Monday, September 24, 2007

PLN #4

Today I read an article called I don't want to Integrate it, I want to embed it by Jeff Utecht. This article talks about how people[adults] want technology to affect teaching and learning. Which means that instead of trying to put new technology in classes, we should just start over and build from that. So for example, English class is taught with books and paper and a pencil. Well now if we start fresh and build from what we already know, we can teach English classes with laptops. At the end of this article it asks questions that really had me thinking about technology and how it should be in our learning enviorment. I agreed with Jeff that instead of talking about putting technology is students education or trying to "integrate" it, why can't we just actually put it in without thinking over it many times? This can relate to the world around us because in almost every state and country there are children and adults getting education and teachers teaching without using technology. Technology is becoming larger and larger these days, for example new cell phones, new computers, etc. . So that is why I think it's important to have technology in our learning education.

1 comment:

Jeff said...

I think I would even take it farther than that (but that's my job). Technology is 'what we do' as a society. Find something that does not rely on technology? Better yet find something that doesn't rely on a technology that was created...say before 1985...then think about the Internet (1997ish) and how that has changed everything you have done. Credit Cards? Phone calls? School? Home? HDTV?

Why do we need to embed technology into our classrooms? Because it is embedded into our lives! We must teach students how to navigate this web..it ain't going no where! In fact I'm here in China and you are where ever you are in the world. And I know there is a new cable being laid as I type from the US to China...technology is only going to become more embedded in everything we do.