C4T #2

For C4T assignment #2, Eric Langhorst is the teacher I will be commenting on. He most recent post was Janurary 15 of this year, and is titled The Hudson River Miracle Five Years Later . In this post he described his afternoon when he learned that a plane crashed into the Hudson River. He was watching the news and checking Twitter at the same time. His Twitter feed began to blow up with reports about the plane crash. It wasnot until way later that the news reported it. His main theme he was trying to get across was that Twitter is a key player in getting infomation out to the people, and in some cases, the most efective way. The first picture below shows a famous picture from the Hudson River Miracle.

Another post that Eric Langhorst posted that intrigued me was titled "Does McDonalds Have a Better Learning Psace Than Your Classroom?" . In this post, the Mr. Langhorst was describing his search for a good place to study and do school work. He said he had tried several different places including the school he teachers at, coffee houses, and libraries. Strangely enough, he found that the most accomidating place was a McDonalds which he lived close to. It had averything he needed: space, free wifi, quiet, and a plug for his laptop. After someone posted on Twitter that McDonalds had a better learning space than most schools, Langhorst agreed. He believes that classrooms and schools in general should be more open and accomidating. According to him, the closed form structure of classrooms need to change. He gave many suggestions and links as to how to make your classroom an open one. The bottom picture is an example of the new and revamped McDonalds that is no longer meant for just children. The new McDonalds is an atmospheric environment where one could easily do school work.