Two More for The Roll

The first blog, called Let's Play Math, is a blog that can benefit any present or future math teachers.  There are a lot of topics in this blog, but the main idea is great games that math teachers can use to help their students have fun and learn at the same time.  This is a fun blog for teachers to learn many things and I intend on taking advantage of it.

The second blog is about something I have had a passion for all my life, basketball.  I have played basketball since I was two years old and have never stopped.  This blog is about everything that is happening inside the NBA, hence the name of the blog InsideHoops.  This is very up to date about every little detail on injuries, staff changes, deals, and everything else you can think of that has to do with professional sports.  Another reason why I chose this blog is because, even though this is my professional blog, I feel people should know more about me in a professional blog than just I want to be a teacher.

My Beliefs about Technology and Learning

I believe that technology is very important to learning in the classroom for any subject.  It keeps the mind active rather than just staring at the teacher and listen to them talk. Also, even though it is not much, they are being active.  More active than sitting in a chair taking notes.  These are two things that I believe are crucial to keeping a student interested in what they are learning.

Another thing that makes technology in the classroom important is the world's technology is rapidly getting more advanced.  Students need to stay up to date on this technology so when they grow up they can use it and keep improving it.

The only pitfall I can think of is if we use more technology, there will be less reading.  Students will always need to be strong readers so when we use more and more technology, we need to make sure that the students reading scores stay high.