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Igel

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7. Try being a CTE or advanced-level science teacher.

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:35 PM

Jul 2014

You want to teach kids to write phone apps, you need tech.

And I'm real tired of marbles, pool balls, and ramps. Or using styrofoam cups as calorimeters. You don't need high tech, but there's a limit to what you can do with the level of tech you can get at Sam's Club for $100 for 150 students.

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Gates' Excuse for Poor Results of Educational Technology: "Unmotivated Students" [View all] tinymontgomery Jul 2014 OP

kids want to use the tech for fun & personal communication, not for "education" nt msongs Jul 2014 #1

K & R femmocrat Jul 2014 #2

People can't be motivated by machines, Bill. They need other human beings to engage them. arcane1 Jul 2014 #3

Try being a CTE or advanced-level science teacher. Igel Jul 2014 #7

Great point! I handn't thought about that. arcane1 Jul 2014 #8

Oops expensive mistake lunasun Jul 2014 #4

Well no shit. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5

That's code for "bad teachers." knitter4democracy Jul 2014 #6

Yup. Igel Jul 2014 #9