The types of technology that kids are familiar with are mind-boggling. For her 11th birthday, my niece asked for a Cybook ebooks reader... I didn't even know what that was! I'm fairly young, but modern classrooms still impress me with their advanced technology. Welcome to the gadget-age...
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Marya,
Let's hope the pets don't begin to develop a taste for LCD screens over paper!
Wally Bock
· 1 year ago
It's interesting to watch the generational march of technology. When my mother and father went to his first parish, they did not have a phone. Later, when I was learning to use the phone, I was taught to wait for the operator to say "Number, please."
For most of my life, phones had dials and plugged into the wall. Not one of our children has such a phone, they only have wireless phones and send lots of text messages. Our grandchildren have grown up in a world where people have phones with them most of the time and where those phones are a communications version of a Swiss Army knife.
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Wally,
The tech thing is, indeed, fascinating to watch.
I recall when my wife and I were consulting together on a project in the mid '80s. We were doing training/participant manuals for a client. The system allowed us to "type" with auto spell check. At the end of 11 pages, we had to save to floppy and clear the memory before doing the next 11 pages.
We though it was heavenly...
AngelaMaiers
· 1 year ago
Steve- what a great post! It really is amazing what the digital natives come knowing and being able to do. As educators, we are "immigrants" in the world they have been born and raised in. As you said, it is not technology, it is their life. Educators that embrace students lives and honor their expertise, like the ones you kindly pointed too, not only engage students but become smarter themselves! thanks again for blurring the lines between the classroom and the boardroom!
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Angela,
I hope we can, over time, erase the lines and not just blur them. If education is designed to prepare people for life--and business/work is part of that--then it makes complete sense to keep those connected.
Also...I appreciate the resources you offer up each day.
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Let's hope the pets don't begin to develop a taste for LCD screens over paper!
For most of my life, phones had dials and plugged into the wall. Not one of our children has such a phone, they only have wireless phones and send lots of text messages. Our grandchildren have grown up in a world where people have phones with them most of the time and where those phones are a communications version of a Swiss Army knife.
The tech thing is, indeed, fascinating to watch.
I recall when my wife and I were consulting together on a project in the mid '80s. We were doing training/participant manuals for a client. The system allowed us to "type" with auto spell check. At the end of 11 pages, we had to save to floppy and clear the memory before doing the next 11 pages.
We though it was heavenly...
I hope we can, over time, erase the lines and not just blur them. If education is designed to prepare people for life--and business/work is part of that--then it makes complete sense to keep those connected.
Also...I appreciate the resources you offer up each day.