Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts: Richardson
Okay, so after reading Chapter 1 I realized I am one of those teachers that needs to be a learner. I thought that I was doing okay with using technology within my classroom, but many of the things Richardson says about the students being one step ahead of us is totally true. There have been many times (especially this week...talk about it later) that I realized my students could teach me so much better the ins and outs of the internet and other software tricks. When it really hit me was when a student asked if he could take over my overhead to show his presentation he was working on...WHAT!? You can do that? My mom, the media specialist at his school, just laughs and says "yes!"
My goal: become more acquainted with communication technology so that when I come back in the fall I am prepared to face my technologically advanced fifth graders!
Hey there Amy! Don't we all need to still be learners? I know I certainly do. I grew up in the time when internet was an exciting new thing so therefore I was already leaps and bounds ahead of some, but YES it is true, our students know WAY more than we do already (and I thought I was keeping up). It's a scary concept to think that we have so much more "learning" to do just to keep our heads above water, but I think we are on the right track.
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