Technology and the Classroom

Two fairly popular online videos about technology and teaching are
Shift Happens available online at http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1b425a7717504bca103d,
and Pay Attention available online at Teacher Tubes http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=40c570a322f1b0b65909&page=1&viewtype=&category=

The videos share some of the same information and ask some similar questions. Both were designed to start a conversation around how schools and educators can work to prepare our students for life in a global community. One of the questions I have about the new electronic communication forms is the lack of face to face time. Whether it is with friends who live next door to each other yet still communicate more frequently using electronic devices, or the popular trend in online teaching and learning. How can we make sure that we do not lose that personal connectedness that face to face conversations build? What are your thoughts, and do you see it as a concern?

Here are some questions educators are currently facing.
•As the technology available changes how are we changing our instructional practices?
•How do we incorporate the use of the technology that students use outside the classroom to enhance learning in the classroom?
•How are the technology standards changing to meet the demands of the workplace?
•How do we prepare students for jobs that have yet to be discovered let alone defined?

Prompted by Ceil