Thing 16-Teach Digital

All of the videos have good points. However, the third one was a little annoying. True there are teachers out there that need to get into the future. But, we still have to get information to the student and sometimes this is boring. I have long recognized that we are dealing with a TV generation that have a 10 minute attention span before they are ready for a commercial. Recently I have been letting students use what ever means they want to communicate their assignments. I am moving toward teaching more digitally but try to balance that with hands on and some getting the information out. Part of the problem at BCPS is all of the blocking that goes on and older slower technology and not enough to go around. I do love the TED talks and have created a page on my website of my favorite picks. www.davidprindle.com I along with others in the district have brought our Educational Technology group back together to help teachers do a better job in the classroom of using appropriate technologies and applications.