Please read Marc Prensky's The Role of Technology in teaching and the classroom.
- What you you think of his views on technology's use?
- Do you think that teachers do need to change the way they teach? Where do you think you are on this continuum of change?
- Do you agree that we should let students use the tools (phones / MP3 recorders) in their pockets? State why.
- Do you agree that the role of technology in our classrooms is to support the "new" pedagogy of kids teaching themselves with the teacher’s guidance. State why.
