Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?
In this article posted on The Fischbowl by Mr. Fisch he talks about if it is okay to be a technologically illiterate teacher. He says no it isn't okay because you have to know the material you are teaching to your students and how can you teach it to them if you don't understand it yourself. He pulls into another man's blog about being technologically illiterate and connects to what he is saying to. Also he says that if your not a technologically literate teacher that maybe you should re think your career.
I agree with Mr. Fish on this one because how can teachers be teaching us something if they don't know what they are talking about. Who is to say they are teaching it wrong then? In this case teacher DO need to be technologically literate because they need to be teaching us correctly for the sake of our futures. I also agree with Mr. Fisch on how he is saying that if your not a technologically literate teacher that you should maybe find a better job suiting your knowledge in technology. Technology is our present and our not so distant future. People need to know how to understand computers because that's how things are going to be in the future. They don't have to exactly like computers or how they function, but they need to be able to when it comes down to it understand how to work it and understand why we use it. To be able to make a fortune and be successful in modern day society people have to understand most, if not all forms of technology. I was reading an article the other day in the Denver Post about how today's adults are shaping how technology is coming across in 2007. So if the "baby boomer's" are shaping our technology I only think it would be appropriate for them to understand those technological advances. So bringing back to the beginning question "is it okay to be a technologically illiterate teacher?". I think no all teachers need to understand all the technology that is being used throughout or school and the technology that is being taught to us.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Local News PLN (9-27-07)
Boulder students protest "God" in Pledge
In this article, by the Denver Post, many students from their fellows peers pulled them selves aside because of their beliefs; they shouldn't have to pledge to their religion (saying "under god"), but to their country. These students all believe that people should have the right to refuse to say "god," and this morning they were exercising that right. One student said, 'We don't object to pledging to our country, but we do object to pledging to a religion," said Ashley Guesman, 17, a protest organizer. So when the pledge was recited this morning over the PA system throughout Boulder High School some students walked out of their first hour to class to recite their alternative pledge. The version these students went as follows:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag and my constitutional rights with which it comes. And to the diversity in which our nation stands. One nation, part of one planet, with liberty, freedom, choice and justice for all."
The students are hoping that if they wait out this protest long enough that the school will change their ways and not broadcast the Pledge of Alligence to the whole school. If the Pledge is still broad casted throughout the whole school in a week the students are willing to try another protest scheme. Today's protest was organized by a group called "Student Worker."
In this article, by the Denver Post, many students from their fellows peers pulled them selves aside because of their beliefs; they shouldn't have to pledge to their religion (saying "under god"), but to their country. These students all believe that people should have the right to refuse to say "god," and this morning they were exercising that right. One student said, 'We don't object to pledging to our country, but we do object to pledging to a religion," said Ashley Guesman, 17, a protest organizer. So when the pledge was recited this morning over the PA system throughout Boulder High School some students walked out of their first hour to class to recite their alternative pledge. The version these students went as follows:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag and my constitutional rights with which it comes. And to the diversity in which our nation stands. One nation, part of one planet, with liberty, freedom, choice and justice for all."
The students are hoping that if they wait out this protest long enough that the school will change their ways and not broadcast the Pledge of Alligence to the whole school. If the Pledge is still broad casted throughout the whole school in a week the students are willing to try another protest scheme. Today's protest was organized by a group called "Student Worker."
Should Colorado students be forced to say the pledge, with the word "god" in it? I think everyone has their constitutional right to refuse to say the normal pledge and be able to not say the pledge at all or say an alternative one. I believe that when I say the pledge with "under god..." that i am not so much pledging to a religion but pledging to my country and our freedom. Though depending on who you talk to some people would say, reciting "under god..." is pledging to a certain religion and is against our rights because we all have the right to have our own religion. In our school today I don't see anyone who does refuse to recite the pledge, but if someone were to not say the pledge I would think of them as the same person, but I would understand their how they interpret the Pledge. Before reading this article I didn't know that people saw saying "under god...," in the pledge was against what they believe. When people say it is against what they believe it makes me wonder about what their beliefs in the world are and how saying god affects them religiously? I think this affects American citizens because people are beginning to stand up for what they believe in more and more and that might begin to change our rights. People may begin to think that they are being forced into situations when they could be avoiding them. They might start to think that the government is making decisions for them.I think if everyone would refuse to do the pledge that school should change their plans but if only some kids decide they don't want to they should be able to leave the class room to recite their modified version. If they don't want to say either they should just have to stand up as everyone else does but just not say anything. When I stand up to say the pledge I think of all our men and women soldiers fighting risking their life everyday for our rights. I also think of how people have lost lives to bring us all here today; able to be in school as not being separated by the color of our skin, but being seen as one student body and one group of learners. Then again I also think it is good for kids who are usually not taken seriously to stand up for what they believe in. It is also good for them to understand why they aren't saying it.Though I am pulled to both sides of this controversial situation I think we can all chose how and if we want to say the Pledge of Alligence.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Website tells of heroes' medals. Denver Post.
In the "Denver Post" on September 11th Coloradans learned about how post war soldiers are trying to claim awards that never came to them and now a man named Doug Sterner is trying to stop that. He sits in his back office in his Pueblo home making $25,000 a year off donations given to his company. He is forming a website that will include all "hero's" who have received either a Medal of Honor, a Service Cross or a Silver Star and will help them to be legally recognized. Sterner is also trying to pass the "Preservation of Valor Act." This act states that the government is required to create and complete an accurate database for all soldiers who have received an award. "Soldiers risk life and limb for our nation, and we recognize their service in a solemn way and award them medals,"Marilyn Musgrave said.
I think that it is important to recognize all hero's in history so other people can strive to be like them or try to accomplish what they have. If people go unrecognized no one will understand the significance of or fellow fighters and what pain they have gone through to make our life as peaceful as it is. I also think this is a good idea because some people try to claim awards that belong to other people who have truly earned them by their hard work.
I think that it is important to recognize all hero's in history so other people can strive to be like them or try to accomplish what they have. If people go unrecognized no one will understand the significance of or fellow fighters and what pain they have gone through to make our life as peaceful as it is. I also think this is a good idea because some people try to claim awards that belong to other people who have truly earned them by their hard work.
Did you know? Presentation
Ever thought you might have a twin? Well think again you have 1,300 twins in China alone. "We are living in exponential times." Not only does China hold your 1,300 twins it will also soon become the number one English speaking country in the world. In this presentation created by Mr. Fisch, from the"Fischbow l" education feed, he shows how the world can't keep up with the ever so changing technologies in the modern world. Also in this presentation it says that knowledge of the human race will be out dated by a computer soon. Through this eight minute presentation sixty babies will be born in the U.S alone, 244 babies born in China and 351 babies born in India. These children that are being born are not only being introduced to the 540,000 word English language they are being brought into a word where people are being taught how to perform jobs that don't even exist yet. And parents think, us, children are safe when there are 100 million registered myspace users, as of August 2006, think again. Not only are there that many myspace users the average myspace page is viewed 30 times a day, by who knows what predator. Writers across the world are publishing 3,00 books per day.
I think that this world is growing to fast and society can't keep up to the dramatic changes. People are being taught about technology that doesn't exist and won't for another 20 years. For anyone who is learning in a four year curriculum (college) their knowledge will be out dated as of three years later. So by our senior year most of our freshmen learning will be outdated. And the amount of texts that are being sent/received everyday equal more than the planets population. People who are sending those texts are gaining more useless knowledge while almost sixty babies are born. Is the world bitting off more than anyone can chew? What will happen when no more technological advances can be made and no one is caught up to modern day civilization?
I think that this world is growing to fast and society can't keep up to the dramatic changes. People are being taught about technology that doesn't exist and won't for another 20 years. For anyone who is learning in a four year curriculum (college) their knowledge will be out dated as of three years later. So by our senior year most of our freshmen learning will be outdated. And the amount of texts that are being sent/received everyday equal more than the planets population. People who are sending those texts are gaining more useless knowledge while almost sixty babies are born. Is the world bitting off more than anyone can chew? What will happen when no more technological advances can be made and no one is caught up to modern day civilization?
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