An I-pod Classroom?
1. Yes, I think I could learn well using an i-pod. I think it would be a good way to educate myself because instead of having to be in the classroom at a certain time and pay attention to the teacher so as not to not miss anything I would have everything on an i-pod ready for me to access and listen to any time I wanted.
2. I admit it would be a nice change and very useful for Mary Ward to embrace i-pod lessons however I still think that being in a class with a teacher is good. People have been doing for hundreds of years so why should our generation try to completely change something that has worked for so long and has worked so well. We should take advantage of this new technology however I think a good alternative to completely banishing classroom lessons would be to have both, in class as an introduction/explanation and the i-pod as a review. Even though this technology is great I think in class lessons somewhat force or push one to learn. Having to wake up early and go to school to listen to the teacher talk may not be the most interesting in the world but many people do not want to or aren’t able to learn by themselves so giving them i-pod lessons wouldn’t turn out well. They could end up failing classes or being too lazy to listen or watch the i-pod in the first place. School lessons work so well because if one wants to or not he/she has to go, attendance is checked and if one is there already what else is there to do but learn and try to achieve a good mark? My point is, school was created and is required for a reason, so we can learn. Even though Mary Ward is for self directed learning we still have some interaction and lessons with our teachers during scheduled days and seminars. We are all still students and some of us may be able to learn from an i-pod but I don’t think we should risk the education and jobs of many people to try this out when it is for “kinesthetic learners” and not all people are like that and may prefer or need real life interaction.
2. I admit it would be a nice change and very useful for Mary Ward to embrace i-pod lessons however I still think that being in a class with a teacher is good. People have been doing for hundreds of years so why should our generation try to completely change something that has worked for so long and has worked so well. We should take advantage of this new technology however I think a good alternative to completely banishing classroom lessons would be to have both, in class as an introduction/explanation and the i-pod as a review. Even though this technology is great I think in class lessons somewhat force or push one to learn. Having to wake up early and go to school to listen to the teacher talk may not be the most interesting in the world but many people do not want to or aren’t able to learn by themselves so giving them i-pod lessons wouldn’t turn out well. They could end up failing classes or being too lazy to listen or watch the i-pod in the first place. School lessons work so well because if one wants to or not he/she has to go, attendance is checked and if one is there already what else is there to do but learn and try to achieve a good mark? My point is, school was created and is required for a reason, so we can learn. Even though Mary Ward is for self directed learning we still have some interaction and lessons with our teachers during scheduled days and seminars. We are all still students and some of us may be able to learn from an i-pod but I don’t think we should risk the education and jobs of many people to try this out when it is for “kinesthetic learners” and not all people are like that and may prefer or need real life interaction.
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