Week 12...

Friday afternoon and of course I have absolutely nothing better to do than write on my blog ;)

Well I wanted to comment on the two clips that were in this week's module-

One was on mobile learning that has been implemented in a big way in a school in America- I found it absolutely fascinating- and still very torn about the whole issue. I found the idea that this school is preparing these students for life after school in a phenomenal way- such as by learning to work collaboratively while using several gadgets- really astounding.
 On the other hand I still had a little voice inside of me nagging, wondering whether this is really the way to go. School is perhaps the only place left where a kid can escape technology for a few hours a day- the only place he can learn to apply himself without the distractions of technology. Should school really become a place where technology also seeps in? Is it for the kid's absolute benefit? Am I just refusing to move on and come to turns with the fact that this kind of set-up is the best preparation we can give our kids?
I'm still torn...what do you think?

Second clip- absolutely huh-flippin-larious. that's all I wanted to say on the matter.

Shabbat Shalom!

Shavua Tov!

Well I was almost getting used to not upgrading this blog but luckily we have to for good ole week ten...blogging is quite weird because it sometimes feels that I'm writing to amuse myself and then sometimes I even get people responding and I'm like oh yes people can see everything I write here...random comment for the day.

Where were we? Week Ten...Research Tools...

NoodleTools' page on search engines- quite amazing and I didn't know that so many options existed...bookmarked that and will definitely be using that in the future!

I knew about Simple English Wikipedia and Google Scholar but not about Twurdy- great for students and great for teachers too. I randomly checked out "hyperactivity" because isn't that the first random word that jumps to your mind? In retrospect it probably wasn't the wisest choice because you're not going to get incredibly easy articles with such a word but it was good to get a general feel for the tool in any case...

Cheerio!