1. I commented on "The best advice I ever received as a young teacher," by Steve Miranda. His blog was interesting in the fact that he did not believe following the established curriculum that did not inspire him and the things that the kids already knew. By him doing that he was feeling a lot of pressure from his school and many others, so he went to one of the most established teachers in his school and asked him for advice about if his should carry on teaching his way or conform into what was expected of him. That teacher told him to keep doing what he was doing as long as his focus is on his students.
My comment back to his blog was simply stating to some extent teacher should follow the curriculum and not completely throw it out the window even though some of it is tedious. My advice to him was that even though the subject matter may bore him, it could be exciting to one of the students in his classroom. Also that although the subject matter may bore him the enthusiasm of some of his students should inspire him.
2. I commented on Steve Miranda's post, The gilded classroom. This post was about how Mr. Miranda believed that adding technology to some schools today is a waste because teachers do not put to use the technology schools give to them. He also stated that there has not been proof yet as to if technology really helps students learn. The reason he believes this is not yet been founded is because technology has been "used to decorate the learning environment," and not used as a real tool.
My comment back to his blog was that I totally agree that schools are spending way too much money and teachers are not using the technology properly. I believe that teachers are using technology simply to replace the old things, such as writing on a chalkboard, when really they should be thinking how the students will use technology in the future and how to help them along the way with that.
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