Wednesday, April 4, 2007

First April Blog Quiz Part 1

It is not surprising that kids are where most people with PhDs are today. Technology is something we should be training to use, not the students. We just need to organize our skills with research like we have been doing in class and applying them to the learning needs of our students. It is like learning how to use a pencil. They know how to use, but what are they going to use it for. Herrera, the student in the article, talks about having an old-fashioned way of life whgile being in school. This is true for the most part. We don't technically need technology to learn anything. It does help though, because it something that students know how to use. We are living in old times. I believe one of the most important ideas brought by this article is that we just need to make the transition from low-tech to high-tech go smoothley. That is what we are doing in this class. We are preparing. Every article we read or come into contact with on technology just talks a lot about organizing and about schools that are not investing money into technology. One of these days, every class is going to be online.

3 comments:

CHARITY said...

yes, we are definitely moving to a paperless sociey, are you ready for it? =)

Phil said...

We are living in old times. Far toom any classes i am taking are exactly the same format that i have had my entire life, i completely agree with you.

Anonymous said...

Jon, I don't know if I can agree with your statement that we don't "technically need technology to learn anything."

I don't think our students can keep up in the flat world without current tools they will need to multimediate. Working with new media and developing expertise with new literacies is no longer optional. This is it baby!!