Lesson #9 21st Learners

Since I am a resource teacher I don't really create lessons but listening to these pod casts really made me think....

I am so far behind the times and I am so afraid of where it is going. I feel like I don't know anything and I have to do a lot of changing. Before listening I thought that if kids wanted to do these extra things with technology on their own great, but school is school and not everything in life can be as exciting as a video game. But after listening I realized that I have to change. I thought my job was to teach them how to get through their curriculum, to help them pass and learn to make them successful in life. Now I am realizing I need to be teaching through technology or I will not only be not teaching them but hindering their future. I wish I could have seen Kevin's face, he was such a motivational speaker and had so many good on liners. He makes me wonder about my future as a teacher. Will we even have jobs??!!! Everything could be done on line just like in college and there might not even be a need for a building.


One big point he made was about how kids' brains are wired today. Their brains are made to learn this way, not the slow paced book, lecture but the fast paced video game style. I even am going to have to change the way I parent. I have frequently said that my kids won't have video games and they don't need to be on a computer there is plenty of time for that later. But now I am realizing that if I don't let my kids on the computer before they go to kindergarten am I already setting them up for failure? How far behind will they be if they have never played a video game or logged on?

I need to do some more thinking on this!!