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| Run!!!!!!!!!
I have a rather good relationship
with technology. At times we don’t get along and I get angry, especially when
facing a deadline. At times though, I do feel like I’m running from a stampede.
The ubiquitous nature of all of this information is quite frightening. I see
the geriatric population try to make sense of straight forward gadgets like
cell phones and realize that I’m on the threshold of this stage in life and if
I don’t keep up with the learning curve I will be run over. It’s difficult to
stay one step ahead of the curve.
When I think of this in the context
of teaching, I realize the herd is even larger than I imagined because my
students are more comfortable with this knowledge explosion than I am. In fact,
I believe they have a good amount of anxiety in the absence of all these
gadgets. So… I must keep running!!
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
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In addition to the separation anxiety I see in kids and their devices I also a lack of understanding in how to use them for anything but entertainment. YouTube taught me how to screen print, repair a fence, make countless meals, and get a weird makeup stain out of my couch cushion. I don't see kids flocking to Google, Facebook or YouTube for answers and when I do they pick the top two or three links and proclaim to have found an answer. It is our job as seasoned researchers and educators to learn new tools and then antiquate kids with how to use them not only for entertainment but for learning and discover of truth. I tell my students that Wikipedia is a great place to START their research but a terrible place to end it. There is an app for just about everything, now how do we harness the creative minds of students to use it to their advantage?
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DeleteI enjoyed reading your post and though the image added a lot. I hope the "being chased by a stampede feeling is a little less frequent by the end of the term.
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