Blog Assignment 3

"It's Not about the Technology" by: Kelly Hines

In this post Mrs. Hines talks about technology and teachers in our school system. For progress to be made in the classroom changes need to be made. Is technology going to be the fix for the problems in a classroom? Is it really about technology? Mrs. Hines gives us some information to show that the focus should be on the teacher and not technology. A teacher has to be technology literate for technology to benefit students. Teachers have to be willing to learn. This a very good point. If a teacher is not up to date with the 21st century, than the chances that a student of their's is slim. For those of us who want to become successful teachers must stay current.
My favorite part of Mrs. Hines post was teaching and learning are not the same. Her point is made by saying that you can apply force to an object numerous times and that if it does not move than no work has been done. When teaching a student you can make the same effort to teach them over and over again, however, if the student does not learn than no teaching has been done. In this case something has to change. If a teacher is willing to learn than maybe they could find a new way to teaching the material so that the student could comprehend and learn it. Technology offers many ways of doing things but the teacher has to be able to understand it in order to teach it to where it will be beneficial to the student.


"Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?" by: Karl Fisch

Karl Fisch's argument is valid and i understand what he is saying completely. The 21st century is centered around technology. A teacher who is not technologically literate is going to be way behind those teachers who are technologically literate. I know know if is accurate to say that it is equivalent to a teacher from 30 years ago who know how to read and write. I do believe that teachers should encourage continual learning.
Fisch was very to the point with whom he thought should be technologically literate. He also said that headteachers and principals should be held accountable for a technologically illiterate staff.He makes it clear that he thinks we are too kind when it comes to qualificatios for being technologically literate.I think this is true, employers should be sure to make sure new staff members are current with technology and employed staff are caught up.

"Garys Social Media Count" by: Garry Hayes

We have currently been required to read many post on technology growth and teachers staying current, because of this the social media counts is not as surprising to me as it would have been the first day. Even though this information may not be surprising it is reassuring of the importance for teachers to be technologically literate. As I am on the link the numbers are drastically changing for different media types.So many people are using these networks and often. We as teachers should be aware of the use of technology and should be a part of it. The students that we will teach will be part of the growth of technology and to understand them better we should do the same. Part of our duty as teachers is to do our best to understand and try to help a student in the best way possible to succeed. Part of this is going to have to be done by understanding and using technology.


Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Today

Wow! This video was shocking. I really enjoyed watching it and once again I'm not sure what to think about technology. This video is relateable to college students such as myself. People spend so much money and put themselves into debt and yet still do not go to class. It is sad that students have that much lack of interest in the class. We also spend so much money on textbooks and do not use them enough to get our moneys worth. When students bring their laptop into class you can always look around and see that they are not doing school work. It is sad and unfortunate that today you can get a degree and yet there is still no certainty that you will have a job.
The fact that there are people in the world making less than a dollar a day is mind blowing. A students laptop cost more than a persons yearly income is sad. Another thin that was crazy to see was the hours spent by college students doing different activities. The sum of the activities was about 26 hours a day which means that our generation is good at multitasking. A good bit of the hours were spent online and on cellphones. We are generation that has a high interest in technology.