Monday, April 18, 2011
Week 5 - Social Bookmarking - my thoughts
I often use the web for ideas on new lessons. P.E. Central is one of my favorites. I am excited to meet other professionals in my field through these social bookmarking sites to expand my research base. I consider my self to be "tech" savy, but this class is proving my to be "tech" silly. I had no idea what most of these sites did, or how I could use them. For example, when I hear the word delicious, I think food, not social bookmarking on the web. According to Marc Prensky I would be in the middle of digital immigrant and digital native. I say that because I know that I know more than most of my colleagues, yet less than necessary for mastery. My school is definitely in the "immigrant" stage, although we are working to change that.
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Funny! Tech silly! It is great that you are open to the technology and you are way way ahead than most, so be proud of yourself for that! I am happy to hear things are changing. Change is slow as you know, so little baby steps in the right direction is great!
ReplyDeleteI was watching a video from the 1990's that basically showcased a concept of an iPad and showed how several newspapers were starting to think about how they would adapt to what they saw as an eventuality. I found myself wondering the same thing that was posed on the article.. If education is going through a similar fundamental shift, will I be ready to adapt and change? What about my friends?
ReplyDeleteMost of the educators that I know, indeed most of my friends are not natives, they are far from fluent in the language the students are speaking.
It is a special person who see's the future and readies themselves for it.