This chapter started out with the title of the book, “Rethinking Education in a Technological World.” I thought this was an excellent way to close out the book! The chapter summed up everything that we talked about throughout the chapter.
Currently there is a strong association between schooling learning. As learning moves out of school, our conception of learning will begin to broaden, and we will see more hybrid experiences that begin in the classroom and move into other contexts. Basically what the chapter is saying is that schooling outside of an institution is a great thing and can have many benefits.
There was a short but interesting comment about Rethinking motivation that I thought was very true. The chapter gave a statistic that said many students are very bored with school. Technology can fix this problem! If students can learn from video games, using the internet, and watching movies and shows, not only will it
interest them but it will motivate them to learn.
The next big part of the chapter talked about the transitions between learning and work. The chapter said that with technology there will be a much easier transition between work and schooling. Even today many students in colleges across the nation are finding that with the help of technology they not only are being aided in finding jobs, but with their technology skills they are more suited and prepared for the jobs.
This chapter ended by talking about the author’s vision of the future. They state that we use education to work toward our national ideals of equality, opportunity, and democracy. The future leaders of our nation will need to understand the affordances of new resources to everyone. Technology is here to stay and the benefits are obvious and numerous. Now comes the proper transition into conforming technology to meet our needs.
The book is done! I was very happy I was able to read this book and find more about how technology is changing our world, and can be extremely beneficial to our classrooms. When I first took this class I did not believe that technology was all that necessary. I loved my hardcover books, multiple handouts, and lots of writing. However after reading this chapter and completing education 331 I am now a believer in technology. There are so many good uses that can help our students I cannot understand why anyone would want to stick with our original methods of technology.
As a future teacher I will do my best to implement the proper technology into my classroom. I am an exceptional education major and I plan on working with cognitively disabled students. There are many example of technology that I can use in my room. I will use this technology and hopefully it will help me be a good teacher.
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