[Edu] Degree

[miyu]

Well today I presented and defended my work for my grad degree and
successfully passed everything to finish up my MAT.  Go me. :)

What was interesting though is I got into a semi-heated discussion of the
role of technology in the classroom and I was arguing that it is being
misused and there are far cheaper and easier alternatives to teach the
children.  A professor was explaining to me how easily a PowerPoint
demonstration could be used to visually illustrate teaching above, below,
behind, in front of, to the side of, etc. in Spanish.  Unbeknownst to him
this was the exact thing I had been working on recently.

I reached into my school bag and pulled out a Treehouse stash.  I then
demoed Tic-Tac-Doh! and showed how it could be used to teach all those
concepts as well as colors and had the added benefit of the children
actually participating instead of passively watching a screen.  Then my
final clincher was to tell the panel my method costs 9$ retail plus
shipping.... and asked what their computer, software and projector cost.

:lol:

You could have heard a pin drop.

Everything though went very well, I passed with flying colors, and the only
comment was that I wasn't dressed as professionally as the others (they were
in suits and ties... I didn't even wear a tie when I got married let alone
for a class).

                            -Ryan

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Ora, lege, lege, lege, relege, labora et invenies.
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