Mader, Jared (2009). Science + Technology = Creativity (and Fun!). Learning and Leading with Technology, 1, Retrieved 08/07/2009, from http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=August_No_1_2&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=4363&ContentID=23906&DirectListComboInd=D
This is a good article that gives science teachers some idea of how to incorporate video cameras, I-pods, and microphones in their classes but says nothing about tools that would actually be used in a scientific capacity. I take issue with the author and his opinion of scientist being linear thinkers. This cannot be farther from the truth. If scientific thinking was so linear then I doubt that there would be any scientific revolution. Mathematics and other sciences may have linear approaches to academic problems but science is hardly linear. The article gives ways to incorporate I-pods and video cameras to make learning fun (I hesitate to call them tools because they are entertainment devices) and give students ways to express their learning experiences. If you give students tools and time and be vague then they can find their own creativity and express the meaning of the content in their own way.
Would teachers benefit from incorporating assignments using these tools in their classrooms?
Of course they would. Assignments like these would break up the monotony of homework and traditional assignments.
Does this aid learning?
I think this aids in finding creativity and can aid learning because it makes the process of learning fun and students would be less likely to question the need to learn the material.
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