21st century learners

It amazes me that so many of our students are not getting the technology learning they need to succeed.  As much as the universities are pushing technology in our future classrooms, what should be examined first is the technology in the current classrooms.  Obviously these kids are not being engaged and society as a whole needs to do something about it.  I understand that not all schools are going to be wealthy enough for computers in their classroom but there should at least be a lab in every school.  With a computer lab, teachers can still engage their students in blogs, podcasts, online manipulatives but it will not be as often as they may have liked.  Why are we spending millions of dollars on paying professional sports players when we could be using that money elsewhere… like in the place where the future leaders are supposed to be learning valuable life skills!  I know that this will never change, but it doesn’t mean I can’t rant about it for a bit.  I think the other reason why our children are not getting the education they deserve in technology is the abundance of teachers that don’t know how to do the new technological advances.  They might not understand what it is and not feel comfortable teaching it.  The answer to that is the schools should prepare them with workshops!  Once the teachers are comfortable with technology.. they will then teach their class and the problem of engaging our learners will be solved!

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