Educational+Technology+Philosophy

My educational Philosophy for technology is one where there is a core of skills taught by a computer teacher/librarian. The skills would be different based on the grade level of the student. At a certain level the skills are either learned or not. It is interesting in technology the first classes where about programming computers, it was a set of classes that had a specific goal. From there it has expanded. Now regular students don't need to know how to program in order to use technology. The mystery of how a computer works is like any other technology. For example when cars were first being developed, they were part hobby, always in need of adjustment oil gasoline etc. They were delicate machines. Gradually the car became less delicate, easier to operate, safer, less expensive. Computers and other electronics are on that same road. There is some training to be done but after that you can drive. Technolgy does not have to be something that is separate from the rest of teaching. It can drive the curriculum and pick up students along the way. Sorry for all the puns, but the relation is still there. Strangely we regulate who can drive cars but no internet browsers. Drunk, disoriented and crazy does not keep you off the net.

Teacher Inspiration Video Reaction

As the instuctor told us the music is cheesy but many of the messages are good. I have run across many of them as a teacher. One I did like was from Joseph Joubert 'To teach is to learn twice.'. I like it because it is a short sum up of what it is to teach. I find myself looking back on lessons to evaluate them. I ask myself 'What can I learn from this?' If it went well what can be made better, if it went badly what can be improved. I did not always do this, as a younger teacher I would blame the students or some small error I may have made. I would change something because it was broken not to make it better necessarily.