Looking for learning in 21st century classrooms - 2010

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The reason why we need to use technology

Why we need to teach teachnology in school ?

Since the dawn of man we have looked for more efficient ways to manipulate our environment, we have developed nex technologies that help us work, record information and communicate. With every new information the world is changed forever. New technologies effects economics in nearly every field that affect what we do in our leisure time, they affect how information is shared. Technologies can improve our lives, they can light our way to a better future. HOWEVER, if we don´t adopt or adjust to new innovations we can get left behind. Technolgy is changing fast, new technological innovations are occurring everyday. THEREFORE, it's important our children learn how to use this new tools, we need to invest in the tools, training and infrastructure to engage students in learning tasks that emphasize creation, manipulation, innovation and are appropriate tools for active engagment in authentic learning tasks. The kids are ready " we need to engage them or enrage them" they want to learn, they want to learn with the tools that will shape their future.
We need to be there to help them learn how to critically analize information, we need to be there to make their experience with these tools safe, we need the tools to make this happen

Emerging technologies

Our students today are all "native speaker" of the digital language of computer, video games and the internet, so in the not so distant future emerging technologies will be transformative tools used by languague teachers.

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