10-1-12
(reading the morning message to the class)
Teacher: "Today we will have P.E. and go to the computer
lab!"
Students: YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that is not even enough
exclamation marks to express their elation)
They
then proceeded to applaud, cheer some more, and a few students even turned to
their neighbors and gave them a big hug.
I
instantly thought, “wow, why can’t this happen for math or language arts or
even science?” And I know that the
computer lab part is most likely the part that excited them because on Mondays
we say, “Today we will have P.E.” and there is a general groan of disgust.
Clearly,
we need to incorporate technology into the classroom. Or at least some general aspects of
technology in school: exciting materials, interaction between students and
subject matter, and collaboration between students. The entire purpose behind
this class suddenly became clearer to me as I heard my students cheering for a specific subject.
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