Monday, February 22, 2010
A Vision of Student's Today
One of the things that strikes me most about this video is the fact that I have seen millions of videos over the past few years that are just like it. If this problem is so widespread, and so many people know about it, why is nothing being done about it? Parents argue, teachers are told to keep students engaged, yet they're also told to teach to standards created so that test scores could be high. Our education system is obviously old. Traditional. It needs to be changed, and it seems so many people realize this. So why is nothing being done?
Also, it is very obvious that we are in a new era. I know that I myself all throughout high school thought I was much more proficient with technology than almost all of my teachers, and it was definately true. There are teachers who try, and fail, and I'm not sure if it's just a gap in years or what, but it does seem easier to use something you've grown up with than something you were introduced with as an adult.
Basically, things need to change. And change always starts with one person moving one foot forward in the right direction.
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I agree, teachers are still teaching to the standards that are not as technologialy advanced. They are creating new technology standards for classrooms, but I think they should continue to change towrds more tecnology in order to engage the students the way they seem they want to be.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about the fact that this is somewhat of an old message that just keeps getting repeated, but never acted upon. Engaging students is something that's difficult so I think a lot of teachers use new teaching methods just in order to pass observations by their superiors and then return to their less engaging methods when they're not being monitored. The other thing is, however, that students are not going to be as engaged in learning as they are in their video games and whatnot, so there will always be complaints about teachers not engaging students.
ReplyDeleteI can say that I totally agree with you with a few exceptions. It is true that most teachers are a bit outaged by techonology but there are also some teachers that have learned to use the technology wisely. Throughout my high school career the teachers were always learning new ways to use technology although now many of the websites that have used in previous years are being blocked by the school because students don't know how to respect the resources that they are given. I think that there are ways to avoid students doing things like that but I also think that they will always find a way around it. I want an answer to why some schools do not educate their faculty as well. If we do not educate our faculty on how to use technology effectively then how will students learn with technology effectively?
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