Are You Paying Attention?
June 1, 2007 at 9:37 am by Chris This propaganda piece/video argues that because kids are addicted to technology that distracts them, the only hope of educating them is for teachers to use that technology in the classroom. I am not sure if I agree with this. When my wife and I were overseas, she taught at an international school in Penang, Malaysia. Most of the students there had tons of technology available to them- iPods, the coolest little cellphones, laptops, etc. However, the classrooms had very little technology, and yet somehow the teachers there managed to educate them well. My guess is that it had something to do with the fact that the teachers were good at what they do- teaching! This video seems almost preposterous if you frame it in other words, like, "children would learn to be much better tennis players if they were taught using the Nintendo Wii..." |
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Comments 
 ap |
June 1, 2007 11:34 AM What's incredible is that this video (a digital teaching device) is so boring I couldn't even get half way through it before I closed the window. My sketchbook is calling... |
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cb |
June 1, 2007 3:21 PM So true... by midway I was barely 'paying attention.' |
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greg |
June 1, 2007 3:47 PM I guess there's a reason the video doesn't mention YouTube as an effective teaching tool... |