Re:'Teach Naked' Effort Strips Computers From Classrooms
by pyre on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @01:44PM
(#741701)
Yes. Most people have taken Powerpoint and tried to use it as a replacement for having 3x5 notecards with major points on them so that they don't get lost during a lecture/speech. Unfortunately that is the poorest use of Powerpoint.
But this comes hand-in-hand with the way we choose professors. They aren't usually chosen for their teaching or speaking skills, just for their knowledge and expertise in a particular field.
Re:'Teach Naked' Effort Strips Computers From Classrooms
by Goladus on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @01:48PM
(#741712)
I program better on a computer because despite my Catholic elementary school penmanship training my hand begins to ache after a few minutes of handwriting, and I write slowly. The longer I have to hold a pen or a pencil the more difficult it becomes to concentrate on anything but how uncomfortable my hands are.
I reach for pencil and paper all the time for solving problems, but if I can't write what has to be written in less than 5-10 minutes it's not worth it.
I'm a CS student the University of Texas, and quite a few of our professors, especially at the entry level programming courses, disallow students from brining computers to class and all our programming tests are all written. This encourages patient THINKING and not sporadic TINKERING.
And about powerpoint: I dislike it because most people do it wrong. The lecture should be guiding the powerpoint, but most people allow the powerpoint to guide the lecture.