Education & Technology

Feb 10th, 2009
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A friend of mine posted this great video about education and technology on her Facebook page. I wanted to pass it along because I think you’ll enjoy it.  It will open your mind about how fast our world is changing. It reminds me a little of the “College Mindset List” that Beloit College puts together every year. As an educator, I love reading this list every year because it gives me perspective regarding the college students I work with. This video does the same thing for me.

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  • jaygolden

    Nice, thanks for sharing that with us. Cheers. Jay

  • Mike

    The did you know video is a real eye opener. I am a blend between a tech support person and an educator and my personal challenges have been to increase the efficiency of technology within the classroom to aid instructors and their teaching. One scary thought that the video brought up was that related to technology, half of what a student learns in their first year will be outdated by year 3. The techie in me sees a need to stay ahead of emerging trends and be persistent about “discovering” the next big useful tool for classroom technology. I also think about the ways to keep the faculty of my department trained and comfortable to use this technology so that it can be useful. The educator in me thinks that its time to shift focus in the classroom and stop teaching “how to” and start teaching “how can I figure that out.” The resources change less then the technology, so do I start teaching my web design students to where I have discovered the answers are instead of teaching them the answers? I think it’s time for educators to become facilitators, enablers, or coaches instead of the traditional teacher.

  • http://lindyjb.wordpress.com lindyjb

    Hi Mike – great point about educators becoming facilitators. With the amount of information that is created each and every day, educators really need to know how to teach students how to wade through the information to find what they need. Information literacy has become a necessary skill for students to learn – and educators to teach – now more than ever. Thanks for your comments!