Double Entry Journal #1

Electronics In Classrooms

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"Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children’s mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future."

Reaction:

After taking this course and reading this article, I found that nowadays the way most teachers teach is out of the speeded-up mind of thinking of the learners. For example, we sometimes still ask our students to use hand-set and heavy dictionaries to search new words, however that is not what they like anymore, they have great Apple apps to solve different kinds of problems and do many things in a quicker way, then why they will do so?

In conclusion, to reach the goal of being a good educator and making students interested in our course and our way of teaching is to willingly accept their changes and keep the pace of the digital classroom teaching in the 21th century , for this kind of teaching method is more up-to-date in their point of view which means it will be more efficient than the out-off-date style in the classroom. Only in this way could we teach the lessons in the way students and their future want.

Reference:

HEFFERNAN, VIRGINIA. "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com." Opinion - Opinionator - NYTimes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Aug. 2011. <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp>.


Related Resource:

2 Worry

The harm that worry causes in our lives has been well documented by health professionals and others. Worry can weaken and sicken us, and make our days unbearable. At the very least, it prevents us from living fully and happily the only life that we will ever have. At its worse, it can destroy us.

"A god, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite and turns the hair gray." - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

It does a lot more than that, Benjamin!

But the worry disease can be cured and it certainly can be reduced. Of course it requires a change in our thinking - how to view and react to situations. Worrying over things that 'might' happen can waste large portions of our lives, considering that so often it is for nothing, and almost certainly does no good.

"If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?" - Shantideva

Worrying about things that have happened will not turn back the hands of time to give you another try at doing it right. So that is a waste of time too. So many of our anxieties and fears are for nothing. Most of the rest can simply be discarded because worrying just isn't going to do any good. So let's spend our time thinking about the good and pleasant things in our lives, and move on in a peaceful and contented state of mind.

"I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever." - Isak Dinesen

A program to become knowledgeable on the subject of worry, through reading and other instruction, can help in turning our lives around. A life filled with contentment and lacking stress and worry are the goals to be achieved.

It's never too late to start eliminating worry.

My Goal in Math Education

Hello everyone, my name is Anniwaer Nijiati who is a Uighur which is an Ethnic Group in Western China. My major is Math Education and my goal through teaching is to guide my students to the way we both like, and let them enjoy the fruitful learning process which has been wrongly understood. I would love to use my own way to let my kids who really hate Math become crazy about it. In my point of view, nowadays children are interested in solving problems rather than reciting texts to show how capable they are.  For example, I may establish a small store with chasher in classroom, and let my students purchase something they like and estimate the price for the limited budget, use math in real life and in real situation.

What is life?

Hello, I am going to start my blog from today, and the first post i really want to share with you is a wonderful webpage about life at http://www.32keys.com/, it absolutely made me think a lot about life which it contains so many colorful images in it. Since nowadays people are feeling more and more confious about their future and the problems they have in routine life, this would help them to define what is life and how it should be.



1. Life

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"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead." - Scottish Proverb

Everyone says, "How the time flies." The days go by and they are years, and the years finally become our whole life. Each daily portion can be wasted, or it can be a pleasure, before it is gone forever. If a bedtime review of the day concludes that we were too stressed, too busy, didn't accomplish anything, didn't have any fun, then it has been another lost piece of precious life.

Perhaps we are putting off our enjoyment until we have more time, or money, or some other improved condition. The trouble with that is that it might never happen, or it may be too long in coming. It's so important to accept this time, this very minute, as something of tremendous value that will very soon be gone forever. There are many ways to ensure that we make the best of our time here on earth.

In our daily routine let's include time to enjoy others and thus ourselves. Look and wonder at the trees, fields and mountains, smell the flowers, hear the birds, and watch the clouds in the sky.

"This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it." - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Face your problems bravely, confidently, and improve on your situation, no matter what state it be in. Be good to feel good. Be active and improve your mind. Laugh, relax, and sleep well.

Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone:
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in our own. - Adam Gordon (1833-1870)