Monday, April 6, 2009
Technology Intergration Green Group 4/6
I think that I have separated my ideas of technology into two (min) different groups. professional technology and personal technology. The reason I feel that I may have left out many of what i would deem personal technologies (cell phones, facebook...) from my thought processes in this class is because I do not think that those sorts of technologies are ones I would incorporate into a classroom. While I feel that those technologies are valuable, and most kids would need to know how to use them for their own future success, I think there is a line that needs to be drawn about teachers teaching and parents teaching. I think that personal technologies need parental input and supervision, because there are too many conflicting views and ideas about those technologies. I also feel that, gee, if we consider that books are technologies, I would definitely choose to use certain books in my classroom over the typical books I may read in my spare time, because there is definitely a difference in the genres and I need to draw a line of what I put out there in my classroom.
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I really like the analogy of books as a piece of technology. My thoughts on this topic were very similar to yours. I believe that there is a place and a time for all technologies, and certain technologies simply do not belong in the classroom. Like your book analogy, we could think of it in terms of movies. There are specific movies that you would show in a classroom, for example historical movies that tell a story. While many other movies tell a really good, accurate story, they do not belong in the classroom. Like integrating certain technologies that are not exactly appropriate, you wouldn't show a rated-R movie just because it tells a good story.
ReplyDelete"I think that personal technologies need parental input and supervision, because there are too many conflicting views and ideas about those technologies".......I agreewith this statement. When teachers begin to use these type of technologies they are held accountable for what students view, any contact that they make with outsiders, etc. This can pose a problem for teachers, esspecially if students are using the technologies inappropriately. School systems incorporate security and blocking agents to prevent these issues. With that said, once a teacher goes beyond those approved technologies the students safety is left solely in their hands( the school system can no longer vouch for them) and the outcome could possibly endanger their job.
ReplyDeleteI definitely like that comparison to books. There are lots of books that are not appropriate for the classroom, and lots that are. This is exactly how I feel about technology.
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