I do agree with the presenter,
that today the amount of information that we can reach in one minute is
overwhelming, and as a teacher I found very hard trying to identify which
sources are trustable and which are not. It is time consuming and can be an
exhausting job. This is even harder for the students, who tend to accept as a
universal truth what ever they read on internet, and sometimes they end more
confused and lost than before their research. I think that as a 21st century
teacher, who is using technology in the classroom and taking advantage of the
various ways that we can engage students through the use of different devices
in the classroom allowing them to navigate and search for any information they
might need whenever they need it, we as teachers committed to this new
era of education, need to have the right preparation to guide them through
this new ways of researching and learning. That is I believe our biggest
challenge today.
This new area of education is
here to stay, and I only see it growing more an more. After watching this
presentation, I believe more than ever, that the use of devices in the
classroom for educational purposes can definitely bring more advantages than disadvantages.
What I have noticed in my class, is that when technology and the use of devices
is involved in the lesson, students remain more focus and are more motivated
because you give them space to work with what they like and with what they are
good at, giving them also the freedom to work at their own pace, which is
greatly appreciated by students with different abilities. We as teachers need
to keep in mind that these devices are only another tool that we can use to
reinforce and improve what we are already doing in the classroom. We cannot
forget that we are there for our students as mentors, guiding them to become
independent and responsible learners in our global world.
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