1) Educating the Net Generation: One of the things I really enjoyed and learned about this presentation was that it stated that life is much faster paced now days. This is something that you know but sometimes don't internalize until you really think about it. I mean EVERYTHING is faster! Information, they way we recieve information, cars, buying things ect... and because our world is so much faster this new generation is used to things happening fast; instant gratification. It's just important to realize this when talking about their psychology. Another thing I learned and liked from the article is that students and children are online and creating all the time. Whether its from facebook to my space to blogging, they express individuality online all the time. If thats what they know then why not utalize that and then help them become better at it. After all, most of the skills students learn with computers and technology are more than applicable in most jobs and are almost a necessity!
2) Why Integrate: Being the history major that I am, my first thoughts were, when I read this title, immediately thrown to civil rights. Then, after reading the article, civil rights were really on my mind! Back in the 60's, people were wary about integrating schools because of preconceived ideas about those who were racially different. Its the same with technology. It seems that older generations are so wary of integrating technology becuase its foreign and different! So, I feel that the era we live in today is kind of like Technology Civil Rights. Is that going to far? I don't really think so! Anyways, one thing I learned from the article is that if one teaches with technologies, then the role of a teacher grows "into a role of advisor, content expert and coach" and prepares you to better help your students. What an awesome way to grow and expand. It made me more motivated to impliment new technologies into my own classroom.
3) 21 Century Skills: I liked the idea that 21st Century skills were built on the basics but what was built on that foundation has morphed into a more 21st Century student and I really liked that about this diagram. Students need to learn how to impliment technologies with the information they are learning at school.
4)Teens Learning Skills Online: I did think this article had value, I can see how adults see all this time children spend on the internet as a waste of time. Even though I do agree that adolescents are learning how to get along with others and learning to manage a public identity, there is still nothing that can replace face to face interaction. The ideal situation is to have both, and really you can't have one without the other. So its important to still be human AND communicate through the virtual world.
5) The New WWW: I loved this one and learned so much from it! I learned that WWW stands for whatever, whenever, wherever. Meaning that people can have whatever they want whenever they want it wherever they are. This totally describes our society today and in the article, the postition is that is isn't always a good thing. I also really like the part that says"banning in order to avoid change" has done no good as far as education is concerned and that as educators, we should be the ones helping! I also loved the advice, "turn them [the students] over to themselves." Let them create a movie! Let them express their creativity! This article was very informative and motivating.
6) Engaged Learning: Interesting movie. I understand that there is a huge learning curve for the older generations but we have to embrace it! It's the world we live in. To me, this video really coinsided well with the growth mind set and how the older generations really need to develop that concerning technology. It's really not an option. The longer somone waits to jump on the technology train, the more behind they are going to be. This video really made me realize how dire the need is for more technology in the classroom.
7) Games and Simulations: This article calls for an evoltuion of education rather than a revoltuion. I liked how it stood up for teachers when it said there is a lot of good teaching going on, it's just not percieved that way publicly. We have many good teachers who just need to learn to capatalize on the technology around them. However, I don't know how I feel about gaming in the education world. Saying World of War craft has educational value is a shot in the dark. However, thats just my opinion. I do see more value in the game Civilization.
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