I think it will take me a long time to figure out "what it all means." I think if I had some of these tech tools in some of my more...boring classes in high school and college I would have learned, and maybe retained more. It's hard to say.
Yes, I do remember filmstrips. Kids always hoped to be picked to turn the dial to the next frame.
I'm glad kids today still are used to using old-fashioned tools like pencils, pens, paper, books...as well as electronic tools I guess we'll be able to be on the "same page." I won't transition to complete paperlessness (sorry Spell check...I like to make up words once in a while) before I retire, but I think I'm headed toward a good mix of media.
On p. 149: "There were newspapers and magazines, and there were books...but all of these resources required more time and effort than the average student wanted to spend." Well, I think that students still will need to spend a great deal of time and effort to access, sort, evaluate, edit, etc. volumes of information, as well as keep up with new technologies and technology malfunctions. They may be motivated and it may be fun, but I can see that at times they just may not want to spend the time and effort to produce quality work. Maybe I'm thinking more about teachers, like me who will have to spend more and more time planning and organizing engaging lessons. It's almost endless due to so many resources. I'd like to have a social life and engage in other activities unrelated to my profession.
No comments:
Post a Comment