Honestly, when first seeing the drawing I didn't understand it. I then looked up what Ticonderoga was and I found it was a more expensive type of pencil. After reading the comments about the picture, and the explanation left by Mr. Spencer, which explained that the picture was a mock toward the Mac and PC commercials. In the picture, the papermate pencil would be the PC and the Ticonderoga would be the Mac.
Why Were Your Kids Playing Games
This blog post written by John T. Spencer is very interesting. In this blog post, Mr. Spencer's boss, the principal, calls him into his office, to address him about playing games in the classroom. The principal is questioning Mr. Spencer about the reasoning behind him playing games in the classroom. He basically is telling Mr. Spencer that he should not be playing games, that he should be teaching. In my opinion playing games could definitely be considered teaching. It is very important, as educators that we keep our students engaged, and games are definitely a way to keep them engaged. In this case, the principal is not focused on if the students are actually learning anything. If students are bored in the classroom, it is less likely that they will learn or remember anything the teacher is talking about. Students want learning to be interesting. Things like games, speeches, etc. make learning more fun, and allows the students to not only memorize content, but actually understand it.
The additional blog post I read by John Spencer was Should Schools Be More Boring? I totally picked this blog post from the title. It really made me think. You can read it here!
Scott McLeod
Scott McLeod is known mostly as one of the nation's leading experts on K-12 technology issues.He currently holds position as Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8 in Iowa. He is also the director for UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). In 2003, he and his co-worker of CASTLE created the country's first graduate program designed to prepare technology-savvy school leaders. He has received many honors and rewards. Source:(http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/bio)
Like in the comment left on Mr. McLeod's blog post Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?, I feel that technology is not going anywhere, and it is always improving, therefore we need to prepare students for the technology to come. By students being able to use technology, it is preparing them for future jobs that do not even exist yet.
Hi Kayla,
ReplyDeleteDid you get the sarcasm in Mr. McLeod's post "Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please?"? The way you wrote your post, I have no idea if you even read it. You only talk about the comments that were on the post.
Good job on siting your sources for your background information of Mr. McLeod!
Stephen Akins
Hello Kayla,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to start off by saying I seen no spelling or grammar errors. That's very good. Most people's blog post I have commented on have a few. I wanted to agree with Stephen about Mr.McLeod's post though. I had trouble with this post also. I was very difficult for me to see what it all meant. He used sarcasm in order to get the point about technology to his audience. Overall, you did a very good job with your post as well as sources. Keep up the good work, we are almost done.
Jenna Barnes