Digital Media
Even though it still feels painful to make a final decision, I must. I feel that I should go the Digital Media route. Technology is evolving everyday, and the more it grows, the more it will be integrated into the school system.
I have a friend that is a teacher in the West Allis school district, and their students are allowed to use laptops, smartphones, and tablets throughout the class day. When I has in high school, this was never possible, but hat was almost 7 years ago. In order to be a good teacher, I need to adapt to the ever changing world, and by writing my argumentative paper about this topic, it will hopefully help me wrap my head around it. I am nowhere near anti-technology, I'm just use to using a paper, pencil and a book. I just had to drop a math class because they wanted us doing math on a computer four days a week. I think I must be getting old.
YOU think you must be getting old! Ha!
ReplyDeleteI am happy you will be writing about using digital media in classrooms, Stuart. This is such a pressing issue for teachers now, especially since digital media seem to be shifting under our feet and won't hold still for us!
As you move forward, consider that there are many many ways to approach this area:
-- You can write about the benefits and downsides of students bringing digital technologies into class with them.
-- You can write about how teachers can address the differing technological abilities students bring to class.
-- You can write about how teachers can address what happens when students know different technologies than teachers do.
-- You can write about what technological literacies are most important for students today to learn.
And that is only a partial list...!
So you can see that, as we move forward, I am going to be encouraging you to find a very specific focus within this wide area...