C4T Last Summary

I had the pleasure of commenting on Kevin McLaughlin's Blog for last C4T. The first post I commented on was titled "BYOD-It Makes A Lot Of Sense." In the blog, Mr. McLaughlin talks about why bringing your own devices can be an advantage to schools. He states how at home students use their own devices at home and are use to those devices. Mr. McLauglin thinks that if a student is familiar with their own devices, then why not use them at school. I agree with Mr. McLaughlin to a certain extent. I think that it is a great idea for students to bring their own devices from home and use them at school. But, with doing that the school can be at fault if something happens to the students device or some students might not have their own laptop or iPad. All in all the post was excellent!

The second post I commented on was titled "Switching off Interactive White Board for good." The post was about how Interactive White Boards(IWB) have had their day. Mr. McLauglin writes about how IWB are not being used on the way they are meant to be used. He states how some teachers forget their how to use them a month after training on how to use them properly. When he asked his students they said how IWB's are a waste, because they as students don't even get much interaction with them. He thinks the money used on IWB's can be used on other technology that will be used more often. I think his post was great. I agree that if teachers aren't using IWB's to their advantage then why have them. Money is always an issue, so why not spend it on bigger and better things.