Most recent public comments by Ben Gesch https://nowcomment.com/users/14481 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35109?scroll_to=344668 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35109?scroll_to=344668 I agree with everyone here. I just an additional thought though. What about online interactions that lead to real life interactions. Social media such as dating sites, Tinder, Facebook, instagram, twitter,and etc. can introduce people online and these interactions sometimes develop into real life relationships. Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:57:44 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35111?scroll_to=344666 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35111?scroll_to=344666 Probably should have started a separate post. :) Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:43:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35111?scroll_to=344665 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35111?scroll_to=344665 I think I am turning into one of these kids, just a really lame, boring version of one. I feel like a constantly need news, stimulation, and photos! I check my phone constantly and strive to remember what my life was like before I had an iPhone. It's not easy. A lot of it is great. I get to stay in touch with my friends, via group message, instagram, and even facebook (on occasion). Then there is also endless access to information and entertainment. However, a lot of it is addictive and borderline indicates a desperate need for constant stimulation. I think schools need to find a balance that uses code switching to bridge the gap between cut scene youtube videos and the structure and necessary to learn complex content such as algebra. Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:43:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35112?scroll_to=344653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35112?scroll_to=344653 I think technology is optimally used when it does what this paragraph talks about. Namely it gives students choice in and assignment and ensures that learning activities are at an appropriate level for individual students. There are a number of reading, writing, and math programs that automatically adjust to the current level of an individual student. One teacher in the classroom cannot possible compete with effective software like this in terms of differentiation and accommodating the different levels of student knowledge and skill. I realize that this is probably an over-simplistic viewpoint in terms of when technology is appropriate for a specific lesson, however I think that schools should focus more of their attention towards the use and development of this type of software in the classroom. Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:33:23 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35110?scroll_to=344652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/35110?scroll_to=344652 I think if students learned to write in another 5 or 10 different calligraphic styles it would even FURTHER improve their motor and visual skills, eye-to-hand co-ordination, spatial awareness, hand and finger dexterity, cognitive function and brain development, but the question remains... Do we need these styles past print? I can no longer write in legible cursive, I can however type like a boss. I took one typing class in middle school and I haven't looked back. Keyboards are for the present and the foreseeable the way the vast majority of people communicate. This article does not present convincing arguments for the teaching of cursive, in my opinion. The only concrete stat it makes a reference to is that typing does not active that brains so-called 'reading circuit.' I bet writing in print does though, so what of it? Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:08:59 -0400