Sunday, June 21, 2009

Things 2

Have you ever gone into a toy store and said to yourself, "Man I wish they had this stuff when I was kid." After watching the digital learners clip and the other clips, I was saying the samethings. Learning has taking a whole new direction, and we as teachers have to keep up. Watching those clips made me think of what I need to do to better prepare my students to be better learners in this world. Now a days these kids literally have the world at their finger tips. The can be in two places at once without having to leave the comfort of their own house. The can be in Hawaii watching Mt Kiliua erupt while being in the Indian Himilayas tracking a Yeti on Mt Everest. Yes this is physically imposibile, but learning is not. These kids are going to have a global culture at the touch of their finger tips. We need to catch them and us up to the world in order to compete with those nations that will have the man power to be successful in the world.

2 comments:

  1. And so many times the students are able to help US to learn new technology! We really do need to integrate more technology in our classrooms. And the students LOVE it!

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  2. It is amazing...what is available to us and to our students. I can hardly wait to see how you incorporate some of these ideas into the classroom. What until you see some of the other things available!!!

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