As technology has progressed over the past ten years, I have always thought that I knew a lot compared to most people. I have known how to operate a computer well, as long as many other little things such as the GPS my brother got over Christmas. If i haven't used a piece of technology before, I can usually figure out how to use it quickly and effectively. When I took the Digital Natives Quiz, I was alarmed with how poorly I did on it. I did not know about 50% of the terms that were used on that quiz, and therefore I did not do very well on it.
I recently had a class on the technologies that are being used in schools, and I appreciated the class greatly. I know that this upcoming assignment is going to take some time to do, but I look forward to using a new form of technology to teach a subject. I wish that we could have other projects similar to this in the future, and I wish we had more of these in the past. These projects are the real life experiences that we need as future teachers to be effective in the future.
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I find it so interesting that we all thought we were so in tune with what is going on as far as technology, but we feel so far behind when we took that quiz. I wonder how many more terms there are that we don't know.
ReplyDeleteI think that it's a good idea to something that we have never been exposed to. You're right when you say that they're real life experiences as future teachers. I wonder how many things will come up as we move on to our jobs that we will need to continue to learn and explore as our students are learning with us. I think that is one of the most difficult parts for us as teachers. I know of a 5 year old who got a computer for her birthday and already knows more than I do about editing pictures with photoshop!