Friday, May 1, 2009
Technology and Teaching
I get a chuckle out of "technology in the classroom." With just a few exceptions, "technology" means that teachers can show more movies by using the Internet (Youtube, etc.), among other things. (Why are college teachers showing movies anyhow???) I also get a big laugh out of two younger teachers on one of my campuses who appear to be using Power Point presentations. They never, I mean not that I have ever seen!, get out of their chairs from start to finish, 9 AM to noon. Don't their butts get sore? I'm sure they are well regarded for their "innovation," "use of technology," etc. Reminds me of the guy across the hall from me who used to laud technology, but was befuddled when I said all computers have done is replaced typewriters (word processing) and encyclopedias (the Internet). And how much money have schools spent on how many computers?????? But it sounds good--lots of computers, technology in the classroom, etc.
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I was actually thinking about this in class a month or so ago.
Do kids nowadays even learn how to take notes? All of my classes have a PowerPoint presentation to go along w/ the "lectures." Taking notes is as easy as copying what is on the slides. And it's very easy to zone out when you are simply copying information that you only need to half-ass know to pass the test.
Technology can be used to help students, but, from what I have been able to gather, it's used to make teachers' lives easier ( aka make them do less work).
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