Monday, April 21, 2008

Week 13 - iTunes University - Stanford Podcast

This blog presents me with the same problem as the previous blog assignment store. I am unable to download iTunes to my computer. These assignments open me eyes to problems that my future students may encounter with the assignements I assign them. I don't think that I can require a student to do an assignment that requires them to download something to their computer, unless it was a part of the class or instructional tool that the state says I have to teach or use. I will not expect my elementary students to disobey their parents. Some parents don't even want their children using the internet, much less downloading things to their computer. These are my thoughts, children have been able to learn for hundreds of years without computers, and while I do think there are many good educational tools, students don't have to use every aspect available on the internet in a school setting.

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