tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792194009893590749.post7291554034569633276..comments2011-02-16T07:58:41.568-08:00Comments on Ben Campbell - Teacher and Technology: New TechBen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14152233071072444533noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792194009893590749.post-47555983205556220892011-01-28T08:05:53.157-08:002011-01-28T08:05:53.157-08:00Thank you for this post Ben, and Katie for referen...Thank you for this post Ben, and Katie for referencing John Finch's presentation because it strikes at the heart of my own thinking about teaching with technology. So much of out "technology" instruction in university has been about the actual 'tools' of technology, be that hardware or software. Very little of our dialogue has been on the effective and affective usage of technology, or ethics, diversity, implications, and understandings that come with teaching with technology.<br />This has been paid lip service to, and many course syllabi I have seen sound like they will enter in to this discussion, but I feel like it never gets addressed. I don't need another professor trying to fumble through a technology that I could create or modify myself, and have probably been using for many more years that the teacher. What I need is an environment that discusses and engages with the new ethos we must have as teachers in a technological world. If you are not comfortable using technology, fine, don't use it in your teaching. However, you still need to understand how technology is affecting your students lives, and thoughts, and the very way their brains learn. <br /><br />Teaching us technology is redundant. Teaching us about the ethos and ethics of technology is applicable.Emma Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662119895256493056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792194009893590749.post-27695782568445442272011-01-25T13:02:11.482-08:002011-01-25T13:02:11.482-08:00First of all, 10 points and a gold star for using ...First of all, 10 points and a gold star for using the word cornucopia!<br /><br />I must admit that going into this course I was limited in thinking the content would be about using and implementing specific technological devices in the classroom. Looking back on this, it seems silly. What technology could we possibly learn about that we don't know (or couldn't figure out) already? <br /><br />I think our most important job as teachers (which was outlined in today's presentation by John Finch) is just what this course is doing for us. It's not teaching us how to use technology, it's teaching us how to supplement our lives (ie. teaching) with the benefits of technology. We're learning how to use critical and creative thinking to both define technology and to find its most beneficial use. We as teachers should be imparting the same knowledge to our students, albeit in a different context. It's scary to think just how much people disseminate about themselves not even thinking or knowing of the repercussions. For me, this whole blogging thing just about makes it into that TMI (too much information) zone...Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785249085488384010noreply@blogger.com