Teachers and students use technology in the classroom to better the time they have to learn or teach. Technology is a huge way that teachers communicate and facilitate their lessons. Having access to technology opens so many doors in the classroom to benefit the individuals. Teachers are influenced by their time to use technology because it utilizes their time efficiently. Students use technology to complete assignments through research or to communicate with their teachers.
The ISTE standards promote future learners in our digital age. It gives teachers and students standards to be the best educator or learner they can when they are surrounded by technology in the classroom. One standard that is meaningful to me includes learner. A learner is someone who is constantly learning through peers and other resources to better their ability to be an educator. Constantly being open to new ways to use technology or just ways to teach students is so important as a future educator. One standard that is kind of outside my skill set is being an analyst. An analyst includes providing alternative ways to teach students. I am someone that likes to stick to a routine that works. I will have to break this habit to become an analyst and learn to use technology.
I somewhat agree with the label of digital natives. Children are very knowledgeable about technology today however some grow up in different backgrounds. Some children do not have the resources other students have to become this digital native. A digital native is someone that has grown up around technology. Natives know how to use it and are not hesitant when they see a new form of technology. I have seen a difference between native and immigrants. I had a professor who did not use blackboard and would print out our grades and tape them to the board at the end of class. This was frustrating because I did not have a way to communicate with him. I think technology is going to continue to improve through the years and children are going to be more tech savvy as I get older. I will just have to keep up with the trends and learn the new ways technology is used.
Wow your teacher was really behind the times, that sounds like a huge breach of privacy to tapes everyone's grade up there for all to see. It's a shame they couldn't take time to get help to figure out blackboard, but many technological immigrants practice a certain of stubborn attitude to not wanting to use convenient systems like blackboard and canvas.Thus making our lives as students harder.
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