For my articles I read Tennessee School Requires iPad For Class and Angry Birds Valentine’s Edition. I found that it was very interesting that the school is using iPads in place of computers. I find this article to be a great idea. Giving the students a way to always be connected to their school in a way that they find interesting is a great tool to have. However, with reading both of these articles I started to wonder how the teachers are going to be able to stop the students from downloading apps, like Angry Birds, to their iPad instead of working on assignments. I wonder if there is a way to block the app store since it is already programmed on the iPad. With that being said, I still find this requirement to be a new and exciting way to learn. I would have loved to have the opportunity to learn with this type of technology when I was younger. I believe that this is a learning device and I would use this is further my education opportunities in the classroom.
Students have been finding ways to disengage and disconnect from classes long before iPads and Angry Birds. Whether they were passing notes, staring blankly out the window, or "ditching" class altogether, this generation doesn't have the market cornered on feeling bored and inattentive at school.
ReplyDeleteInstead of blocking apps, why don't educators find a way to harness that passion for video games in their classes. If we make the things we want them to do as engaging as the things they are already doing, problem solved!!
I agree...technology is key to the future of edducation...it creates endless opportunities of information at your fingertips and saves time...manufactures are going to have to create ways for teachers to utilize this technology and keep the very fun game of ANGRY BIRDS out of the classroom...I would like to see each student utilize an iPad...saving time...paper...space...etc...thanks for sharing the article!
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ReplyDeleteI understand that students do disengage from classes, but why should I harness the passion for video games in my classroom. I am going to be a FACS education teacher. Our moto is "In a world focused first on things, we focus first on people". That means the quality of life. How is promoting sitting on your bottoms all day and staring at TV or computer screen promoting the quality of life? There's studies being held that show there is a positive link between playing video games and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10381335-247.html That is not something I feel that teachers should be promoting in the classroom.