The beginning of this chapter asked the question “Now that we have talked all about these tools, what is going to be the impact on education” The author’s state that there will be two unstoppable trends in the use of technology in the Read/Web classroom. The first trend is that more and more content both new and old will continue to come online. The second trend is that more and more the creation of that content is collaborative.
The next paragraph of the chapter talked about new illiteracies. In the olden days we defined being “literate” as someone who can read and write. Now a day’s people need to be able to produce thing online and decipher them. To consume information (The authors say) people need to be editors as well as readers. It will be our job as future educators to teach our students to be able to create, sustain and participate in these networks in safe, ethical, and effective ways.
The next section of this chapter talked about the big shifts in education in how best to teach students. The first big shift talks about the material that the teachers will be teaching. Back in the day teachers owned the material that they were teaching their students. Now with everything online the students can access the material at any time. The second big shift talks about how the students can access other teachers through the aid of social networks. No longer is the teacher the single educator of a room.
The Third Big shift talks about how with these social networks and collaborative assignments the idea that students need to work independently for the majority of the time is over. With the use of the internet a lot of the assignments are collaborative. The fourth big shift talks about how lectures are recombining a thin of the past. In most classrooms it’s all conversations. The Fifth big shift talks about how no longer will it be essential to memorize fact, but instead with the use of the internet the challenge will lie in where to find it.
The sixth big shift talks about how the information posted on the internet is no longer as accurate as most text books. Readers will have to be editors as well. The seventh big shift talks about the web will be the new notebook for our students. The eighth big shift talks about how writing is no longer limited to text, instead we can write in different fonts, sizes, and genres.
Shift 9 and 10 seemed to go hand in hand. They talk about how mastery is the product that you can produce, no longer are tests the deciding factor, and the contribution, not completion is the ultimate goal for students to be successful in a project.
The epilogue of this book talks about the enormous amount of work that you can produce in just a few minutes with the aid of the internet.
I agree with the shifts talked about in this chapter. It is apparent to me that the authors can see the writing on the wall that technology is here to stay and is transforming our classroom. I believe what they have to say and I am trying to take their advice.
As a future educator I will try my hardest to introduce helpful technology into my classroom. I believe that it does have a valid purpose in my room, and I am excited to help my student proceed to the future.
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