I think Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) hold the
biggest promise for future education. These
online environments allow learners to target personal learning goals with
selected strategies and resources. This
type of learning is especially useful for distant education programs and other
types of teaching that can’t be done face-to-face. Schools and teachers may use PLEs to share
their work and social media experiences.
They may also use them to create their own learning tools.
Another future technology in education is flexible
displays. These displays are flexible,
light-weight, and extremely thin.
Students are able to roll them up which makes it very easy to bring them
from class to class. These displays are especially
useful for notetaking during lectures.
The purpose of them is to be handier than bringing bulky laptops,
tablets, and notebooks.
The digital divide is the difference between the people who
have access to technology and those who
don’t have access to technology. I grew
up with having access to technology at home, so I feel more confident using
technology in the classroom. The digital
divide is an important concept for me to understand for my future classroom
because each student will be exposed to different amounts of technology. I will use technology in the classroom, but I
will also teach alternative methods so the students won’t have to rely on
it.
Alternative methods to teaching and doing assignments without technology are very important to those who do not have easy access at home. Integrating technology in the classroom gives these students an outlet to experience the technology they otherwise would not have.
ReplyDeleteI think your comment on teaching technology to students but remaining somewhat removed is valid. It's important to understand technology but not rely upon it!
ReplyDeleteI like that although you do intend to use technology in the classroom, you also want to use alternative methods. This gives students without a lot of opportunities, a better chance.
ReplyDeleteI like how the PLEs target personal goals for learning, making teaching more effective. The whole idea of flexible displays kind of freaks me out, but overall seems to be a good technological advance for teaching and learning.
ReplyDeleteFuturesque technology is super fascinating for me, so I honestly can't wait for flexible displays to become a thing! They definitely appear more preferable to laptops, which can be very heavy to carry around.
ReplyDeleteI also think that it's important that we all take into consideration that not all of our future students will have equal amounts of exposure to technology at home. Therefore we will have to accommodate students that are not as technologically adapt as others.
Futuresque technology is super fascinating for me, so I honestly can't wait for flexible displays to become a thing! They definitely appear more preferable to laptops, which can be very heavy to carry around.
ReplyDeleteI also think that it's important that we all take into consideration that not all of our future students will have equal amounts of exposure to technology at home. Therefore we will have to accommodate students that are not as technologically adapt as others.
I appreciate the idea that you'll use methods other than technology to make sure students without access to much technology at home don't have to solely rely on technology for their assignments.
ReplyDeleteTh idea you have for future technology displays are pretty dope! I would definitely like to see how a flexible display could be incorporate into a classroom for educational purposes.
ReplyDeleteHere's an alternate perspective on the digital divide. Many families who can't afford/don't have need for a computer and internet access have phone plans and smart phones. Maybe their child has his/her own smart phone. Do computers and smart devices equate?
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