Week #8/#10

The question posed at the end of the video, " So what does it all mean," made me think. What does all of this information mean? Will our lives one day be like those portrayed in video's about the future. A few years ago that never seemed like it would happen in my lifetime, but at the rate that technology is evolving it seems more and more probable every day. It blows my mind how quickly technological devices are changing. I remember when the ipod came out, and how amazing that was, but just a few years later I now own a mini computer that calls itself the itouch. This is the world that our students will be born into. Those born this year probably won't even remember or know what an itouch is by the time they enter school. I am sure these facts are hard for long time teachers to accept. A lot of them won't born into a world where technology was so ever present. That is why it is our job as future teachers to stay current and learn how to use it in education. Our students won't except anything less. We need to learn how to incorporate the things they love into their schooling, or we will lose them. The average 6th grader today can do things with technology that I am barely learning about in college. I can't imagine what the world is going to be like when they get to where I am. It may be difficult for some to accept, but technology is huge and is just getting bigger. From this point on in life many people won't be able to live without it. It is a way of life, and we need to use that to help children learn. We have to prepare them for the world they live in.