Tech Task #2 – Old article from CBC
I’m so proud of myself. I’m trying so hard to use all my tools that Alec has been discussing in class. So I went onto my igoogle and went onto my CBC option that I have on the main page of my igoogle. Once at CBC I searched “education + technology“. I found an article from a couple years ago, that discussed Canadian students and technology. It was based on a survey done that had finding stating students thought technology is integral to them becoming successful in the future and that they didn’t feel their technology education was being met. I thought it was an interesting article and I guess it triggers a fear of mine as a future teacher. I fear that I won’t be able to provide the information that fulfills my students learning. I want them to come out of my class feeling that my information and processes are usual and relevent to their lives and their futures. Technology freaks me out because of that. I’ve never been current with technology and now how do I get current with technology when it’s such a quickly evolving thing. How can I stay current when I can’t even catch up and how can I catch up when I don’t know where to begin. Can I skip and just go into whats new and if I do that will I GET IT?!?
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hey Colleen.
I totally agree with you…Like Alec mentioned in class, our students are almost born into technology in a way. in fact, a girl I work with was saying how her three year old knows how to put in a dvd and make it play…which my co-worker thought was strange, because no one had taught her how.. and this was BEFORE she was even in school! I share the same fear of not being able to keep up, let alone challenge and make interesting, with technology, when I haven’t had a lot of experience with working with it. But, as teachers, I also believe it is our responsability to be constantly learning, and attempting to create classrooms that our students can relate to and grow within…even if that means stepping outside our comfort zones. So kudos to us for taking this class…!!