"There is a difference between technology integration and technology-infused instruction. The former means helping students to get into a hands-on relationship with the media and hardware, usually in a project -based learning situation, while the latter refers to teachers using the media and hardware as instructional helps. I believe that the second can be an important stepping stone to the first. I'm almost sure that if the second doesn't happen, the first never will."
(May 01, 2007; my bolds).
This set me thinking... how many of us have already tried online learning ourselves so far? And what have our experiences been like?
Click on "comments" below to answer, or just to comment on Phillips's article!
After a very interesting discussion, he concludes that, to do away with "teacher technophobia", educational institutions should work with media specialists (who also need to be curriculum specialists, he highlights) in order to:
"find out what teachers need, find the resources and put them in the teachers' hands, and then maintain helpful weekly contact that helps teachers see the Media Center as their lifeline to every kind of digital media"Thinking of our work at the LCB since last July, it sounds like we're on the right track!
Gladys
3 comments:
Hi everyone! I completely agree with the author and with Gladys as well. As the author said, if teachers use technology for themselves, they will encourage their students to do the same. And as Galdys said, we are on the way.
Sonia :)
I couldn't agree more! It is us, teachers, who are to take the very first step, even when stumbling along the way. And believe me, it's far easier than what it seems to be. But it is essential that you don't feel panicky. And once you have overcome your fears and got started, you'll get hooked and wonder how come you've taken so long to be part of this wonderful technological experience.
Thanks for your feedback, Sonia and Fabiana!
Thinking about these words, my first thought is that nobody should feel"rushed" to integrate technology into their teaching...
Of course, as soon as you've tried a bit of it, as Fabiana has said, you're most likely to get hooked on it!
;-)
Gladys
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