WEEK 2: Times
they are a-changin’
This week
is like a cool revelation, and a mind shaker. Re-read the bloom taxonomy. And to know the
revisited one was very good for me. In the other hand; the ABCD method made me
change the way I when I plan my lessons, plus the info about to plan a lesson
correctly was the perfect component to improve my teaching level, the meta searchers
and all the links, info and recommendations, are by this moment in stand by for
me, I am just like in the evaluating process of how many of them could be
useful in my class context, but the equation goes to.. . Most of them!
I am very
into the new technology implementation, because our kids are going to receive
this world from us full of technology and the less we can do Is prepare them to
use it as much and as well that we can teach
them. So I get from this a lot of tools to use and evaluate with my students
and as I mentioned in a ninecet post made our web-classes more diverse.
Nevertheless
after reading the: "the Future of
Search” made me to think and analyze, how lazy we’re making our mind with the
computer implementation, in the past we (most of us) used to remember a large
amount of phone numbers, now if some people could remind four is a miracle, we
are more and more dependent on the machines(better if it is with internet connection)
, but is it evolution, or involution?
I mean; are we evolving to more complex society? Or, to an isolated and ignorant one
Are we creating
more reflective students that use the computers as a help to learn?
….Or the
opposite: I wonder the first one is
correct, but… I doubt when listen to my friends saying: “what for I need to
know all those things”, “when we can google it”?
:::: As the
present now
will later be past
the order is
rapidly fadin'
and the first one now
will later be last
for the times they are a-changin'.
will later be past
the order is
rapidly fadin'
and the first one now
will later be last
for the times they are a-changin'.
From:
Bob Dylan’s
song:
“the times they are a-changin' “
Well you did mention some of the things I often wonder about. I guess we can't do much about certain things and I some of them, not all, we should certainly accept if they make our life easier. I don't remember more than three phone numbers but after all why should I? My brain will certainly not become lazier, because maybe I have known more phone numbers ten years ago, but now I know about 100 web tools more. Maybe our parents did have to remember all the streets in big cities and they did not use the GPS, but now you need to know so many things at work regarding the computers or machines in general, forms and documents, so why should we bother. Of course, it’s not all black and white as I suggested but it does open new topics for discussion
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ReplyDeletehi Poncho!
ReplyDeleteI've read both your comments and I can "see" you still keep some part of the "traditional"n teacher inside you (correct if I am wrong!). When I was at the age of 8, we just had a cassette player and nothing more (apart from textbooks of course!). But, I've learnt! Like you, I am not against the use of technology in teaching. This, however, does not prevent me form thinking whether we "spoil" our students by giving them so much information ready in their hands and not leave them do their own work in order to learn...
Georgia,
ReplyDeleteyes I am an old fashioned teacher, I am a digital immigrant! That loves the technology and knows how to use it(more less) I learn as many of my generation to use computers in my daily life. However, I love to smell the scent of the books,… I still love to go to the old bookstores instead read in my kindle (Which I like too!) I can go out one afternoon with my wife to enjoy a coffee without update my facebook profile, or tweet what I am doing, almost answering just the very necessary calls (!)You’re not wrong telling that it seems that I still got a traditional teacher in me, I am totally into tech, but I can teach with no tech aid!
And yes again we give them too many things already -predigested- so they do not bother too much into the research, the paradox of the education as all the human activities is now:
How much is too much? –(About technology)-
I apreciate your comments!
Poncho
I believe we are on the same wavelength Poncho! Do you think that today's kids learn better that we did in the past?? I doubt it...
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