I think that a teacher should go as far as they find appropriate to their students and their material.
Online chat and instant messaging could help students who are worse at listening and taking notes.
In a music classroom, there really isn't much of a place for any form of text based communication. As I have said before, there is no replacing a good music director.
I could see podcasts helping in situations where the teacher is not allowed as much time with their students. At the same time it is definitely another way to passively deliver information.
In my case gaming helps and hinders my studying. Through playing lots of games over the years, I have wasted many an hour which could have been spent studying. In addition, my problem solving skills improve in periods in which I play videogames. When I have kids I will let them play videogames on a regular basis so long as their studies do not suffer the way mine always have.
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17 years ago
I completely agree with you on a lot of your responses to the questions. You have a really good point about the online chat in the classrooms though. I didn't think of that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you as far as music goes, texting does not make much since. I would say though that in most classrooms they would not be all that great either. But I think that with the kdis playing video games that you will not notice it hurting their grades until it is too late and they are older and have become almost addicted.
ReplyDeleteIm with Danielle you had a good points on the online chats and how you said videogames helped you solve problems over the years
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