant children teach them how to do something techie now and then.

*****This is so true. No matter how much you think you know about a topic/subject there is always something new to learn about it. I believe that you will never know ALL there is to know about something, and that it's true that brilliant teachers/persons tent to willingly admit when they don't know all there is to know about something. Accept the role of co-learner, cause you will learn from your students as they will learn from you to.

New Classroom Rules by Education Innovation;

6. Don't Talk to your neighbors, unless you are sharing your ideas, asking for help or giving help

**I agree you should be able to talk to your neighbors to share your ideas give them help when they ask for it or ask your neighbor for help when you need it. Some students learn this way by having another student demonstrate and walk them through it, which the teacher can't do to each and every individual student in the classroom, so why not.

3. Leave your seat only when necessary, which should be often to go collaborate with others or demonstrate something to the class

****This one also caught my eye, we are always telling our students to sit down, don't move. When actually they should be up with the other students sharing and comparing projects,ideas and etc. Having the students up and moving keeps their brain active instead of sitting all day. Have them up and moving with the other students.

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