I think Howard Gardner had some very interesting things to say in the movie clip. I agree that children know what ethics are. I also agree that teachers should act as coaches to help their students. I like how he said that in the old days if you wanted to find an answer to a question you would look it up in the encyclopedia but nowadays you can just go on-line and find your answer on such sites as wikipedia. I remember having to do homework when I was in elementary school using the heavy books of the encyclopedia. Times are different than they used to be. We have so much more technology that is available to students. It is our responsibility as teachers to make sure students learn how to use all of these new resources and be responsible while doing so. Like Mr. Gardner said at the end of the clip, hopefully from all of these new resources we will have an “edutopia instead of an edunightmare.”
June 17, 2009
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I didn’t realize how much technology has taken over our lives. Not only do we have internet but laptops and cell phones. Sometimes it seems we rely too much on technology. Before you know it, we may not even have textbooks. That would save us a lot of money. =)
Comment by inthanonh — June 17, 2009 @ 9:12 pm |
Yes, the technology has taken over and we are part of it now! I hope that we will be a positive influence on the children we are “teaching”/”coaching” and provide them with a “higher standard”. I am glad that we have the technology to provide more learning opportunities to all the students.
Comment by chudek — June 19, 2009 @ 2:03 am |