This article was both interesting and boring to read. There were a few parts that stood out to me because I was able to identify with them, but for the most part I felt that the article was long and drawn out with very little to say that has not been said a million times before. Everyone knows we need to incorporate technology within our classroom; it is no longer a dichotomous argument over “yes” or “no” but rather a more complicated discussion of how to use technology to supplement instruction without detraction.
Some aspects of the article that I found I connected to included:
1.) “…textbooks are out of date by the time they are printed.”
This is true! I have had a few classes in which the book we used was terribly out of date and my teacher had to make up for this by updating us through other sources such as news articles or newer texts.
2.) “Old-school assignments” have become futile
I have seen this throughout my school career. Nowadays, I feel as if students have become more critical of the information that they are expected to learn and have grounded themselves in stubbornness if the material is not relevant to them.
3.) “…to teach kids to be discerning consumers of information and to research…”
I think this is probably the most important aspect of the entire article. Technology is a great resource, yet many students do not know how to use it while also thinking critically. It is so easy to just go to Google or Wikipedia and find answers that many children are getting lazy. This laziness shines through incomplete understanding of material and the recording of unreliable sources within student work.
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