Week+One

Today we found out what this course is all about!
 * __Let The Class Begin!!! __**

I'm excited to get used to becoming a technology friendly teacher. I hope that this will help me to get my students engaged. I look forward to finding out all the ways that we as teachers can use technology to our advantage and to find out about the the constraints that exist.

Looking forward to what's to come!

__ ** This Week's Reading ** :__

I really enjoyed reading the article "Understanding Digital Kids" by Ian Jukes. In particular, I found the discussion on the study involving the apes who were trained to beat any ape who attempted to retrieve the bananas interesting (although the animal rights activist in me was slightly disturbed!) I also was shocked by the perceptual blindness video mentioned in the article. I watched the video before continuing the reading to see what it was about. I was able to count the passes but definitely had no clue the gorilla was there! It was eye opening! Great article!

Below is a version of the Perceptual Blindness Test which is discussed in the article. Here is the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QOJN-RYbNc

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