Sunday, June 5, 2011
Banning Student Containers
The hesitance on the part of many schools to allow student access to mass media instruments can be understood. In fact I believe it is a lack of understanding as to how to "manage" new technologies which prevents their classroom introduction. Change can be difficult and often occurs over long periods of time. Yet in each instance of change there was a first time, an initial experience that was different than each previous. I think as educators we can all agree there are numerous benefits and endless possibilites we have yet to explore through technology. I think the question is how does one initiate this change? Am I the only one who thought Dan was a more productive young man when he was home than he probably was when he was in school?
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I Think that you are absolutely right, change is difficulty. I think about myself I’m taking an online art class and I'm stressed out!!! I'M NOT USE TO THIS TECHNOLOGY. Even though I find that I’m learning more then when I'm in a class room; I find that it forces me to d more research and use a lot more of my critical thinking. I guess it's the change! And my unwillingness to change into a new way of learning, It's not easyyyy to do! But necessary.
ReplyDeleteYou're right and only some people want to embrace that change. I think schools should require teachers to learn the technology so they will not be afraid of it.
ReplyDeleteChange is very difficult, and with change there are always going to be problems. The idea is to find ways to fix these problems, and avoid these problems by educating and introducing these technologies to both parents and students. Technology is defined as something that makes life easier. If certain technologies can be implemented into the classroom to make life easier for both students and teachers, then we need to embrace that change.
ReplyDeleteChange can be a scary thing because there is no known outcome. Research tells us that as educators, we should embrace technology in our classrooms, but many of us are unsure of how to go about that. I for one like the idea of technology, but need to learn different ways to incorporate it in a classroom setting.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as though the biggest problem with web 2.0 tools and education is the educators and administrators' beliefs on student capabilities/maturity. Why exactly is it that some educators are not open to them? Are some educators just stuck on the traditional way?
ReplyDeleteI agree, change can be scary and a lot of educators just want to avoid it all together. But it is important that we face that fear of change, and just tell ourselves that its in the best interest of our students. If we don't switch over from this traditional way of learning, our students are going to be less intrigued to learn new things
ReplyDeleteI agree with all your comments about that change can be a scary thing. But I also think that it is not technology that creates educational improvement. Educational improvement comes about through coherent instruction and assessment that supports high-quality student learning. Technology can make it quicker or easier to teach the same things in the same ways, or it can make it possible to adopt new and better ways of teaching.
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