Thursday, February 18, 2010
Carol Tell
I think the person being interviewed makes a really good point about constructivist applications. As assessment to see if our applications of technology are useful in the classroom or not, we should ask ourselfs whether or not the students are asking questions or answering them. I also really agree with the point that technology can't replace education from a great teacher and difficult curriculum. Technology is amazing, futuristic and exciting. It's easy for us to get sucked into and begin believing that it's the best thing that ever happened in education. However, technology is something that makes task easier. In my expirience, easier almost never leads to me learning more.
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I definitely agree with the fact that we need to assess and explore the technology used in the classroom. I also really like how the article said that we can’t assume a child is learning from software just because they are responding. A response does not always necessarily prove understanding. And technology definitely does not replace a good teacher using a solid, challenging curriculum. I agree that it is easy to get sucked into new technology and it’s easy to assume that it is exciting and helpful, but that is simply not the case. I thought it was interesting when the article talked about the lack of research accompanying technology and how the little research that exists has motives backing it up. I also really like what you wrote about how “easier” doesn’t always lead to learning more.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with what you said! We do need to think about how easier doesn't mean a student is learning more. I do think we are looking to technology for all the answers and we should not be doing that! This article was very thought provoking.
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