REACTION: As a parent of a child in grade school this hits close to me. When you have children you want them to be the best that they can be, and never give up on their dreams. How can a child have a dream and then that dream be shattered for the simple fact that 65% of our children may end up doing jobs that have yet to be invented. My child already has the career choice chosen, and he can reach that with the support of family, friends and teachers. I just hope that the school board will keep technology into the school systems and not hold anything back. My child does work on the computer that helps him with math, reading, spelling, writing and applied subjects.
REFERENCE: Heffernan, V. (2011). Education needs a digital-age upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp
VIDEO:
kehamilt, (2010). Education 2020 - educitizenship 2020 [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41i-woQT7g
I Agree with the not holding back technology in school but my concern is ... how will this help ALL students. Some need hands on work and teachers to be right next to them. not them given a computer and saying go. I understand technology is moving fast and we need to keep up with it but ... in the long run are we still going to have computers or something completely different?
ReplyDeleteTechnology will not be able to help ALL students at all. I understand that there are students that need the hands on concept, and should always have it. We as a society should not restrict as childs way of learning just because technology is moving so fast.
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