Fourth week of class, and I must say it was pretty interesting. Clifford Stoll! What an interesting man! He made so many good points that really got me thinking, but a the same time he almost had me wanting to argue with him! He is someone who is just extremely close minded when it comes to technology in the classroom. He is old fashioned and believes that technology should play an extremely small roll, or even no roll at all in education. He feels as though the quality of a good teacher is extremely important, which I cannot argue. Stoll feels as though there is so much time that is wasted on technology and that students should experience real life anecdotes rather than researching something pointless on the web. Although he does make valid points, I think he needs to realize that times have changed and technology is playing a huge role in all of our students' lives. I believe that it does need to be incorporated in everyday lessons; however, only to a certain extent. I don't think that the entire lesson, from beginning to end, needs to be focussed off of technology. I just think it needs to be a part of each lesson, whether it be part of a homework assignment, contacting students through email, having students research something, using a smart board, having the students communicate with each other through blogs, etc... I believe technology is huge and it is only getting larger! It is the future and it definitely needs to be recognized by all educators!
I think this picture defines Clifford very well.. :)
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