Teachers Who Embrace Technology Change Lives

October 27, 2009 by  

If we educate Twenty-first Century students utilizing only late Twentieth Century teaching methods, I believe we are doing them a great disservice. In the K-12 classroom and beyond we must foster in our students better creative thinking, communication, collaboration and problem solving skills to properly prepare them for a world and workplace where these attributes are in high demand. Students love technology – it’s obvious. Outside of school they immerse themselves in the internet, social networking, computer gaming and a myriad of digital devices. Today’s K-12 teachers can utilize this same technology to keep their students fully engaged and make them enthusiastic about the learning process. The “second generation of Internet-based services” known as Web 2.0 has given teachers the opportunity to make use of tools like blogs, microblogs (such as Twitter), wikis and more. Have you embraced this new technology or has a fear of that technology made you hesitate? At Teach History we’ll be providing tips and information on a consistent basis to help you integrate technology into your classroom.

Did you ever wonder what students would say if teachers actually asked them how they would prefer to be taught? Well now you can get their answers to that question thanks to the excellent article The 21st-Century Digital Learner by Marc Prensky and the remarkably moving video shown below called A Vision of K-12 Students Today written and produced by B. Nesbitt.

Teachers who embrace technology change lives. How many children will you help inspire today by teaching in a way they can relate to? How many students will you engage? How many lives will you change this school year?

Video link: A Vision of K-12 Students Today

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