Thursday, November 5, 2009
Technological Immigrants
This article was about how students these days learn differently because of their integral life with technology. Although teachers now did not grow up with technology, and have to try to assimilate themselves with this new culture, my generation will not necessarily have this problem. Since high school, nearly every single person has a phone, and now, many people even have iPhones and phones with internet capabilities. It will not be as hard for my generation to teach with technology, and to have to take more classes out of college because we have been exposed to it in both educational settings and social settings. Although teachers now have to deal with this problem, I do not believe that it is going to present as big of a problem with me or any other students my age when we become teachers.
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I agree that the technological gap is not as wide for your generation as it is for older generations, but keep in mind that you will find yourself falling behind on technology unless you continue to keep up with it past your undergrad years! Technological advancement moves quickly...we must all keep up.
ReplyDeleteI think keeping up with current technology will always be an issue... who knows what will be out there when we're teachers. I agree, however, that for the most part, we probably won't have to make the huge leaps that our teachers had to, going from teaching without things like computers or the internet to teaching with them.
ReplyDeleteNot only do you need to keep abreast of new technologies, but just because you are comfortable with certain technologies in your daily life (e.g., cell phones), doesn't mean you have the requisite pedagogical understand to use those technologies effectively in the classroom. That is a whole additional skill set. Keep in mind the TPACK approach - technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge are all essential.
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