An educational video link from TeacherTube that really hit home with me was found at:
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=97&title=Technology_Fear_Factor_in_Education.
This video hit home because of the "fear" that many of the teachers in our school have of technology. We are very fortunate to have a great deal of technology in our school - wherein all of our students (Kindergarten - 12th Grade) and our teachers have their own MacBook Pro. Many of our teachers are not taking advantage of this situation because of their fear of technology, and are instead, continuing to teach the way they did 20-30 years ago with an assigned reading, followed up by a worksheet.
It was like this video was made for our school! It reiterated the message that technology is NOT something to fear. Students enjoy learning with technology, personalizing their projects, and take pride in showing it to others, entering it in contests, and displaying it on the website. I need to show this video to some of the teachers in our school to illustrate to them that technology is NOT something that they should be afraid of using - but instead an excellent learning tool!
This video hit home because of the "fear" that many of the teachers in our school have of technology. We are very fortunate to have a great deal of technology in our school - wherein all of our students (Kindergarten - 12th Grade) and our teachers have their own MacBook Pro. Many of our teachers are not taking advantage of this situation because of their fear of technology, and are instead, continuing to teach the way they did 20-30 years ago with an assigned reading, followed up by a worksheet.
It was like this video was made for our school! It reiterated the message that technology is NOT something to fear. Students enjoy learning with technology, personalizing their projects, and take pride in showing it to others, entering it in contests, and displaying it on the website. I need to show this video to some of the teachers in our school to illustrate to them that technology is NOT something that they should be afraid of using - but instead an excellent learning tool!
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