7. Using thought-provoking
prompts
Neil Postman once wrote, Neil Postman once wrote,
“Computers are merely ingenious “Computers are merely ingenious
devices to fulfill unimportant devices to fulfill unimportant
functions. The computer revolution functions. The computer revolution
is an explosion of nonsense.” is an explosion of nonsense.”
Do you agree or disagree with Why do you think Postman wrote
Postman? this? What evidence do you
believe he would reference to
support his perspective? What
would you say to change his mind,
or at least present an alternative
perspective? What is your
viewpoint, and why?
This is where we do a rotating stations activity with three questions:What issues/challenges do we have to deal with when using discussions inour classes?What approaches seem to help discussions run smoothly in your classes?For what reasons do we use discussions in our classes?