Working in the field of instructional technology I feel that I need
to stay up to date with what's happening in education. I teach teachers
the uses of technology and how to incorporate it into their daily
lessons. What I found was most interesting was the article on social
networking technologies (McPheeters, 2009) and his discussion of what he
calls "cyborg learning." I was drawn in by his statement that "Learning
how to learn will become the new curriculum because what we know will
become decreasingly useful as obsolescence becomes as familiar as
exhaling." I think he is exactly right. Students today are technology
savy. They are constantly on their phones texting, sending and receiving
email and doing some type of social networking. We are going to have to
step back and let our students use their brains. I also feel that
teaching critical thinking early on is essential to this generation.
McPheeters, D. (2009, March). Social Networking Tehnologies in Education, Tech and Learning.
Retrieved February 22, 2011 from
http://www.techlearning.com/article/16250.
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