Mr. Pahs: Technology in Education » fun http://www.mrpahs.com Using technology in today's classroom Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:43:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Technology Should Be Fun http://www.mrpahs.com/2009/11/21/technology-should-be-fun/ http://www.mrpahs.com/2009/11/21/technology-should-be-fun/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:17:17 +0000 Lindsey Pahs http://www.mrpahs.com/?p=306 Technology is a lot of things to a lot of people. One of the main things it is to me is fun. My students at school and I have spent many laughs from doing goofy things with technology. One day we put my little wall aquarium on the big screen with the help of a document camera. For a few brief minutes, we had enormous plastic fish in the school’s largest aquarium. There are always crazy mishaps when technology goes awry. The power went out at my school the other day and one student said, “With budget cutbacks, the school probably didn’t pay the electric bill.” You have to have a sense of humor in education and in teaching. It makes each day a bit more interesting and enjoyable. Plus, having a playful attitude is good for the creative process. Humor opens the mind to see the world in different ways. In an after school club, the students have been creating “Stick Art Jokes.” I’ve been sharing them with my classes and they’ve gotten to be pretty popular. My kids at home have been in convulsions using technology in the most ridiculously funny ways on YouTube.com or with a digital camera. Is there any serious value to being able to do this? Probably not. Not unless you want to have some serious fun.

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 Check out what can happen when people have fun: http://thefuntheory.com/. Having fun with technology is a good reminder–smile and enjoy life.

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