Blog #10

I thought that Dan Brown's tactics are a little outrageous. Even if the the schooling was getting in the way of education, companies look for diploma's and degrees. they look for schooling. In this time, it will be harder for Dan Brown to get a high paying job over some one who as been schooled. Overall, i thought the blog was good. Most of the time in history classes i just get the review sheet and look everything up on Wikipedia and it would be a lot faster than actually looking the terms up in the book. I do think that technology should be intergraded into classes more than they are. Learning things on the internet can add a diversity of ways to learn unlike the traditional classroom.

In Daniel Pink's video, he leaves us with two questions: "What is my sentence" and "Was I better today than yesterday?". I think that these are very good questions that invoke a lot of thinking. They help up unclutter our very cluttered life. I am not sure what my sentence is but i tend to believe that i am better than i was yesterday.

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Blog # 9

This was a blog about what Mr. McClung had learned in his first year of teaching elementary education. He broke the blog down into seven different points. With these seven points, he shows how we need to focus on the students learning the material rather than us, the teachers, teaching the material. he said we should not get caught up trying to make a perfect lesson plan, because there is no such thing as a perfect lesson plan. Things will always come up when you are trying to teach. The students might not learn the material as quickly as you had hoped so you have to be flexible with your plans. He said we need to listen to our students. I think that if we connect with our students it will be easier to teach. They will want to listen to you, because you listened to what they had to say.

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Blog #8

Richard Miller created two video's to show the uses of technology in the Humanities. The first video he shows how he was able to create a paper on the Virgina Tech shooting without going to a library or buying a book. He was able to go onto the internet and find what he needed. In the second video, Richard Miller shows how technology is constantly being changed and updated. He shows how efficient it is to use technology correctly. He also talked about converging Humanities with the sciences. He believes it would be great if they did come together because everything would go better and faster.

I think the primary message of the two video's is that technology is something you have to learn hands on. It is something that is hard to teach and is easier to learn by trial and error.

http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/07/20-interactive-whiteboard-resources-for-teachers/ was a site that supported smart boards. They should how smart boards could be used in ways that a normal board could not. A smart board is more interactive than a regular projector or chalkboard. In the other postings, they complained that smart boards are not much different than regular white boards.

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I think that he makes sense. It involves a lot of trial and error, but if you want to accomplish something using the computer sooner or later you can do it. According to the speaker there should be no interference from the adults and the kids have to be interested. Computers play a huge role in the learning. It is fun to play and learn things about computers or the internet when you want to learn them. When you do not dread what you are about to do, you are most likely to have fun at what you do and learn it easier. The way to motivate someone to learn is to get them interested in something they like. I am motivated to learn by wanting to graduate. When I study, i am teaching my self. The reason why is so i do good on my test. A teacher is suppose to guide you or help you in the right way. If you are stuck, he/she will help you around the problem. Other questions or issues are raised by this video i think are: are teachers teaching too much, and if so how do they get the students interested in what they need to learn.