Teachers and students have very different views on technology and how to use it. While teachers may use it to aid student understanding or make the lesson easier to share, if students are unfamiliar with the programs being used it may hinder their performance. Similarly, the technology we are used to using as students is not the same technology teachers will be using in their classrooms. This contrast may make it difficult to identify which programs should be used in an educational setting.
The ISTE standards include a very broad list of essentially who we should be when using technology, whether as an educator or a student. Despite the role we identify with, we should all be learning. This standard is universal in the sense that no matter what technology we are using, we all have things to learn from it. For example if a teacher is making a power point to teach a lesson, (s)he will most likely learn something new about the program they did not know before. As a student, watching the presentation and taking notes or filling in worksheets will teach them valuable information necessary to know for the class they're in. Being a collaborator is another standard both educators and students share. We must learn to work with not only our colleagues but also with each other (student teacher relations). By working together we can increase our skill set and branch out into new aspects of design and style.
Speaking on the idea of our society being "digital natives", i believe our world is claimed by technology. We are all held in the tight grasp of social networking and digital media. None of us are truly 'offline' in today's society. There is no way we can go through school without somehow interacting with technology. Online news sources, typed essays, collaborative online projects, etc. There are unlimited ways to be sucked into the endless world of the Internet, but even if we do not realize it we are a community addicted to technology, and in order to advance as a society, there is no turning back.
The ISTE standards include a very broad list of essentially who we should be when using technology, whether as an educator or a student. Despite the role we identify with, we should all be learning. This standard is universal in the sense that no matter what technology we are using, we all have things to learn from it. For example if a teacher is making a power point to teach a lesson, (s)he will most likely learn something new about the program they did not know before. As a student, watching the presentation and taking notes or filling in worksheets will teach them valuable information necessary to know for the class they're in. Being a collaborator is another standard both educators and students share. We must learn to work with not only our colleagues but also with each other (student teacher relations). By working together we can increase our skill set and branch out into new aspects of design and style.
Speaking on the idea of our society being "digital natives", i believe our world is claimed by technology. We are all held in the tight grasp of social networking and digital media. None of us are truly 'offline' in today's society. There is no way we can go through school without somehow interacting with technology. Online news sources, typed essays, collaborative online projects, etc. There are unlimited ways to be sucked into the endless world of the Internet, but even if we do not realize it we are a community addicted to technology, and in order to advance as a society, there is no turning back.
I like your observation of this endless world of Internet, but do you have any ideas about what we should do? Do we just sit there and "enjoy" this amazing world of Internet?
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