Blog Post #3

A vision of student's today: Michael Wesch
This video informs us informes us that most of the college students are not studying the way they should. For example, this video states that most students don't study like they should because they either work too many hours or they spent too much time on Facebook or Twitter. The creator wants to inform us that we should no longer use chalkboards because there are so many efficient ways to get information across. For example, teachers can use the PowerPoint or projectors and students can use their laptops to write down notes materials. This is a great way to cut the time on teaching the lessons when there’s not much time in each course. Also, technology is a great tool for students and teachers to communicate with one another. As a college student, I think it helps me learn more quickly since I am not the most patient person on earth. I can just click and save and open the file to read my lessons.
“It’s Not About the Technology”- In this post, Kelly Hines states that teachers need to use technology properly and stop misusing it. She said that, often many teachers don’t really know how to use technology. So, in this post Kelly Hines explains to us how teachers and educators can use it efficiently. The first thing she said in her post was that teachers must learn new techniques to improve their classroom. Second, teachers need to find a new approach to teach when their old ways are not working. Third, teachers need to learn how to use technology the right way. Fourth, teachers need to understand how to use technology and also teach the students creativity and studying skills. I really like her post because she has mentioned some good points. We don’t need just technology to teach children. Some kids prefer personal interactions rather than just staring at the computer the entire time. We are not robots! Therefore, teachers and students need to do activities outside of technology, as well.
“Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?”- In this article, the author states that technology is a extremely important tool, therefore teachers need to learn how to use it. I don’t think it’s ok to be technologically illiterate teacher, but every teacher is different. Just like students, we don’t learn the same ways and we don’t progress the same as others. Some teachers might love to use technology while others don’t. I could understand why a teacher would be technologically illiterate because some teachers don’t know how to use everything regarding to technology. For example, if I became a teacher now, in thirty years later there will be plenty of new technology that comes out. How can I ever catch up with all the latest technology? Never! I can learn as much as I can, but I will probably not be able to learn all of it. So, it is impossible to learn every little tool that is included in the category of “technology”.
Gary Hayes' Social Media Counts:
This is very informative. It informed us that technology had made a huge impact on our society. The social networks are getting bigger and bigger due to many fans who love the advantages that these networks offer. Schools and workplaces now use it for information, advertising and communication. For example, school systems use it to communicate with other schools and also teachers are using the social networks to keep track with one another. That way if there is any problem they can just use twitter like in my EDM310 class. We use it to ask questions if we are not sure of something and all we got to do is “tweet”. This way, somebody will answer to your questions within minutes!