This Picture depicts a Teacher and a student who are comparing themselves to pencils. The teacher is compared a Papermate Pencil who cost less but breaks all the time and the student is compared to a Ticonderoga Pencil that is the most expensive purchase a hipster will make. So what does this mean I myself honestly have no clue. I myself have never had a problem with Papermate Pencils and as for a Ticonderoga Pencil I have never even heard of one till this assignment, I literally had to look it up on Google. If I had to guess what this picture is depicting is that sometimes buying the most expensive things dose not make it any better that the other ones especially when it comes to things such as pencils.
Why Were Your Kids Playing Games
Reading this blog post made me think that Mr. Spencer is saying it does not matter what your teaching style is as long as the kids are engaged and learning. In this case Mr. Spencer's technique was making the students be in a mock factory were they made photos of themselves. I think this is a good technique because if you just say" Ok Kids lets draw our pictures." Some of the students would not pay attention but if you say" Class we are gonna pretend like we are in a factory were we make pictures of ourselves."
That will spark an interest in the students who would not go for just drawing their own picture. I think it makes it more interesting and allows the students to use their imagination while completing their task. Not only do they get the work done but they also learn the information not just memorize it and forget it later on down the road after their test is over. I think the principal of the school just does not understand how the teacher is getting the kids to learn and is just one of those dull boring type of teachers who did not care if the students learned as long as they passed thier test.
Don't Teach Your Kids This Stuff
I really like the way he put this post together it reminds me a lot of this commercial.
The reason this blog post reminds me of this commercial is because this is how a lot of parents and some teachers feel about computers and all the new equipment. They all say it will never catch on and that the old school ways are the way to go. well I think that what Dr. McLeod thinks that we should use all of this new technology things such as twitter, personal learning networks, and Skype. I agree with him 100%, I think that we need to use all of these new tools for education and I feel that as long as the students are engaged and learning not just going through the motions of their work.
Teachers who are ignoring the fact that this is how people are learning and communicating with one another now and will in the future. I don't think that we should just completely abandon the old school way of teaching but we have to integrate the two so that the students still know how to do things such as hand written assignments and math assignments done by hand. I think we should have a good balance between the two.
Micha,
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I like your video you posted. Not only do I love Tebow, I think your video adds a little extra to your post which is cool.
As for the cartoon, Spencer created the cartoon as a mock of the "I'm a Mac" and "I'm a PC" commercial. Personaly, I have not seen the commercial but I found this information out by scolling all the way to the last comment on his blog of this particualr post.
A couple of typos I found were "we are in a factory were we make pictures of ourselves." should be "where" instead of "were". Also, "well I think that what Dr. McLeod thinks...", "well" should be capitalized because it is the beginning of a sentence. Lastly, "I agree with him 100%, I think that we need to use all of these new tools for education and I feel that as long as the students are engaged and learning not just going through the motions of their work." I would suggest separating that into two sentences to make it flow a bit better.
You also did not post the cartoon as the picture for your post as it was specified in the directions. I would suggest adding links to each of the blogs you read as well as a link to the cartoon. Who is Scott McCleod? You might inroduce who he is and perhaps add a link to his about me section of his blog.
I hope my feedback was helpful!
Micah,
ReplyDeleteWill made all the points I wanted to make, so this comment is quite redundant. But the first requirement for this post was to use the cartoon as the image for this post. And the comparison is basically a comment on the whole PC/Mac debate. PC's are cheap and break easily, but they get the job done. Mac's are more expensive and less likely to break down, but they come with the stigma of elitism.