In this blog by Morgan Bayda regarding to “An Open Letter To Educators” created by Dan Brown. In this post Morgan provided us with a video of Dan Brown, he basically discussing about how education has not meet some of the requirements, which he mention about technology that has not enter the education world completely. This is one of the reasons why he drops out of college because he said that his school was interfering with his education. I left a comment on Morgan’s blog: Hi Morgan! My name is Hoan Nguyen. I’m a student from EDM310 from Dr. Strange’s class at University of South Alabama. I recently just read your blog and I do agree with the fact that there are some teachers who really do not care about students’ education. Some just simply are not voluntary and make commitment when it comes to teaching. Another thing I want to point out is that on Dan’s perspective, I somewhat cannot agree with him because it is true that the school systems do not provide the best education for the students but this is the reason why we and many other future teachers are here to improve the society and make a better difference!
Although, Dan made some good points about the education system is cheating the students and says that we don’t need to attend classes to achieve education. However, he forgot that in this society we in now, everything are based on degrees and higher education to find a decent job. It is impossible to quit school because if you think about it, what can we do when we quit? Stay at home and sleep all day? What influence will we have on our children, little brothers, or little sisters? I think everyone should reconsider about quitting school before they do anything.
If you would like to see the post please visit http://morgbayda.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/an-open-letter-to-educators/.
In the post “Don’t Let Them Take Pencils Home”. This post refers to two educators having a conversation regarding to education. They both have different opinion about education, one teacher said that students’ should not bring pencils home because they think this is the reason why students’ did not complete their homework assignments. In this post, one teacher mainly focus on the testing scores and she repeatedly the same problem and give them some fun activities to do instead of motivating them with some learning skills related to their reading or perhaps math problems. If you would like to see this post please visit http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/2010/07/dont-let-them-take-pencils-home.html.
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Hi! I enjoyed reading your comments in Blog Post #10. I agree with you about Dan Brown's video - he introduces some good ideas but quitting school is not the way to make a difference! All the reasons he listed are precisely the reason for staying in school in the education field. The problem is there and it is our job as future educators to fix it. We need to be creative and continue learning so we can incorporate technology into our classrooms and prepare our students and children for the world of tomorrow! Sounds like you have the right idea! Good luck with the rest of EDM310!
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ReplyDeleteI loved Dan's statement, "School was interfering with my education." You mention how, in all honesty, it wasn't too smart for Dan to drop out of college because "what will he do if he quits?"
Think back to Mr. Pink's "Drive - What Motivates You?" video. What motivated Dan? Extrinsic factors made no difference to him. He wanted PURPOSE.
Why are you pursuing a higher education? Hopefully you're not entering the teaching field for the money.
- Allie
A message from Dr. Strange:
It seems that you did not understand that Tom Johnspn's post Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home was a metaphor in which pencils were computers. I will complete my post Metaphors: What They Are and Why We Use Them (A Learning Opportunity) later this week. After this post appears on the Class Blog you will be required to leave a comment. Watch the Class Blog for further instructions.