A Shift In Technology: Day One Class Response

Technology has extended classroom teaching past the three "Rs" and forces teachers to ask the question what it means to be literate in this age of technology. With information immediately available to students, teachers now need to help students become literate in whether the knowledge they are accessing is good or bad. Since anyone can put information online, students need to learn how to discern credible sources and information that is a value to them. Educators must also helps students to understand the ethics of using the information: crediting sources, evaluating what is appropriate or in appropriate.

Students are able to take the information they are absorbing and repackage it into teachable content through podcasts, vidcasts and screen casts.

After watching the videos in the Thinking about Teaching section and hearing how digitally bombarded kids are these days, it really impressed on me the importance of relating education to a way in which the kids are interacting- digital media. I especially liked the idea of using cell phone to gain information to use in the classroom! I think I will try it!