In our class discussion this week it was really interesting for me to see how a lot of us all agreed on the videos and articles we liked from our Professional Development assignment. It's nice to be on the same page as other future educators when it come to the importance of technology in the classroom. I think we're all trying to find that perfect balance of sticking to some of the basics in school and developing important social skills and other important skills that technology can't teach students that they need for the real world. I'm excited about taking some of the ideas from WWW and applying that to my future classroom. There wasn't anything that I didn't really understand this week from class but I liked our discussions and they funny video about going from a scroll to a book. : )
The entire time I watched "Did you know?" my jaw was opened. I know this class is going to help me a lot to be a better proactive teacher for technology in the class. I am blown away at several of the facts. Like how Bermuda is number one in the world for broadband and the US is #19. That cam out of nowhere for me! I was also blown away at the fact that the amount of text messages sent and received in one day is more than the population of the entire earth. That is crazy! Technology is moving at an even more rapid pace than I thought. I'm just worried about keeping up. I think it's pretty amazing but those videos make me feel a little overwhelmed. I'm just going to try and keep up as best I can.
You said it right finding a balance it may not be perfect but it needs to be balanced. I hope you ralize this generation of kids want to learn just differently. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteConcerning braodband I would have thought the US leads the way but we don't. I'm sure you found we don't lead the way in many areas.
I'm not sure if anyone can keep up:)