The YouTube clip was empowering in Thing 1 but
didn’t convince me completely that cell phones are the improved way to teach to
our students. I feel cell phones are a research tool but that it will soon be
replaced with something “Better, Faster, and Easier to Use!”
The importance of teaching the use of higher
level thinking skills and applications cannot be understated. With that in
mind, I feel technology in some ways has “dumbed” us down to accept the information
we gather quickly as factual. Cell phones are a wonderful advantage in our time,
but face to face conversations and interactions are more effective in
maintaining the unique experience of learning. A person can remember what their
computer screen looks like but when communicating face to face with a human, is a dramatically
different experience. The places and people you communicate with and learn from are more personal. Technonlogy is a double edged sword. Isn’t it funny that we use our
senses less on a computer than when talking with someone in person?
Somehow, we must bridge these two ideas not
only for effectiveness and keeping up with the times but for using the
abilities we have available the best way possible. To further strive to enhance
educational knowledge through technology.
