After Reading, "Power of Social Interaction Technologies in Teacher Education" today, I am relieved to know that teachers are not going to become extinct as Chelsey worried about in her latest blog, Will computers ever replace teachers???
They talk about some of the challenges in integrating technology are: participation gap (access to the technology), transparency problem ( students need guidance in reflections), and the ethics challenge (students will need help developing ethical norms to cope with online environments.)
Another issue that was raised in the article was keeping up with the ever changing technologies, which is a legit concern for me as well. "Reingold (2008) claims, "Just because they're digital natives on Facebook and chat online during class and send text messages with one hand, does not mean that young people are acquainted with the rhetoric of blogging, understand the way wikis can be used collaboratively, or know the techniques necessary for vetting the validity of information discovered online." WHEWWW! We're safe!
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I was relieved to see in our text "Disrupting Class" that there will probably always be a need for teachers, especially when working with the primary students!
ReplyDeleteAmen sista!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo illustration you chose, Lisa--it's perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI love that old saying: "Technology will never replace teachers, but teachers who don't use technology will be replaced by teachers who do."
ReplyDeleteThis I believe!