tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post110703432289193998..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Computer Games and EducationDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1107056451027426742005-01-29T19:40:00.000-08:002005-01-29T19:40:00.000-08:00I have *no* plans to integrate this into my classr...I have *no* plans to integrate this into my classroom instruction. In fact, I've told only a few trusted colleagues that this blog even exists. No doubt something will happen or be said at school that will prompt me to write, and I would rather minimize the chance that someone would be offended by such a posting (even though I would, of course, leave their name out). Anyway, I teach math and don't see how I could integrate blogging into my curriculum. If you have ideas, please let me know!<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by :-) I'll go check out your blog as well.<br /><br />And KimJ, I had a TRS-80 Pocket Computer, Level I. It had 4k of memory! I, too, taught myself BASIC and wrote some rudimentary programs. Circa 1981.<br /><br />I'm pretty happy with an overhead projector. I don't use graphing calculators in class (since they can store alphanumeric data, which invites cheating) but having a quality graphing program and a computer connected to a tv would sure come in handy sometimes.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1107047673085643242005-01-29T17:14:00.000-08:002005-01-29T17:14:00.000-08:00When I was a kid, I begged my parents for an Atari...When I was a kid, I begged my parents for an Atari video game system. My parents got me a TI-99-4A computer. It had many of the same games, but it also had educational cartridges and tapes. I learned the bones of the body, how to read music, and how to program in BASIC. Computers can definitely be educational, but I think only with proper guidance (and, in my case, a rapid boredom with the three or so games I had).<br /><br />I did have a French teacher once who said the only new technology he wanted to see in the classroom was an auto-erasing blackboard. He hated constantly erasing and inhaling the chalk dust. (We didn't have those fancy whiteboards.)Kimberly Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494119124005560724noreply@blogger.com