Teacher's today that are not familiar with the ever changing technology face challenges that teachers of the past did not even imagine. I am not comfortable currently with technology. It takes sometimes for me to grasp the in's and out's of how to navigate a site and how to use the gadgets within it. I remember when we first got Internet many years ago now, that my son was showing me how to use the email and upload pictures or document by attaching them to the email. I had to write the steps down to remember what to do. Now of course its as simple as breathing, I don't even think about it. But I wonder how quickly I can pick the necessary skills needed to show confidence in the classroom.
I have watched teachers use the Smart Board, they quickly, and I do emphasize quickly navigate what they want to do on it. Touch this and that to the screen they want, add this and delete that. I watch and think, alright with a little practice I am sure I will be able to master it. But it really is intimating. I like most people get nervous we are going to some irreversible damage.
The articles both talk about teachers being well equipped to teach today's student the standards associated with technology. Teachers need to show confidence and skill as they teach their students, applying current research to a classroom of very diverse students. The lessons should support student learner-centered strategies that incorporate higher-order thinking skills.
Students also need to have modeled for them ethnics in the new world of technology. It is easy and also sometimes confusing to know what can be copied and used in research. As the teacher teaches and models what is appropriate is vitally important. The internet is an amazing tool, if used propery. In the classroom the methods for using the internet should be taught often.
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