Re: CBL/ Mag Field Sensor/Horse and cart

[Shawn Hennon <hennons@YAHOO.COM>]

--- Ken Fox  wrote:
> I read this query and the helpful responses. I could
> not help pondering on
> the nature of the question and wonder if the cart is
> preceding the horse.
> We have been told that technology is going to
> revolutionize education and
> now we are all acquiring engaging technology for use
> in the classroom. Now
> we are trying to figure out what to do with it. " I
> have this hammer, what
> can I do with it?" rather than "I have this nail and
> wonder what hammer
> would be the best to use."
>
> Is it our goal to teach the use of technolgy?
>
> Don't get me wrong. I am not anti-tech. The right
> tool for the right job.
> Will this tool make understanding more thorough? If
> I add more technology,
> what concepts will disappear from my curriculum?
> There are still only
> 180 teaching days, if we are lucky.


I undrstand your statement Ken, but my thought in terms of the use of
technology is the fact that it allows us to do activities involving a
variety of different concepts (some that we currently teach and others
that we do not).  I look at the new technology and say, "Hey, look, now
I can actully see data which provs this as well as collect it rather
than taking the numbers in a book for granted."  I hope that the
students will like the ability to learn the concepts even better
through doing activities involving the use of new technology.

Shawn
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