Blog Post #5

Mr McLeod is an education leadership professor at the University of Kentucky. He is a constant blogger about technology and hopefully will expand the outlook about it to more schools. He used sarcasm and humor in his blog post, "Don't teach your kids this stuff, please?" He simply just stated that parents should keep kids from using computers but in the end he was sarcastic about the whole thing. I left a brief comment and said, Technology is spreading rapidly throughout the world especially through kids and the adults need to make sure we aren't getting left behind.


Travis Allen seems like a genius at the age of seventeen. He argues that the new generation of learning needs to be through iSchool. Which is a revolutionary way of learning that will not only save the environment but also allow students to adapt to the new ways of the world. The iSchool is not only a great idea but will help American students become more informed with what is out there technologically.


Eric Whitacre's is a great conductor considering he put on a show of 185 people who preformed a wonderful song without being in the same room together. It is mind blowing how amazing technology is becoming. I never knew that it was even possible to sync that many people together to form a choir. All I can say is I am completely astonished.


Roberts sees the change of teaching into more technology in a positive way. He thinks that technology is engaging, which it is most definitely. Computers can be a great way for students to be involved in the classroom and learn things for themselves. Technology would be a useful tool in my classroom as an educator because I would allow my students to figure their assignments out for themselves. Also, I would try to have a video chat open outside of the classroom to help my students if they need it. There are so many aspects that can be used with technology and we need to open our eyes and overwhelm ourselves with the new ways of educating.

Reading Rockets is a great website that helps kids to read and comprehend better. It is very important that kids are able to read efficiently so they can succeed through the rest of their education. Reading Rockets has excellent concepts for everyone, not only just kids but the parents and teachers too. The website also has strategies, facts, and blogs that inform that allows the viewers to get a feel for it. I really enjoyed the videos and podcast portion of the website because it constantly updated with new, helpful material.