Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Blog Journal #1- ISTE & Digital Natives
Welcome back to my blog! In EME2040, we constantly discuss and learn about the connections between education and technology. Why do we use technology in school? Simply put-it is almost impossible not to. As time has gone on and technology has kept evolving, the realm of education has tried to keep up by implementing new technology into classrooms. One example of this is set in the early 2000's. Around this time, smart boards were available to some teachers. Now, smart boards are used widely in classrooms and continue to be improved upon, all because technology is evolving.
As technology has evolved, many organizations have come together to bridge the gap between education and technology. The ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, is a collaborative effort for educators to encourage technology use in the classroom. They created a set of standards for teachers and students to follow to encourage this in a positive and productive way. The standard that means the most to me is "leader". This standard states that teachers must lead their students to personal and educational growth, especially by the means of technology. This standard is important because we need teachers to be more active than passive. Active teachers create healthy environments for students to learn in.
As technology has evolved, my generation has also kept up. Some might refer to my generation as "digital natives". This could be an accurate description for my generation because we grew up with technology that no one has ever experienced or grown up with before. Technology is ingrained in our every day lives. However, generations before ours could be referred to as digital immigrants because they have to learn how to use the technology that comes so easily to us. The technological differences between my teachers that could be considered digital immigrants and I never largely affected my education. Although, I can anticipate as a teacher that I will have to keep up with the current technology in order to keep up with my students.
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I completely agree that technology is constantly growing and needs to be kept up with in the classroom. Although we are digital natives, as technology grows, as educators we will need to keep up with technology in order to best educate our students. I really loved your point about active rather than passive teachers. Teachers are meant to be leaders and role models, including in the educational field!
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