are worth...
I cam to Hotchkiss after a wonderful career teaching College English. =
Technology was an excellent tool for helping students manipulate and =
analyze texts. Programs like Zotero helped them compile better =
research; Google Docs helped them navigate collaborative writing; Second =
Life helped them explore literature on a deeper and more personal level. =
But, those wonderful tools were partnered with texts (Dante's Inferno, =
for example); the technology did not stand alone.
We should never sacrifice content at the altar of technology, but we =
should be realistic about the kinds of navigation and processing skills =
our students will need in college.
Beth
Beth Lynne Ritter-Guth
Educational Communication and Technology Facilitator
The Hotchkiss School
11 Interlaken Road
Box 800
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-4445
http://hotchkiss.org
http://hotchkissedtech.blogspot.com
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Gatling
Sent: Fri 2/13/2009 1:09 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: 21st Century Computer Skills
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As I consider what I should be teaching in the coming years, I've been
wondering, with all the neat stuff people have been doing with podcasts,
wikis, blogs, and other forms of interactive media, is there really any
point in my continuing to teach such nuts and bolts stuff as word =
processing
and spreadsheet use? I keep hearing about how the 7th grader of today =
won't
be using any of these "old fashioned" tools by the time they're in =
college,
and so I wonder if continuing to teach them now is just a waste of
everyone's time.
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keg
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Keith E Gatling - Computer Instructor
Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd
DeWitt, NY 13214
315.446.2452
http://www.gatling.us/keith
Some teachers teach subjects. Others teach students.
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