I want to learn!

Engage meI came across an interesting post by Lauren, she found a you tube video. This video has the students voice on what they percieve learning to hold. Their main arguement was Engagement and they way they were engaged, and this was through technology. This video was an awakening of the way students learn, it also opened the doors for questioning the society that we will be teaching in.

The video showed stastics of teachers who use technology and those who don’t and to be honest i wasn’t shocked to see such high figures that don’t use technology, and the children are suffering. This only retierates the idea of incorporating technology into the classroom, the children want to learn, they want to create and they want to be challeneged however without incorporating technology into the classroom we aren’t exactly meeting their needs.

Lauren states an interesting point she sheds light on the idea that student teachers are being taught technology at university but what happens to those teachers who aren’t brought up with technology? Does that mean that those children miss out? It is amazing to see how much technology is being used in and out of school, we need to equip our students to meet the everyday needs of society both technically and academically, and technology has the answer to this.

On prac every child had a computer and all work was done on the computer via the smartboard and i have never seen students so enthuastic to learn. They loved the interaction, they loved the freedom of creating things, i saw so many student games that were made by them and it blew me away. Children want to learn there is no question there, we as teachers need to meet their needs.