2.0. What does it all mean in the big scheme of things and for the future of our world. To incorporate technology into the daily education of students is wonderful and powerful and scary all at the same time. While technology can not be ignored, neither can the fact that man is becoming so dependent on technology that when something falters, the world stops.
Maybe I feel this way because when I graduated from high school in 1991 we researched the old fashion way (microfiche, microfilm, Reader's Guide, etc) and tended to use a dictionary and found pleasure in the process of research. Two years into college, I was researching in a different way--the Internet, but often missed having to go to the library and digging through "old stuff".
This year, I watched my 5th graders who couldn't use a dictionary but could use dictionary.com, who couldn't spell 5th grade vocabulary but who could use the spell check only to choose the incorrect word, and those who could tell me the latest gossip from the Internet but couldn't tell me what 5x5 is. There has to be a balance and a leveling of the playing field. It seems to me that parents and schools are going to have to collaborate in order for students to reap the rewards of Web 2.0. Parents can't allow technology to substitute for good old-fashion teaching and teachers can't be afraid of the future.
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2 comments:
You are so right in a balance needed. It is frustrating that these kids can do all this stuff on computers and cannot transfer to "classwork" and possibly even the dreaded TAKS. That may need to be where we step in and show/teach to connection and help them learn to transfer
Thanks for sharing your thinking on this important topic, Wendy and wannabe! As you both mentioned, transferable skills are what we are after as educators. We do have to show kids how to use technology as a learning tool because that is different than using it in our personal lives. What are some ways that we might start to do this?
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