Comments on: Keep computers out of the classroom? http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/ a blog about information Wed, 16 May 2012 17:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Smith Poul http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-637858 Smith Poul Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:07:09 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=95#comment-637858 I agree with all points. I also agree with him that we shouldn’t create the agitated short-attention world problem worse. Thanks :) I agree with all points. I also agree with him that we shouldn’t create the agitated short-attention world problem worse. Thanks :)

]]> By: Classroom Management Styles http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-145638 Classroom Management Styles Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:17:49 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=95#comment-145638 <strong>classroom management...</strong> With so many teachers struggling with inappropriate behavior it is hardly surprising that more people are coming online to find classroom management ideas. 000+ pages of classroom. classrooms and ho...... classroom management…

With so many teachers struggling with inappropriate behavior it is hardly surprising that more people are coming online to find classroom management ideas. 000+ pages of classroom. classrooms and ho……

]]> By: Sarah205 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-25523 Sarah205 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:15:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=95#comment-25523 Computers are a wonderful part of the classroom. I believe that these new technologies help students learn in a new way, a way that caters to their thinking style. I also think that the use of computers in the classroom is going to help our students learn how to use these technologies in the future, since computers are becoming so prevelent in our communities and careers. Computers are a wonderful part of the classroom. I believe that these new technologies help students learn in a new way, a way that caters to their thinking style. I also think that the use of computers in the classroom is going to help our students learn how to use these technologies in the future, since computers are becoming so prevelent in our communities and careers.

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-14805 Stephen Smoliar Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:22:32 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=95#comment-14805 Having recently "retaliated" to JP's advocacy of Henry Jenkins view of media literacy: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Mff23hgidqmHGqbcv.lfskakEtS6qLVHUEMFUG4-?cq=1&p=158 I feel I now have to emphasize that those observations are important because they go beyond the scope of media literacy. That "beyond" involves questions of "social literacy." It is bad enough that those questions are ignored by the media literacy camp, that seems to lose touch with what it is that media are mediating. It is more serious that they should be ignored by the social software camp; but what is "social literacy" if not an intuitive awareness of and sensitivity to concepts like "connectedness," "belonging," "sharing," and "bonding?" Unfortunately, there seems to be no place for social literacy in today's classrooms (at least in the public school system in the United States), since that is just not part of the accountability equation that the government has forced on those classrooms. Thus, the question of whether or not those classrooms have computers is ultimately a distraction from the real issue, which concerns how the next generation of pupils will be conducive to having relationships at all, whether or not those relationships are mediated by computer technology. Having recently “retaliated” to JP’s advocacy of Henry Jenkins view of media literacy:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Mff23hgidqmHGqbcv.lfskakEtS6qLVHUEMFUG4-?cq=1&p=158

I feel I now have to emphasize that those observations are important because they go beyond the scope of media literacy. That “beyond” involves questions of “social literacy.” It is bad enough that those questions are ignored by the media literacy camp, that seems to lose touch with what it is that media are mediating. It is more serious that they should be ignored by the social software camp; but what is “social literacy” if not an intuitive awareness of and sensitivity to concepts like “connectedness,” “belonging,” “sharing,” and “bonding?” Unfortunately, there seems to be no place for social literacy in today’s classrooms (at least in the public school system in the United States), since that is just not part of the accountability equation that the government has forced on those classrooms. Thus, the question of whether or not those classrooms have computers is ultimately a distraction from the real issue, which concerns how the next generation of pupils will be conducive to having relationships at all, whether or not those relationships are mediated by computer technology.

]]> By: Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » Judy Breck and Open Content http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/03/30/keep-computers-out-of-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-14683 Confused Of Calcutta » Blog Archive » Judy Breck and Open Content Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:51:27 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=95#comment-14683 [...] Judy Breck and Open Content Some of you may have read my earlier post on Michael Schrage’s recent article in the Financial Times, pointing out some of the pitfalls associated with computers in classrooms. Some of you may even have seen Clarence Fisher’s almost-angry but later calmer response, a reaction similar to mine. [...] [...] Judy Breck and Open Content Some of you may have read my earlier post on Michael Schrage’s recent article in the Financial Times, pointing out some of the pitfalls associated with computers in classrooms. Some of you may even have seen Clarence Fisher’s almost-angry but later calmer response, a reaction similar to mine. [...]

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