Pay Attention

This video is very captivating. The following quote spoke to me as a teacher. "I'm not attention deficit - I'm just not listening." It made me think about my own group of 3rd graders and how difficult it is at times to get them to stay on task when we're doing classwork. I then thought about the times when we're in the computer lab or we have the laptops in our class. Not one time, can I recall any of my students not being on task. In fact, they are usually so engrossed in what they're doing that the time usually goes by way too quickly and another class is standing at the door waiting to use the lab or laptops. Why hadn't I made this connection before? Even my students that are ADHD are totally engrossed during lab time. This speaks to me. It tells me that I need to find ways to incorporate technology into our everyday curriculum. The first step is proving the need for more laptops and/or labs to our school administrators. Possibly, this video will speak to them as it has to me.