The Net Generation as Preservice Teachers; Transferring Familiarity with New Technologies to Educational Environments
--The Net Generation is necessary. We need to learn about varying methods of technology use at the preparation stage for teaching, can we keep up? What is it to be completely "media literate"? The more we experiment, the more we learn and do. Can we do this outside of a classroom setting?Technology is all gathered together, is this easier? Should this be an enhancement upon which we use to learn in addition to traditional education or instead of?
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge
--TPACK is very interesting. Pedagogical and content knowledge are extremely valuable to us as educators. After reviewing the article I find that we have so much interrelated knowledge, we need guidance to enable ourselves to use it advantageously in an educationally setting. How do we as educators learn to apply the skills of using TPACK within education successfully?
FIFTEEN: Teaching & Technology: The Hidden Effects of Computers on Teachers & Students
--Teaching & Technology together are meant to make things easier for us. Although, does it make it easier for us and our students? or harder and more challenging? Is it affecting us all economically one way or another? Do our teachers understand our technology and its processes well enough to keep learning and in essence keep up? How is it changing our real life interactions? Students all learn differently, will this technology help us or prevent us from differentiating education for our students in reaching for their full potential?
I agree technology is always advancing and we are learning so many new things consistently. Technology does certainly provide learning outside of the classroom but I still feel like many students need a teacher's guidance in person. Though adding technology can benefit students as well. TPACK is very valuable to education but yes we do need to be smart about how we use it in the classroom. I agree there definitely some economic and comprehension concerns about technology. Each student learns differently so it is hard to know if they would all understand assignments from the screen of a device.
ReplyDeleteSo true,differentiated learning is my main concern with so much technology in the classroom. We have to be able to reach each learner, then be effective at teaching to their individual style of learning to have success!
DeleteLike you said, all students learn differently. Some students may be excellent around technology and learn a lot easier, but some students might not be able to understand the technology and will want a face-to-face/in class lecture. Also, will the teachers be able to keep up with the advancing technology? As Aubrey stated in class, the education department should hold teacher workshops to learn and understand the technology so they can use it to teach the students.
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