Thing #7

After reading many different blogs, I have realized that the comments play an important role in the blogs. Whether it be, explicit directions on what works, interesting ideas about the readings or to give a different view about a topic, the comments are relevant and meaningful. Getting feedback is an advantage to both the reader and the blogger. The comments that were made on one of the posts that I read really made me think about how important it is for teachers to keep up to date with the current trends in technology. When teachers use new technology in their instruction, it allows the students to learn so much more because they are actively enaged in the lesson. The post was titled: The Future of Student Bloggers which was about an ex-student who was introduced to the use of web 2.0 in the classroom by his english teacher. He realized how important this became in his learning so he started blogging about it. Cheyenne (11 years old), commented on the blog, which really made me think about what the future holds in education and technology. Cheyenne is only in elementary school and is already blogging, uing eportfolios, widgets, and wikis. The students now days are so computer literate that they thrive on learning through the use of technology rather than worksheets and textbooks. These old styles are simply boring and out of date with the kids. The students today are going to grow up and have a future career using technology and they want to get started in the learning. Cheyenne is a very bright young lady! This post shows how kids know so much more about technology than we give them credit.