Read Preface and Ch. 1 of Rethinking Education (p. xiii-8); post a reflection to your reflective learning blog
How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?
The success stories in the beginning of the chapter showed me that some students can achieve great things without the full guidance of school. Even students who dropped out of school were able to take their interest in technology to motivate themselves in pursuing careers.
Some parents will become disappointed if their child does not have the tools to best help them to succeed. Technologically advance students will become bored if they are not able to use the technology that they have grown up with and find comfortable.
There is currently a knowledge revolution from classroom learning to a focus on lifelong learning. Education does not stop at high school graduation. Students need to be exposed to resources that will help them with their lifelong learning post high school. The lifelong learning that is occurring is often driven by personal interests, not a curriculum. It is important for everyone to receive a well rounded education that offers exposure to a variety of subjects. In addition to general education, educators must focus on how to spark students’ interest in learning more about the topics they are personally interested in.
What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?
Embrace the technology, it makes the classroom fun. I will have the ability to have more fun with my lessons and the students will hopefully enjoy using the technology that they are interested in. Using technology I will try to help the students understand how relevant it is to their lives and schoolwork. The skills needed to be part of todays workforce are very different than the skills needed yesterday. More importantly, I need to show the students that the skills needed for tomorrows workforce will be different than the ones used today. I need to prepare the students with skills in technology that are going to be most beneficial to them.
I will face challenges in providing the best technological experience to all students in my class. Some students will walk into my class with more technological knowledge than others will accomplish throughout the entire semester. Providing every student with the same technological experience will not work. I will find the best way to scaffold each student to find what is most appropriate for them.
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