Wednesday, December 10, 2008

+'s and -'s of having computers in front of all the students

In our last lecture we discussed the up and downs of students having computer access at all times. We found thats it's very difficult for teachers to get their attention when he/she is trying to show something or talk about a certain point. However, some teachers have the abilily to temporarily shut down what ever it is they are doing so they can get all the students attention. also by having a computer for each student it can speed up the learning process and productivity. It seemed like everyone in the class had a different opinion on whether or not its a good idea to have that many computers.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Legal Issues in the classroom

In our most recent lecture we dicscussed issues concerning copy right falacies. Our teacher gave us a work sheet that had several true and false questions about whether on not certain documents were legal to use. In the class he managed to bring up examples online that described what is right and wrong in terms of copy right laws. this topic related to social issues, ethical issues, and safety issues. the reason for this is you always want to keep these in mind when researching and printing things off for a class discussion. It is imperative that you follow the copyright laws especially when you become a teacher becuase the risk of getting in trouble is high.