Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Do ELA classrooms support the "new middlers?"
So that's the question huh? In my opinion I don't feel the ELA classrooms do support the "new middlers." If we are moving into a new age then everyone I feel should be on the same page. Technology should be taught in every school at whatever grade and as future educators we know that can't happen with some of the schools that are in desperate need for upgrades in more than one way. Yes, the whole idea of the "new middlers" might take place, but I feel it will take a long time due to the fact that everyone is not at the same place. The high school I went to has great funding, but no teacher is using technology in the classroom to get the students prepared for the real world. That will be the toughest hurdle, getting the teachers to incorporate technology and changing their ways of teaching with the changing times.
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Ashley,
I completely agree with the section of your post where you describe how teachers in your high school did not use technology, and it will be difficult to get these teachers to change.
When I was in high school and during student teaching, my teachers did not use technology either. I think that we need to be the ones who go into the classrooms and change this promblem. We need to allow students to help us learn technology that we are unsure of and allow the role of teacher and student to be reversed.
Hi Ashley, what are the characteristics of those in the "new middle," or Friedman's "untouchables?"
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