Comments by Miss Ashley Gabel Most recent public comments by Miss Ashley Gabel https://nowcomment.com/users/51756 I found her story very identifiable, as her relationship with her daughter sounds very similar to my relationship with my mother. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136450?scroll_to=1322022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136450?scroll_to=1322022 My mother assumes you must be enrolled in a course or have a great teacher to learn something; in fact, her job is teaching crafting classes at her own small business. It has taken me many years (and lots of "let me google that for you" videos) to help her understand that most all information you want or need is at your fingertips. There seems to be the same disconnect, not necessarily between teachers and students, but between education and students. We've seen it in several papers: the lecturing method of teaching is not the best method. New technologies are helpful to teachers in the way that they begin to bridge this gap. Techs often help to flip the classroom to make learning more centered on students. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:06:28 -0400 Leanne, I was going to go in the opposite direction with the exact same quote, and point out that there is the possibility with each new innovation that we uncover new talents that may prove to be valuable. https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265756 https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265756 Taking your comment into consideration, I think time is likely to be a constraint. Once a teacher has been labeled 'outmoded' there aren't a lot of ways to come back from that. Technology redefining the value of talents would likely be more useful to children who may have previously ended up in a repetitive-task job, but through technology have the opportunity to discover a talent that would previously have laid dormant. Does that make sense? Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:53:20 -0500 OOf, those stats were hard to hear! Hoping he gets to some kind of solution to these problems (and I hope it involves Ed Tech :)) https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265753 https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265753 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:45:07 -0500 The LAST thing I expected this tech-positive guy to do is sound like Selwyn, but here we are. Selwyn p.98 says "you must learn to predict the consequence of each move, and anticipate the computer's response. (see next comment for the rest) https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265750 https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265750 Eventually, your decisions become intuitive, as smooth and rapid fire as the computer's own machinations." Zhao begins to talk about school as a factory trying to churn out identical students, which evokes an image very similar to what Selwyn painted in his critique about games. Interesting that one argument would be against technology, and the other for it. Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:36:06 -0500 His Ed Tech jokes are on point. 10/10, I laughed at all of them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265744 https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265744 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:16:41 -0500 I second this! From his article/bio, I expect him to fully acknowledge the complexities of tech integration. Not only is it an individual journey for a teacher to select and implement, but for each student to experience whatever tech they interact with. https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265743 https://nowcomment.com/documents/129754?scroll_to=1265743 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:36:06 -0500