As I let the week's proceedings sink in - the big rush of getting assignments done , tests to study for.. I also pondered on dr. Tan's session last week.
Yes the future is scary and I admit maybe I was jumping the gun at being afraid of the changes that will occur. Looking back at how we gen x people started off with text based pcs to windows to graphical wsyisyg platforms and now with readily available Internet connections as compared to the dialup nightmares of the past, maybe th future isn't so bad after all.
Especially so with education and with the recent initiatives that moe is actually looking into educational games and such. Something that I never thought would happen when I was a schooling lad in the 80s and 90s.
I have idealisitic dreams of turning my english lessons into a fun filled experience and by doing so I would love to provide all 40 of my kids with netbooks in my classroom. Their English lessons will mostly be online with blogs, facebook, msn and wikis used. Essays will now be vetted online, expository essays - researched via the Internet. Junglebyte will be my watchdog.
I hope I will b able to achieve this. Maybe it's time I go look for sponsors for netbooks.. I don want to be just another boring english teacher who destroys the joy in learning by adopting old 19 or gasp! 18th century classroom practices...
I'm a digital native myself. Guess I should embrace my own technology in my job. Why should I fear what my Hod or colleagues say? I'm not here to play the game. I'm here to teach and enjoy the process. Technology is in our hands . Embrace it.
-- Post From My iPhone
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