Blog Post #3

Gary Hayes
I sat and watch this video a few times, and I really don't have much of a response to it. The video showed me that we are in a world where technology plays an important in our daily lives. It also showed me that technology is growing at an enormous rate, and that the majority of people seem to enjoy the fast past of technology. That's to say, I guess we all need to get with the program and change also.


Karl Fisch: Is It Okay to Be A Technology Illiterate Teacher?
After reading Karl Fisch blog,I somewhat disagree with what he is saying. Let's go back a minute, how were teachers teaching before technology became so evolved? We were learning by teachers teaching us. I understand what he is saying but to say that someone needs to be replaced if they don't get with the "program", is pretty harsh. Teachers become teachers because they love to teach.
Todays children do love technology, but technology can't smile when a child has achieved a task and get a pat on the back or when that teacher feels happy when a child has come to them and say Oh I Got It", but don't get me wrong we do need technology in our schools, but not as to say if you can't cut it we will find someone who can. Technology is there to enhance our capability as a teacher but not to erase what we have learned thus far from our teachers.
In todays world technology has helped us progress, and we all need to know a little about technology, because questions do arise in the classroom and the only answer can be found on a computer, so to a certain degree we all need to be technology literate, in closing teaching and technology should work hand in hand.

It's Not About the Technology
I read the blog by Kelly Hines, and she makes a lot of since the thing we need to teach our children comes from learning and teaching. There must be that hands on teaching giving by the teacher, because in some cases a computer can't explain every thing to you. Just like now I'm typing on a laptop of course it corrects my spelling but can it go into great details of an explanation of why i spelled wrong? Todays children and teachers need to learn the basics learning and study skills. Today technology is important, but teaching is as important also.
I like what Ms. Hines said, teaching is a learning skill that never ends. I love working with children on a one on one aspect, it gives the child a chance to grasp what they are trying to learn. As a future educator I feel that it is important to teach with and without technology, if we stick to the basics and yet teach technology I believe we can have the best of both worlds.

Michael Wesch:A Vision of Students Today

This video shows me how education has become a part of the norm. There are these large class room settings, that to me have become too impersonal, I see all these students that are trying to learn, but it seems almost impossible to do. It's showing me how yesterdays teaching is trying to keep up with todays technology. Todays classes are more involved with other technology than classroom assignments, why do you think that is so?
Todays students are more interested with what they can learn about technology rather than their books. I feel that outside the classroom the student does spend most of their time doing something with some type of technology, so why not put what they know about technology and incorporate it in the class. I think it is true students don't listen to the teacher, instead they are texting their friend. This video showed me that classes have gotten to the point to becoming non-existence, on the college level. College students would rather spend time on a computer doing assignments on line rather in a long boring class.
This is why technology needs to become a part of all educators teaching the past, present and future,if we want to continue to keep up, because if we don't everything we have learned will become useless to us.