Assignment:
Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=related 4:09
In this video the students say "teach me to think." In a post, explain how you would respond to this plea as a teacher. Why do you think there are statistics such as "76% of my teachers have never used Wikis, blogs or podcasts" and "At least once a week 14% of my teachers let me create something new with technology"?
Response:
According to this video as well as others we have watched in EDM310, students, at a very young age, are getting acclimated to the increasing advance in technology, while seemingly teachers, who should be adept enough with technological media to be ahead of the students so as to direct them accordingly, are actually behind! Stories are heard often about how children are baffling their own parents in their technological literacy -which under certain circumstances is acceptable. But for teachers to be less adept than their students... Has someone decided to take drastic action with this? One can hope. What I can do as a teacher is take advantage of the skills that classes like EDM310 have taught me thus far and take matters into my own hands to further enhance those skills, and also to realize that technology is forever changing, so I must never stop learning, and change with it.
Hi Mathew,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! As teachers we should never stop learning. It is so important to stay on top of things as future educators, and that includes technology! Great post! I loved the video.