tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059797668749790151.comments2010-07-12T01:18:00.089-04:00KEA The Kentwood Education Association BlogspotKentwood Education Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00083196309541909077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059797668749790151.post-56568881733124668302010-07-12T01:18:00.089-04:002010-07-12T01:18:00.089-04:00I have gained quite a lot of useful and interestin...I have gained quite a lot of useful and interesting information with your blog. Keep this up always.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jobsjobsjobs.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Education jobs</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047654999781021399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059797668749790151.post-86308739444190435112009-07-20T02:51:59.964-04:002009-07-20T02:51:59.964-04:00It is great to see teachers using technology to im...It is great to see teachers using technology to improve their teaching. Like anyone, teachers have a lot to gain from technology. And when teachers benefit, guess who else benefits? Students!<br /><br />I hope that not only will this technology help teachers teach more effectively (i.e. to save time that would be better spent helping students), but that more teachers will use this technology to better familiarize students with it. Whether they graduate in 2010, 2022, or somewhere in between, current Kentwood students will enter a world in which technological competency is necessary for success.<br /><br />Take blogging, for example. This spring, we had a blog for one of my classes at CMU. Each of us was required to write three posts on the blog and comment four times on posts written by our peers. While I myself love blogging, many people are unfamiliar with it; thus, employing blogging as a tool in the class helped students understand it better. For another example, see <a href="http://buttson.blogspot.com/2009/05/six-word-prompt-romanticism.html" rel="nofollow">this blog</a>, in which a cousin of mine at Carlson High (in the Downriver Detroit area) was required to participate for class points.<br /><br />With the many pitfalls technology can offer, this world will also require that people are equipped to navigate through this technology <i>responsibly</i>. When I was in school, we were warned early and often to stay away from drugs, don’t talk to strangers, etc. Now, I feel that it’s just as important that students are warned to be careful online.<br /><br />Given technology’s use in our society today, KPS must orient students to technology and guide them in its proper use if they are to become the “successful, productive citizens” we hope they will be.<br /><br />-Scott Urbanowski<br />EKHS Class of 2005Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814983603237679107noreply@blogger.com