From the 2010 Horizon Report:
Question 1: What are the trends in technology in 2010?
Question 2: Should mobile devices, such as smart phones and netbooks, be allowed in the classroom of the future? Will this increase or decrease student learning and productivity?
Question 3: What are some of the major concerns regarding the availability of information online and open content? Are there any ways that educators can alleviate these concerns?
1.) The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasing.
ReplyDelete2.) People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.
3.) The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based, and our notions of IT support are decentralized.
4.) The work of students is increasingly seen as collaborative by nature, and there is more cross-campus collaboration between departments.
There are currently 4 key trends from 2010 that are all affecting the practice of teaching, learning, and creative inquiry.
ReplyDelete1. The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators in sense-making, coaching, and credentialing.
-Students must be mentored and prepared for the world
2. People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.
-Maximize the impact of learning by ensuring it is timely and efficient
3. The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based, and our notions of IT support are decentralized.
-Our information must always be accessible
4. The work of students is increasingly seen as collaborative by nature, and there is more cross-campus collaboration between departments
-New tools have made collaboration easier over the years
Question 3 - A) The problem with the information across the web is, what is fact and what is fiction? It not easy to determine between the two. There are so many authors on the web that call themselves experts. I know that teachers say if the site ends with an EDU or GOV than it is expert based. I am not so sure of that. It gets confusing at times. All I know is that I just want the facts mam, jut the facts.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2 - A) I am up in the air about mobile divises in the classroom. I am an older student where items such as phones an calculators were not allowed in any school rooms what so ever. Times are changing. I often wonder if we are not taking advantage of the technology that our students have access to. We are in an age where we dont have to memorize eveything. We can have access to math formulas and history dates and spell check and many other school challenges at any time of the day or night. I realize the importance of being educated but maybe being educated involves being able use the technology that is available to you to become a more educated person. If a students could check thier own work in class using a mobile divise would that allow that person more of a hands on aproach to their education? I know we have to worry about cheating in the classroom but come on students have been getting around that forever.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1 - The trends in technology in 2010 is that the rules of technology are changing. The main trend that stood out was the fact that businesses, consumers, and students can all take advantage remotely. There is no longer a need to be physically grouped in the same place anymore. Now you can interact with people across the globe, send information instantly, and continue your career from the comfort of your own living room.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2 - I feel that all mobile technical devices should be included in the classroom. It would be amazing if every child's desktop was a touchpad/SMART board computer. Hopefully there will be a level of trust with students (and employees) in the future to use the advances in technology for advancement and not with careless disregard. The phrase "digital citizenship" comes to mind when we consider how we must all use these advanced technologies responsibly. If used correctly, the technologies can certainly help increase productivity and learning in the classroom. If they are abuse, then the opposite will happen and an opportunity will be lost.
Question 3 - The main concern for open content is the fact that many students will be able to modify the ideas of others and take them for their own. It is becoming increasingly hard to police plagiarism in the educational and corporate world. The only way for educators to address this problem is with creating a strong relationship with their students. The temptation to plagiarize will always be present, but building a good foundation with your students and understanding how they think and express themselves can help take away some of that temptation.
Question 2- I believe that smart phones and netbooks could be a great addition to the classroom. The advantage of having these in the classroom can also promote individual learning and increase their interest in learning material because it is a different source than a textbook. One thing that would have to monitored with this is of course the use of outside websites, that would be the only decrease in their learning process with the netbooks and smart phones.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 3- One problem with getting information from the internet is you do not know for sure that what you're using is a legit source. Information on the internet can be placed by anyone, like ourselves on this blog for example and it is viewable to the public. Teachers can find a way of monitoring it by giving them a list of reliable sites that children can use for their work.
great comment about the touch pad on the desk tops. That would be amazing.
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