tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post1381912295466224113..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Tech Doesn’t Make Us Illiterate. Not Embedding it Into Instruction Does.Lisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-17635858706560796602011-01-09T16:13:09.842-05:002011-01-09T16:13:09.842-05:00My calculus teacher told us that he learned how to...My calculus teacher told us that he learned how to do logarithms the old fashioned way, without a calculator. That didn't mean to him that he felt that he needed to teach us that way. Why not use the technology that is here and ready for us to use? I feel that some educators that feel loyal to the "tried and true" educational methods are almost being spiteful in a way. They don't want to teach it the new and technology filled way because they didn't get to learn it this way. If they are going to teach it, then they will have to learn it themselves. Why learn something new when I can just use what I've been using and that seems to be working. Well, why not I ask?! Why not try to make learning more enjoyable for your students? They have so many distractions that have to do with technology, we almost need to update our teaching in order to even be able to compete with Facebook, the Internet, and video games. We can teach them about the tools that they will be able to use when they leave our hands and go into the workforce. It's effcient and effective. And while budgeting can make it more complicated, there are ways around that. If you never ask, then you'll never know.Kristin Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059559614914725351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-43439428692179725152010-12-19T18:42:34.646-05:002010-12-19T18:42:34.646-05:00Dear The Innovative Educator,
I agree--purchasing...Dear The Innovative Educator,<br /><br />I agree--purchasing tech doesn't make one an expert. Taking the time to secure the grants and set up a 1:1 classroom, though, should suggest that I'm not one of the reactionary "they" you counter in your post.<br /><br />Blanket statements are indeed dangerous. You said that not embedding tech into instruction makes us illiterate. That's what prompted me to reply.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-67672803416584418272010-12-19T14:23:52.309-05:002010-12-19T14:23:52.309-05:00@Doyle, first, purchasing tech doesn't make on...@Doyle, first, purchasing tech doesn't make one an expert...using it effectively gets closer. Second, blanket statements are dangerous. Tech is just a tool that can be embedded well or poorly at any stage.Lisa Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-90095645926091284952010-12-19T08:35:57.848-05:002010-12-19T08:35:57.848-05:00Embedded tech used too early in science classes do...Embedded tech used too early in science classes does, indeed, promote illiteracy, <a href="http://bit.ly/fnpj4a" rel="nofollow">if literacy in science matters.</a><br /><br />I'm not anti-digitech. I went out of my way to get 1:1 netbooks in class via grants. I taught a computer elective back in the early 90's. <br /><br />Still....doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-19599671099234113922010-12-14T19:12:35.673-05:002010-12-14T19:12:35.673-05:00Today I was with the AP of a very large Brooklyn h...Today I was with the AP of a very large Brooklyn high school. The woman doesn't know how to use email, I kid you not. Yet she is a key decision maker in deciding whether to buy Smart or Promethean boards for the school. What sort of technology leadership can those teachers expect?Alan Rudthttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000469325101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-38965092621883733412010-12-14T19:09:55.315-05:002010-12-14T19:09:55.315-05:00There are three critical elements to making comput...There are three critical elements to making computers (and anything else for that matter) work in educational setting, and these are:<br />1. Leadership<br />2. Leadership<br />3. Leadership<br />If you buy every student in your school a laptop but you don't have ...a clear VISION of what you want the LEARNING to look like as a result of it, you might as well save a ton of money and buy paper and pencils instead. If the adults in schools don't know how to: 1. Process large amounts of information (research, ad your 2 cents and move on) 2. Collaborate globally and 3. Be self-directed, how could in a million years, their students learn how to do it? Nothing will change until the adults who work with our kids take a long look in the mirror and start reading books. Ignorance is a bliss but among educators it is a crime! (I think I just invented my new favorite quote:)Jacek Polubiechttp://ted21c.ning.com/profile/JacekPolubiecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-77357212351962339502010-12-14T19:07:16.378-05:002010-12-14T19:07:16.378-05:00Hi Lisa - you are absolutely right, you can't ...Hi Lisa - you are absolutely right, you can't just dump a tool in a house or school and expect progress. The culture of the house or school needs to change to accept and adapt the tool. The staff needs to accept and embrace the potential of... the tool. It is an incremental process; I referenced this process in my cartoon "Luddites / Visionaries in Ed Tech" (http://branzburg.blogspot.com/2010/04/luddites-visionaries-in-ed-tech.html). Even the most "technologically-hesitant" 10 or 15 years ago have now adopted and accepted a certain level of technology (but of course still remain behind the visionaries). I think the same is true of books. The adoption of ereaders and ebooks is growing rapidly, and will coexist with print books for many years to come. More and more these technologies will be infused into society and then into schools (as we know, schools always seem to be on the tail end of the curve when it comes to adopting innovative technologies).Jeff Branzburghttp://branzburg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com