tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685403469183555837.post1896587157784196065..comments2010-01-03T11:34:50.000-06:00Comments on I Want to Teach Forever: What 21st Century Skills Should MeanMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960561773050547167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685403469183555837.post-25562429092558815742010-01-03T11:34:50.000-06:002010-01-03T11:34:50.000-06:00Shouldn't kids be taught old-fashioned languag...Shouldn't kids be taught old-fashioned language, math, and reasoning skills first and foremost? Take any teenager behind the counter at the produce stand or serving up tacos and see if they know how to count back change - for those numerous occasions when the 21st Century cash register messes up. Ask them to put together a coherent sentence without resorting to abbreviated Internet-speak, and you'll probably be greeted with a long silence...which isn't always an entirely bad thing! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685403469183555837.post-68112846950545855002009-06-07T21:17:30.824-05:002009-06-07T21:17:30.824-05:00One of the things that often bothered me about our...One of the things that often bothered me about our use of calculators was how it resulted in students' complete dependence on them. They need them to do even the simplest computations. It's one thing to teach them how powerful such a tool can be, and how to use it to solve difficult problems, but it's another to have them be unable to do anything without it!Mr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960561773050547167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685403469183555837.post-43266746210858198902009-05-27T23:06:23.996-05:002009-05-27T23:06:23.996-05:00Finally, somebody who shares my skepticism of "new...Finally, somebody who shares my skepticism of "new" technologies. As an example, graphing calculators have been used as crutches by students instead of tools to further their math abilities.Rachmadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043057655883742874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685403469183555837.post-3672187747217655762009-05-14T18:00:00.000-05:002009-05-14T18:00:00.000-05:00Agree entirely. Besides, my biggest problem with ...Agree entirely. Besides, my biggest problem with projectors and smartboards is that over-reliance means students sit in the dark for most of the day. Technology is great when it's thought through but a lot of the time other tecniques work just as well, if not better, and we shouldn't let cool software blind us to that fact.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03524993288277216755noreply@blogger.com