Comments on: 4th century skills http://human.edublogs.org/2009/06/03/4th-century-skills/ For fellow teachers... Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:39:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Why use technology in teaching? « e-Rambler http://human.edublogs.org/2009/06/03/4th-century-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Why use technology in teaching? « e-Rambler Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:25:47 +0000 http://human.edublogs.org/?p=62#comment-360 [...] followed up with a thought-provoking post on his own blog, which underscored the point that I was trying to make originally: that it’s [...] [...] followed up with a thought-provoking post on his own blog, which underscored the point that I was trying to make originally: that it’s [...]

]]> By: Ira Socol http://human.edublogs.org/2009/06/03/4th-century-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Ira Socol Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:12 +0000 http://human.edublogs.org/?p=62#comment-250 We either seek to raise children with the power to learn, communicate, and act in the world they will graduate into, or we seek to maintain the power status quo in the world (because the children of the powerful will be trained in this at home). Not teaching with the ICTs of today, not teaching about the ICTs of today, not teaching the powers of the ICTs of today is the same as not teaching a 19th Century student how to read books and newspapers and how to speak in front of groups. It is leaving children in a dark prison. http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2006/04/teachers-and-technology.html http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2006/04/teachers-and-technology-2-sen.html @ira Nicely put. It has always been the 'subversive' potential of ICT that has drawn me to it. It has the (growing) potential to enslave and at the same time liberate. As you say, not using, teaching, working with ICT ain't a path to liberation but a darker place. Thanks for you comment Ira, appreciated. We either seek to raise children with the power to learn, communicate, and act in the world they will graduate into, or we seek to maintain the power status quo in the world (because the children of the powerful will be trained in this at home).

Not teaching with the ICTs of today, not teaching about the ICTs of today, not teaching the powers of the ICTs of today is the same as not teaching a 19th Century student how to read books and newspapers and how to speak in front of groups. It is leaving children in a dark prison.

http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2006/04/teachers-and-technology.html
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@ira
Nicely put. It has always been the ’subversive’ potential of ICT that has drawn me to it. It has the (growing) potential to enslave and at the same time liberate. As you say, not using, teaching, working with ICT ain’t a path to liberation but a darker place.

Thanks for you comment Ira, appreciated.

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