I thought the paragraph on "Digital Natives" was quite interesting because it is something that will happen to me as a teacher. I believe I am a "digital immigrant" but I do have a pretty good understanding of the internet. Even though I do know some about the internet the statement "Today's students, of almost any age, are far ahead of their teachers in computer literacy." really got me thinking about how much do I really know about the internet and computers. Students know so much about technology today and have been exposed to it so much more than I have. I'm really going to struggle finding new things to teach them with it because they already know so much about it.
I don't want to be a teacher that is afraid of change, I want to be right there on the cutting edge so I can expose my students to everything they need to be exposed to. I also don't want to be part of "an educational system that is out of touch with the way its students learn" Having students be more knowledgeable than me in this area is intimidating to me and I hope I can have more exposure to things the students are learning.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
On one hand I feel the same way, but then again, we have to use of position as teachers to find things that will create more powerful learning experiences for our students, and if that means using Internet tools such as Weblogs, Flikr, RSS, and the like, we can do it. As much as older folks like us teachers think our students know about the Internet, most of what they know about the internet (much like us) has to do with entertainment. We can still "wow" them with helpful tricks and tools that are being developed every day.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading this chapter and particulary this part, I also felt the same way. I too know how to use the internet so-so but have not been exposed to a lot of the new technology that is out there! I am very excited about this semester and am hoping that we will be exposed to what the youngsters are familiar with and using. It can be very intimidating but your right, we have to be proactive so that we can use technology as tool to move student further along!
ReplyDelete