Wimba Week 3

Wimba Session 3 August 18, 2010

Questions:
How does technology change the relationship educators have with their students?

Comments:

The role of technology:
- To teach learners how to program software, will teach learners how to think and communicate in our modern world.
- Promotes digital media literacy by engaging students in active learning in software programming.

It was interesting a great to hear comments from Sharon in Alaska in regards to rural education and having to work with 16 different languages at her school.

Students’ access to the Internet: School, homes, and libraries.
How peer pressure will allow for students who do not have Internet in their homes to seek out the access to Internet to complete assignments.

How to get schools to be less reactionary and negative about technology, mobile devices, blocking applications such as facebook and to rather develop a plan to incorporate the technology that is already apart of being a young learner in 2010.

To teach our students professionalism with technology, appropriate email addresses, and behavior while working academically online.

Discussion on myUDUTU.com.
Cutting back on the expense of technology.
Areas of Concern:
Crazy to hear about Ohio and the social network violations for adults use of technology hindering and being grounds for removal from one’s job.