I am in the middle of a technology unit in my Intro to Business class right now. My students have been very curious about the buzz surrounding Apple's expected announcement of their latest contribution. It was so great, during my last class today to share the video clip of the announcement by Steve Jobs. I'm not sure that I'm ready to order, but it sure seems like an amazing piece of equipment! Looking back at the other end of my career, I remember learning to type in high school on a manual typewriter (a big white Olympia). When I started teaching, we had state of the art equipment, and I considered myself so lucky to work at a school that had IBM Selectric I's for the introductory classes and Selectric II's for the advanced students!
Tomorrow I will pause my regular lessons to show clips from President Obama's State of the Union speech. When I gave a preview of this today in class, two students gave me a great compliment--they got into an argument with each other over whether I was a Democrat or a Republican. While I have strong definite personal opinions, I like to think that I can help my students develop their own views and beliefs and be able to support them. In grad school, I remember my favorite Methods professor, Dr. Woolschalger, showing us how to do this--and she used the lesson from her teaching career, when she discussed Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech in a high school class that she taught. I hope I do half as good as she did.
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