Two More for the Roll

The first blog I added was Topics in Early Childhood Education by John Funk. He has worked in Early Childhood for 33 years now, so I know he is a reliable blog. Also, he is a manager at Excellence Learning Corporation. In his blog, he talks about different topics about how children work and why we need to teach them. For example, in one of  his posts he talks about how children are watching our every move and learning from us. I chose this blog because I am going into Early Childhood Education and he had good insight on how children work that could help me in the classroom. I also found it interesting because he talks about so many different topics and taught me stuff I didn't know. It will help me with my PLN because he has a lot of experience to help through his posts.

The second blog is chose was Males in Early Childhood. This blog talks about males in early childhood education and you get to see teaching and taking care of kids from a males point of view. I know this is a reliable blog because it uses teachers and parents to talk about the subjects. I chose this blog because I am a male going into early childhood education and it would give me that experience from a guys point of view. I find it interesting because I get a different perspective from a guy. Early childhood education is made mostly of women teachers and it is interesting getting a point of view from a man. It will help my PLN because it is giving me great insight from a man in the field that I am going into.

-Ben

My Beliefs about Technology and Learning

Pros: In some ways technology is great in the classroom. One way is that is it getting them ready for their future career. Now a days it doesn't matter what your career is you will most likely be using technology. Also, it can be more user friendly for the children. Instead of having them flip through the pages of a book they are able to just look something up. Finally, it can help with kids with disabilities. My mom teaches special needs students and I know that the technology truly helps because it works well with different learning styles. Technology can work with audio learners and visual learners.

Cons: But in other ways it is bad. One way is that it is expensive to buy the supplies. It is hard for schools to buy enough computers for all the students. Another way is it can break down easily. If the computers break down it throws off the whole lesson plan. Finally, it is less social. If everything is on the computer it causes no  interaction between the students.