The Fischbowl

The winning blog was very interesting. He made some excellent points. Id have to say that i definitely agree with him, but there are always those people who are not fans of change and never will be. Even when its affecting the entire world around them, it is still sometimes never appreciated or accepted. It is embarassing and quite unprofessional that students in schools are using technology today that they fortunately have to aid in their learning, and the teachers dont even know how to use it themselves. I do believe it sets a bad example for children and frankly, admits the teachers are not doing their job well. Even if a teacher is not fond of new age technology or struggles in understanding it, they should still accept the fact that it is part of their job and that it is important for their students to have a guide while they learn to use it themselves.
He is undoubtably right. The new generation is beginning to ask that question how did those before us live without all this? Technology is EVERYWHERE. You really wont be able to escape it in the educational system, it brings in too many positive results. I find that even though i have grown up with computers all my life, i still struggle to make peace with them. I've had some pretty frustrating experiences with technology. For some reason, for me, it NEVER works longer than a day before something has to be fixed. I use to ask myself what good is this for me to use if it breaks or overloads or runs out of memory alllll the time. However, im sure that happens to many people and that is what "tech support" is there for. Usually it can always be fixed if your patient. To sum up my response to the fischbowl, i am very glad that i am able to take a class like EDM310 because even though i have trouble with it, i will still be able to actually use technology to help me teach my own students when i get out of college. Im glad there are classes like this available, so it wont be a hassel learning all of it from the beginning when its time to enter a new school and a new job.