How I feel about this cartoon

Fundamentals of Teaching: Engage 

What comes to mind when you look at this cartoon?  Share your ideas on your blog.

Many things come to mind when I look at this cartoon. Unfortunately, most of them are not very polite. When I look at this cartoon, I feel upset. I'm upset that the student is rude to the teacher and is indirectly refusing to do the assignment. Even though this is a cartoon, the way he speaks to her is downright disrespectful. But at the same time, This cartoon made me realize that social media is all over the place. It is what we look at in the morning, whenever we have a break, and it is the thing we look at right before we go to bed. You can find out intensely personal information about someone just by looking through their social media accounts you can determine their likes and dislikes. Even though I am upset with how the boy spoke to his teacher, I also understand his reasoning behind what he had said. Technology is everywhere and is a constant place in students' lives. If the teacher in the cartoon took out an electronic device instead of a piece of paper, the boy might have been more receptive when asked to do the assignment.

    Sometimes, to get students more engaged in a lesson, teachers should put away the pen and paper and take out a computer. Using technology in the classroom is hugely beneficial. There are multiple online resources teachers can use to get their students more engaged, especially in things like social studies. Online resources include things like flipgrid. Instead of using a piece of paper and pencils to write down answers or responses, students can take a three-minute video of themselves answering a prompt or replaying their classmate's response. Students can use Canva.com to create online digital posters instead of cardstock, glue, glitter, and more to create a physical poster. The article "Favorite Tech Tools For Social Studies Classes" written by Katrina Schwartz explains many more digital resources that a teacher can use to make class fun and exciting.

    Out of all the different resources mentioned. My favorite would have to be Book Flix. The article explains that after students read a fiction book to get a new one, they then have to read a non-fiction article or text about the same topic as the fiction book. This kind of technology would be extremely beneficial in social studies classrooms. For example, if my students were reading the book Revere And I: Being An Account Of Certain Episodes In The Career Of Paul Revere, Esq. As Revealed By His Horse written by Robert Lawson. They would then have to read a non-fiction article about the actual events surrounding this story.  After reviewing this cartoon I have both positive and negative feelings but as I progress through the social studies methods course I hope these feelings will change.