C4T #2

Integrating Technology into schools
This blog post was about integrating technology into the schools. She says that she thinks it could be a good thing and gives all of these good examples of how you can integrate technology into the classroom. When I read the comments, they were all downing this idea and some people even arguing over it. I remembered back when I first started my EDM 310 class at South Alabama and Dr. Strange told us that "technology in the classrooms is what this course was all about; if we disagreed with this idea then we were too old fashion and the classrooms now days are all about technology." This shocked me because I had no idea that technology was already in classrooms. Now that I am halfway through this course I am all for technology in the classroom.

My Comment:
Hey Katrina! My name is Lauren Reid and I am an Elementary Education major at the University of South Alabama. I completely agree with this article. Technology needs to be integrated into the schools worldwide. Some people might not agree, but teaching kids how to use certain techniques with technology can prepare them for America's future jobs. In schools that have already integrated technology, the kids are blogging, making video's, and talking to other kids worldwide. I have not seen one bad thing come out of using technology in schools. The kids are more eager to learn, the absence rate has dropped to almost nothing, and the kids like to come to school because they think it's fun and that's the way it should be. Teachers who do not believe in using technology in their classroom should really open their eyes and look at the big picture. The world is not the same as it used to be, we are constantly evolving. I am completely on board with using technology in my classroom whenever I become a teacher.

Is Kindergarten too young to test?
This post was created by Holly Korbey titled: "Is Kindergarten too young to test?" The whole post is about how schools in New York are trying to make Kindergarteners take bubble tests and how nobody agrees with it. "According to the New York Daily News, multiple-choice questions and bubble answer sheets left New York’s four- and five-year-old students feeling 'bewildered,' and some in tears." The parents of the Washington Heights school denied this be given to their children and it wasn't given to them. This post completely infuriated me because I don't believe any Kindergarted classroom should scare the kids like this. I believe it should be a fun, interactive, and learning environment

My Comment:
My name is Lauren Reid and I am an Elementary Education major at the University of South Alabama. I think that the question "Is Kindergarten too young to test?" should not even have to be asked. When children are young, they need activities to open up their mind and get them excited about learning new things; it should not be taking boring bubble tests. Most teachers in today's world don't think about bettering the children's minds and they don't think about how every child learns in a different way. I think that it is good the parents are standing up and saying "no" to this nonsense. Classrooms need to be more interactive and especially Kindergarten classrooms