Which way is better for children to learn?
1. Hands-on activities
OR
2. Electronic devices
In my own experiences with hands-on activities compared to electronic devices, I have always done better with hands-on activities. I am realizing that with the new technology coming up, I'm going to have to try to use technology in the classroom. I definitely want to continue hand-eye coordination though. I am lucky enough to get to grow up with the technology. I went through elementary school where we would go to the computer lab, now we all have our own computers. In elementary schools today, they have carts that carry around laptops, iPads, and iPods. Now technology has not taken away from the children's learning abilities, unless it is used too much. Children still need to know how to write their names, and by write I do not mean print, I mean cursive.
Digressing- I had a friend in high school who couldn't write to save his life. On the SAT there is a spot where you have to write a paragraph. It took him tenn minutes to write it. He forgot how to do some letters in cursive. He forgot how to write his name in cursive. This is not a good sign. You have to be able to write your name on checks, and many important documents in your lifetime.
I do not believe it hinders our ability to learn, but I believe technology should be limited in the classroom. :) I know I will limit it. It has to be used in order for children to grow because once they get to the real world they won't be up to date with the technology.
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I do believe that hands-on activities are great in the classroom and moe classrooms need these types of activities. I would check someof you spelling and comma uses.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that technology should be used at its own place and time and that younger children or just anyone should learn the basics before anything else.
ReplyDeleteHands-on activities are great in classroom and they eliminate distractions within the classroom. I'd rather have a group of students be engaged in what their learning rather than have facebook, the internet, and games a major distraction. When we had laptop time in high school to start on a project lots of students did exactly what I listed above.
ReplyDeleteI have the same view as you. I agree, I think that hands on activities may even be a better way of learning than technology. I also think that technology is important for learning, but only to an extent.
ReplyDeleteI agree that students need to be able to write, in cursive and print, because even in the present time I even forget how to write all the upper case and lower case letters in cursive. Technology is a useful tool and should be utilized but should not be completely replacing the teacher and the teacher acting as a supervisor, not an educator.
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