I believe that technology can play a powerful role in education, but that it cannot replace some traditional teaching strategies. I believe that children shouldn't type everything for instance because how are they to learn to write if all they do is type. There is a fine line would technology should not be allowed in education because not everyone can afford the technology in their homes and some technology should be left in one's personal lives. The other fear with computers, for instance, is to make sure students are on task and not looking up inappropriate sites instead of researching a project. Yet, we can use technology to connect students to the rest of world so they understand that there are other people who live different then them. We can use technology to enhance an education but not replace it.

Reaction to Online Viewings

I found the first viewing, A Vision of Students Today, very interesting especially since it seemed to pertain to college. I thought the way the video was shot made it very dramatic especially with music in the background. The students holding up the signs with solemn faces made it seem even more real. It was shocking that 18% of student's professors don't even know his or her name or that 49% didn't even read his or her textbook. Even though I go to a small college campus I could relate to feeling of not having enough time in the day to finish all my work. The statistic that I had 26.5 hours of work in a day was shocking but true.
I agree with the film when it mentioned that technology could help, but I do not think technology should not be used for every aspect of teaching. I thought that The Machine is Us/ing Us Final Version showed the concept of technology in our lives better when it said computer text leaves us with more options. The computer can be a tool for humans, but there is a point where the machine becomes us which I believe should not happen. I don't want technology to conform us to a mold such as the text does when people all write differently normally. Yet times are changing as Pay Attention stated and in order to reach this generation teachers must use technology to engage them as learners. Children are growing with the ever changing computers and love to us these new machines. Educators could use student's love for technology to make them love their schoolwork that would use the new systems.
And the Walls cam Tumbling Down offered an approach to how technology is changing teaching with blackboard and google. This allows people to share ideas and that is what learning is all about. Students can create a blog that shares their ideas and then others can respond to the blogs. This makes learning active and gets the students thinking so they develop life skills. Do Something Disruptive showed how there are two ways to use technology which is Type I and Type II. Type I will just replace what teachers already do, but Type II will introduce new ideas in the classroom to activate the students. I thought Type II was important to keep learning fun and new because a big problem is students getting bored from year to year with the same types of assignments. I think all the readings and viewings showed how technology can be used positively in a classroom. I don't think the point is to completely change the teaching methods of the past but to develop them as our society develops.

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