All that work and I bet the manuscript is the ramblings of some nutter about the importance of collecting your toenail clippings in a jar and the benefits of drinking your own pee.
Have you been rummaging through my personal files again?
I suspect that the question is a quick way of establishing social class. I vaguely recall Ruby Payne saying that's the hidden meaning, and it makes sense.
I think that it's better to say that new technology does not always add value -- and the lack of advanced technology in a classroom is not necessarily a hindrance.
If, for example, you're teaching students to compose an essay and don't need to find outside sources, then you don't need anything more sophisticated than basic word processing.
I teach MLA and APA documentation a lot. There are programs that create works cited and reference list citations. Generally, the results have errors, but these programs will create approximations.
I don't like them because (1) they are filled with errors, (2) there's no reason why people can't create citations themselves, and (3) they won't learn how to read citations easily if they don't practice writing them on their own.
When I teach MLA and APA, students learn how a citation is structured and why it is structured that way. If they simply copy and paste from a citation machine, they don't.
Maybe this guy deserves an occasional slapping for violating the personal space of others.
Have you been rummaging through my personal files again?
If I was unemployed, I wouldn't think twice about picking up and moving to North Dakota for a job.
Life lesson: no matter what your brilliant plan is, there'll always be someone there to complain.
If, for example, you're teaching students to compose an essay and don't need to find outside sources, then you don't need anything more sophisticated than basic word processing.
I teach MLA and APA documentation a lot. There are programs that create works cited and reference list citations. Generally, the results have errors, but these programs will create approximations.
I don't like them because (1) they are filled with errors, (2) there's no reason why people can't create citations themselves, and (3) they won't learn how to read citations easily if they don't practice writing them on their own.
When I teach MLA and APA, students learn how a citation is structured and why it is structured that way. If they simply copy and paste from a citation machine, they don't.