A Dissertation on Teachers and Technology:
Just kidding...
Two paragaphs only ;) I thought I'd go short for once!
I remember back when I was a brown nosing, apple giving, teacher's pet & I would stay in at recess and help record the never ending stack of graded papers in the most sacred of books:
The Gradebook
Well, since I was in the fifth grade, gradebooks have been obsolete. All records are done on computers nowadays, now parents can check assignments, grades, attendance, tardies, anything and everything about their students, all online. We are moving into an era where technology is not something that is optional, it must be embraced. As teachers, we have the responsibility to continue to educate ourselves on new technology in order to connect with a new breed of students.
Technology will create a whole new way of learning for students who are far past the decades of lectures and rote note taking. Power Point, virtual examples, world wide chatting, e-mail, text messaging, blogs, & online chat rooms for classes-- these are the ways of today. Ten years from now, and even tomorrow, it will be different and conctantly advancing. It is important that as teachers we continue to relate to how our students are learning to communicate, and we do this through:
T E C H N O L O G Y
Take a look at these facts:
- 21 year olds have sent or recieved at least 250,000 emails or texts
- 70% of four year olds have used a computer
(facts from the video)
It is evident that things have changed for today's children. My five year old brother can operate any cell phone, any video game console, and most computer programs. Therefore, we must change our thinking patterns to match those of the future five year olds.
In the words of Albert Einstein, "We cant solve problems by using the same thinking we used when we created them."
It is time for new thinking!!
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