Fred Sitkins article How Teachers Are Integrating Tech Common Core talks about how Common Core is now introducing technology in the program. He says that the iPad and certain other new technology advances are perfect for children to learn more in depth. He says that with the internet access they can learn to look up how to pronounce words and find their meaning. Throughout the article he showed through his examples and enthusiasm that he was very positive about this coming into the common core.
I think this article is very biased on how technology is coming into the Common Core program. His examples of first graders using technology was weak, in my opinion and he did not give enough examples of how this could be a positive thing for students. One thing that I would have incorporated would have been the use of technology in the world today and how fast it is advancing. Advancing technology is obviously something that is a positive for children learning technology so early.
The first paragraph isn't a complete summary. Don't leave out any of the main examples. I know sometimes we all rush.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Sitkins seemed very biased.He should have added more things about the technology being more widely used in the "real world" because the article as it is makes it seem like he wants teachers to depend on technology to teach just about everything. That defeats the purpose of having a human teacher in the room.
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