10 p.m. on a Sunday night, pushing that midnight deadline for the weekly post.
This week's assignment was an example of why I resist when it comes to tech tools: take ten apps and cram them into a unit. Tech tools are fun, they can enhance learning. And when there's a clear learning goal in mind, and I know of a tech tool that will add to it, it is great fun to do so. But starting from the list of tech tools leaves me cold.
Four or five apps could easily have fit the bill, 10 felt like too much. It reminded me of why this course has been so enjoyable - the ability to fool around with one tool and get an actual feel for it without trying to grasp too much at once. I think the same would go for students and teachers. Perhaps more so. Offer them one or two bells to enhance a unit and give them the chance to really learn how to use those tools and you have likely given them more than if you try to throw too many things their way.
You make an excellent point. In real life (at least at this point in education) we would never just jam tools in to make sure that we had a certain amount. For what it is worth, the idea behind the assignment is to focus on the ways that many different tools can be used and tied to specific curriculum - but leading with the content.
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