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Date Posted: 06:20:15 04/09/09 Thu
Author: Kc Hicks (:))
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Re: Syncing up with the iKid
In reply to: Jeremy Wendt 's message, "Syncing up with the iKid" on 09:12:55 10/06/08 Mon

>Do you think we need to adapt to these changes, or
>will the standard multiple choice/lecture methods
>suffice?

I feel that the possibilities of using technology in the classroom are endless!!! I am excited that there are so many new ways to learn. Teachers will always be the facilitators of learning but they should embrace a chance to liven up a lesson. The world is changing and evolving and so must the face of education. I believe that a good educator tries to turn everything in his or her surrounding into a teaching tool. Technology brings the world to our fingertips, with an endless plethora of information, pictures, eye witness accounts, and videos.

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[> Re: Syncing up with the iKid -- Barbara Anderson, 07:40:21 04/09/09 Thu [1]

>Do you think we need to adapt to these changes, or
>will the standard multiple choice/lecture methods
>suffice?

I think we need to embrace the technology as it trickles into our schools, the main part of that statement being Trickles. I have a practicum right now and the kids have trouble with technology. I was not expecting that, I expected the students to be more advanced than I am (and I am not that good). They didn't know how to format their document or how to save them on a jump drive, out of 30 students, maybe 4 knew how to do it.

My main concern with technology is that it becomes obsolete within a matter of years.So even the kids in Arizona that have the laptops for class now, in a couple of years, those will probably have to be replaced.

So, yes we should use the technology that we have to enhance the lectures that we give.

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