I like your title, very inventive. I also love that at his high school he has his own personal i-pad. I would like to see the whole county offer this to it's students. One day maybe they will replace the textbooks. It's a shame I've heard this same story several times now, that technology and computer use at school is limited. I also find it interesting that he used the skills that he learned outside of school in the classroom at school. I like that digital natives can figure out technology on their own without assistance. I would suggest to your student that he could create videos for his projects at school to show his instructors what he's learned.
I cannot believe that every student in Tiny Tyman’s school gets and iPad!! I was floored when I read that! I agree, it’s frustrating that the teacher’s do not take advantage of the iPads with blogs and wikis. Even have an assignment to create a video tutorial on something would be neat. Tiny Tyman seems very tech savvy and he, like many other young people, has to “power down” when he enters the school. I also like the fact that Tiny Tyman has developed self-control and inter-personal skills through comments made on his YouTube channel. This skill set is sometimes hard to teach, especially to 18 year old males.
Like some others I thought your title caught my attention to read about your young person. It is also great that his school gives him an Ipad to use. A few years back I was subbing at a high school in Harrison county that gave their students Ipads to use throughout the school year. I am so curious to know if this is the same high school I worked at for awhile. I thought to myself when there that this school has it all right!
It's so funny that every student gets an iPad, but that no one uses them for school. It's such a wasted opportunity! I've been in these one-to-one schools where all the students have iPads, and I know they'd be very open to using them in class. But, since the teachers don't use them, and instead stick to the traditional methods, you always see kids in the back of the classroom playing games on these iPads. If they were actually used in class to do work, maybe this wouldn't happen as much, because the kids would be doing something engaging and fun. Instead, they're not really getting anything from these so-called "traditional" lessons.
I like your title, very inventive. I also love that at his high school he has his own personal i-pad. I would like to see the whole county offer this to it's students. One day maybe they will replace the textbooks. It's a shame I've heard this same story several times now, that technology and computer use at school is limited. I also find it interesting that he used the skills that he learned outside of school in the classroom at school. I like that digital natives can figure out technology on their own without assistance. I would suggest to your student that he could create videos for his projects at school to show his instructors what he's learned.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that every student in Tiny Tyman’s school gets and iPad!! I was floored when I read that! I agree, it’s frustrating that the teacher’s do not take advantage of the iPads with blogs and wikis. Even have an assignment to create a video tutorial on something would be neat. Tiny Tyman seems very tech savvy and he, like many other young people, has to “power down” when he enters the school.
ReplyDeleteI also like the fact that Tiny Tyman has developed self-control and inter-personal skills through comments made on his YouTube channel. This skill set is sometimes hard to teach, especially to 18 year old males.
Like some others I thought your title caught my attention to read about your young person. It is also great that his school gives him an Ipad to use. A few years back I was subbing at a high school in Harrison county that gave their students Ipads to use throughout the school year. I am so curious to know if this is the same high school I worked at for awhile. I thought to myself when there that this school has it all right!
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny that every student gets an iPad, but that no one uses them for school. It's such a wasted opportunity! I've been in these one-to-one schools where all the students have iPads, and I know they'd be very open to using them in class. But, since the teachers don't use them, and instead stick to the traditional methods, you always see kids in the back of the classroom playing games on these iPads. If they were actually used in class to do work, maybe this wouldn't happen as much, because the kids would be doing something engaging and fun. Instead, they're not really getting anything from these so-called "traditional" lessons.
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