Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Eight problems with Common Core Standards

Eight problems with the Common core was basically about how people have different thoughts about the Common Core Standards. I personally think that people are going to have opinions about so there will be situations where there will be issue trying to get your point across. Based on the article i think think that Some people just are in ti for the money and others really love what they are doing so they will stick it out no matter what.

Out-of-School Setting Create Climate for new skills

   In this article teachers wanted to give students something to do outside of the classroom.Students spend majority of the day inside of the classroom and that at times can get boring. So a group of students set out to do something called Treasure hunters. It is something where students can use different technology to go around neighborhoods to different tasks. I think this is a very good idea because most students can not afford ipads or laptops so for the school to donate or let them use so that can enjoy these different activities. I also think that it will help them stay off the streets and be eager to come to class.

Applied Technology

   In the applied technology article it talked about how students and teachers can use technology in the classroom to make it more interesting. I think that this is a very good idea because most of the time students get bored easily at just listening to the teacher talk. So I think that including technology in some of the lessons will get the students more active in class. I also think that in order for the teachers to show children to use these different things they must be properly trained to that so that it will not be hard for the students to understand.