Sunday, February 8, 2009
Yet another use of technology in the classroom...
I was at the book fair the other day, talking to one of the reps (an overfriendly rep, in my opinion), and he asked me if I used technology in the classroom. I replied, "Yes." Unfortunately, we were talking about two very different things-he was talking about CD-Roms as supplamentary material for a course, and I was talking about the technology I use in the classroom. He tried to sell me on using these in my classroom, but frankly, I'm not on board. I don't see my students using these CDs on top of reading their texts, etc. I'm all for integrating technology into teaching, but this doesn't seem like the most effective way to do so. I'm sure there would be certain students who would benefit, but I don't see a large number of students using these. Maybe I'm still old-fashioned, but I like my books.
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He *was* overly friendly, wasn't he? I actually ended up telling him that I needed to go meet with a student (which I actually had scheduled in half an hour) and that I needed to leave. To me, he was a strong example of the stereotypical pushy salesperson.
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