Bewilderment

Vision

What an awesome video! I watch I and think, "I wish I would have thought of something like that". To say I couldn’t agree or identify with this particular video is an understatement. If a person knows me for who I really am they would know I hate the feeling of someone taking advantage of me.

This video is almost painful to watch. It shows, and tells you just how demanding this time in our lives can be. People say your college years are your best years…yeah right!! They’re the most expensive, grueling high stressed years of your life!

My favorite points made were the ones that dealt with the more “standard” college issues i.e. text book costs, reading, assignments, classmates, and teacher recognition. We pay for college, we are paying to further our education, just like everyone told us to do, but does anyone truly care? A degree has almost lost its meaning. Sometimes it’s just not enough, now we need masters, PhD’s and doctorates. The information we are “required” to know in order to graduate will never be used again.

We spend countless hours on computers, cell phones, downloading, uploading, installing, uninstalling. I now have to have access to a computer to continue my school….All I ask is who made this decision, who said it’s a necessity? I think technology can be a great tool, but should it be a requirement? I guess I should ask the ones who already made the decision for me.

It’s not about the Technology

Mrs. Hines is definitely on my page here. It helped my critical thinking on this technology front. Mrs. Hines, like myself is not against the use of technology. It just needs the proper outlet. “Teachers must be learners, evolving and understanding”, “If a student has not learned, no matter how much effort has been exerted no teaching has been done”. Those quotes speak volumes.

Hines also said that we should prepare children of the future by being creative and innovative. Creativity is lacking in our educational systems. Technology can be used, but we must teach our students instead, we are letting technology teach and shape them.

Technology Illiterate

This was a hard one for me. It definitely makes your mind reel, which I guess is the whole point. I thought it a little harsh at times. I always want to teach to the best of my abilities, and I want to expose my students to all sides of education. However it is hard for me to decide if technology holds the importance as some of our other “basic” foundations. Just writing that that last sentence makes me think of technology like I would think of creativity. I know how I strongly feel about creativity. That it’s a vital aspect of teaching and maybe technology is the same….

I guess this is a battle that I am not quite sure of….yet.

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To me, it means that technology is inevitable. That our world is being “taken over” by computers, phones, etc. however I’m not sure it means that my teaching method has to completely change. I think we must evolve and make proper accommodations, to ensure the readiness of our children.