Apr
20
High-Tech Heretic-Makes Learning Fun
April 20, 2008 | |
Learning takes work. Discipline. This statement from the chapter is so true. This is what I see a lot of students failing to realize. If it is too hard or if it is not spoon fed to them, they are not willing to put in the work required. I think this comes from the instant gratification a lot of them have grown up with. If they don’t see results almost immediately, they will give up.
The program forces the child to do a math problem in order to be rewarded with two minutes of entertainment. Then the torture begins anew. What a great way to teach hatred of math. I have never thought of this reality before. The learning just gets in the way of the fun and allows the student to hate what is interrupting the fun. I have not noticed any examples of this firsthanded. My experiences show whenever students are thinking they are not “working”, they are happy.
