I guess I'm a nerd too for posting on the blog so early. Oh well.
Anyway, on to my reaction about the reading...
As for chapter 9 of MTJ,I am all for incorporating technology in the classroom. I think it's a great idea because it adds important diversity into the curriculum and it also allows kids to become familiar with vital aspects of today's society (i.e. the internet). However, let's not fool ourselves into thinking that technology will always be readily available for us to joyously integrate into our lessons. Some of the districts in southwest Missouri astound me at how dated they are when it comes to technology. I have subbed in schools where technology is more of a joke than a requirement...it's sad, but some districts just don't place a priority on it.
I enjoyed reading about all of the variety we have when it comes to possible online curriculum (blogs, webquests, chat rooms) but are we really ready to require stuff like this outside of the classroom? Stacey said that class time would be a good way to incorporate online activities in education (and I agree), but I don't think many districts are at a place where they can realistically require it outside of the class. Lots of students still don't have regular access to the internet, especially in rural settings. I think in the next 5 years or so it will be much more realistic and common to expect class work to include online curriculum.
I thought chapter 9 of Deeper Reading was interesting. I don't really have much to comment on though....except that on page 172 it says that kids as young as 6 months can recognize corporate symbols and my daughter is a testament to that fact. When she was eating baby food she knew the "Gerber" symbol and the baby's face on the label. She would get so excited when she saw that label and the baby's face.
Have a good spring break!! I teach my lesson next week and I'm a little nervous...
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I agree with your comments about school's not always having the resources of technology in the classroom. The school where I had my SEC 302 practicum only had one computer lab! Granted, it was a small, private school, but it was difficult to give students time to work on their projects when only a few students could go to the lab due to the limited amount of available computers. It definitely opened my eyes to the difficulty that a teacher could have in managing a classrom where student's are scattered throughout the school due to lack of technology.
Maybe you are just a smart student. I have never liked that term. You never know who is a nerd, because most of the time, those features aren't surface level like the dorky glasses, and poor attire. I mean, you do have the glasses (not dorky), but you don't look like any nerd I've ever seen! :)-
~Stan
great points about the availability of technology and time in the classroom.
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