Blog Post # 4

Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff. Please? by Scott McLeod
I love the format of the post. The topic is so interesting. I have to agree that children need to experience things for themselves and make their own mistakes on the internet. Although, the parent should limit what sites their children should go on to limit the danger they may be putting themselves in.Technology is such a big deal these days students should have the right to explore with it. According to his website, Scott McLeod is an Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Iowa State University. He is also the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE).He is the co-creator of the Did You Know? videos, which I watched for the last post.According to his twitter account he is also a blogger,an idea generator, a solution builder, and an agitator.
The iSchool Initiative
Travis had some great ideas about making the classroom green. I loved the idea of having the textbooks online. I also liked the organization of the assignments and homework. It is a good way to allow parental involvement as well. Ischool is creative and very convenient.
Although Travis had some good points to why his idea would save money I still have some other concerns with ischool. My first concern is would the phones have some type of insurance on them. Those phones can be easily broken if you don't handle them with care. The screen can crack if dropped or water damage can occur. Will the students be allowed to keep the phone after they have completed a certain grade level or will they have to return it? What about the students who come to school to get the phone then later drop out of school that would be another phone to be replaced? My other concern is the teacher. It would be a lot of work trying to answer every student's questions, because all students have different leaning styles one of which the application on the phone may not address. The idea of ischool is great but I think it would be a great challenge trying to produce the idea.
Watch The Lost Generation
I like the way the information was presented. The message in the beginning was very distributing and depressing. I love the way everything can and should be easily reversed. The message sent give motivation for our generation to prove those experts wrong and change the world. The format of the presentation made the message have a bigger impact on my life as I watched.
Jennifer Chamber’s post and Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
The song itself was very relaxing.It is amazing that 185 people any different places cam come together through the use of the internet and create such an amazing choir. The internet open the doors to all possibilities. The internet can allow you to do just about anything you put your mind to.