Blog #3

"Vision's of Students Today"

This is a very interesting piece of article that may be valid to majority of students but not all. For example, I do not own a lap top that I can take to class, but with saying that, I do notice that many of those who do bring laptops to class do play games and get on social networking sites. I also see many who use them for class work as well.

Overall, this video does illustrate a good point of the use of technology to in the classroom, or the lack there of.

"It's Not About the Technology"

I think Kelly Hines is correct on her post. Everybody always talks about how great this technology is going to make learning. The technology is only as good as the teacher using it. Technology is not the answer to all of the worlds problems. Most of the time the people are the problem.

Even if they come up with newer technology, they problem still exists, the teacher who does not want to change with the time. Though technology can be very beneficial in the class room, I agree with Mrs. Hines in that "it's not about the technology".

"Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?"

Karl Fisch's analogy comparing technology literacy of the 21st century to that of literacy in the 20th century was a good one. I have never thought about technological literacy's importance in that way.

Teachers do need to become technologically literate. Students now days are being "forced" to use new technology anyway. As a educators, we should be teaching the students the new technologies that they will be using.

Social media count

Mr Gary Hayes' social media count is a very extraordinary chart. It shows just how much as a society we depend on the social sites and the internet in general. As teachers, we need to be aware of this change in society and technology. Though we are not to the point of all having to be technological genius in the classroom, we (educator's) do need to know how to use technology.