The White Paper didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t already
know from my own experiences. I am personally plugged into a variety of online sites. I already knew that
students are using technology to communicate and even date from across the
globe at an almost constant level. I myself have felt the high that comes from
having new notifications and texts, so I know how addicting it can get and how
fast-paced the online culture is.
It is very true that youths are much more likely to want to
learn things from other youths, usually who are within their same interest
groups. I feel like this indicates that we should be stressing peer-to-peer
tutoring more. I went to more study groups in college than I went to tutoring
labs. So I feel the same could be implemented in high school. For example,
students with a study hall could instead be tutors to younger students. I think
that would be a great way to capitalize on their desire to learn from their
peers.
Webcam tutoring would be a cool thing to set up in my opinion.
However, I have tried doing so before and found out my camera was too poor
quality for me to show my friend the solution to the equation I was helping him
figure out. However, I believe with some decent quality webcams and some white
boards, students could tutor each other from pretty much anywhere.
I think most of the stuff I saw on the site seemed pretty
cool. I honestly don’t think body modifications will become much cheaper in
seven years, especially if they do branch out to include things that affect the
mind, than they are now, even if they do become more popular and more
practical. But It was cool to read about it.I feel like one of the most important things I will need to
be able to teach my students in 2020 is how to discern facts from fiction in
the virtual world, how to deal with cyber bullying, and how to not be a cyber
bully. The thing about the internet is that it removes the human factor and
with it some people’s humanity.
At the same time I have seen people be too
open. I think one helpful thing will be to show students how to be more cautious
about what they post. For example, I have to be careful what I post on my Facebook, even though it is private, as I am a Sunday School teacher. Jokes with foul language in them
would be inappropriate for me to post. However, up until the time I graduated
college, no one said a word to me about what was appropriate or inappropriate
or why it was important to care about such things. In this new digital world,
students can end up hurting themselves when it comes to job opportunities based
on what they’ve posted online. So I feel that will still be worthwhile to teach
my students in 2020.
I think it is very appropriate and good to teach students, through using technology in the classroom, about being cautious on the internet. Students need to be aware of how their posts on social media sites can affect their future job prospects and just in general their reputation among their peers. I think this teaching can primarily be done by teaching them what is appropriate on a class blog and how it is important to proofread what you are posting before you do. These are common things that make me cringe when I see them posted by another person. We need to make sure our students are informed and ready when they use the internet for any purpose.
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