What will disappear in the education world?

http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2009/12/21-things-that-will-become-obsolete-in.html

Check out this list of things that will be obsolete in education by the year 2020. Will you still have your job?

Readwritethink

So, I've been using this site in my classroom and I think that you should check it out! www.readwritethink.org There are some great templates for projects and drafting here. Use the student resources and see what you find. The site is geared towards Reading/Writing teachers, but you can use it with other disciplines as well. It's one downside is that students can't save their work, so they must print out what they have done or it will be lost.

Are you my teacher?

What would your answer be?

What a Week!

Well after being dropped from my Spring 2010 classes, I am finally re-instated back into the program to make up missing work and catch up on all discussions and assignments. Now with a baby due in 3 days, I have my work cut out for me. Thank goodness this blog and web page were saved to Google so I did not lose those, but I quickly trying to make up everything else. If I can keep this baby from appearing for a few more, I should be good to go, but boy... am I nervous!

Does the Internet Make Us Smarter?

After answering this question in my Educational Technology Class, I thought I might post it out to the rest of the world? Do you think the Internet makes us smarter?

In my opinion, the answer is no. I feel that the Internet is a great tool to assist in making us smarter, but unless the information is read, absorbed, and applied to everyday life, it can be just as useless. It is a helpful resource that students and adults can use to quickly find facts and trivia type information, but is that really considered knowledge?

On the other end, I feel the Internet can also become a crutch for certain people who do not use it correctly. Plagiarism is becoming much more common because it is so easy to "cut and paste" information that was never even read by the student in the first place.

What's your opinion? Do you believe the Internet is making us smarter?