Technology has been on the rise for numerous years! With today's technology, we have been introduced to the 3D printer! 3D printing has brought a whole new thought to technology. You can design and create anything you want! Before any of that can happen, there is much studying and preparation that needs to be done. 3D printing will change the way that we can live our lives because we will be able to create what we want straight from a machine. It could possibly take away the labor for some jobs, because it will be able to create the object on its own. Now, obviously it will not be able to create the big objects in life, so the labor force for those tasks will always be available. 3D printing will and has changed they way some schools may operate. For example, schools will be able to print 3D object for there class to use as visual aids. This will help the school communities because they will be able to offer resources through the new and developed technology! This type of technol...
I agree, will teachers be taught effectively enough to teach what they learn. Especially in today's world with so many people becoming teachers through emergency certification rather than going through an educational teaching prog ram. I wonder how stressful it will be for those who haven't learned yet and been given preparation for things like TPACK and how best to utilize them in a classroom.
ReplyDeleteI have been so focused on how technology might be harder for teachers I hadn't thought about it taking stress away from teachers. I am worried that technology will eventually take place of teachers if we aren't careful. I think technology is a great tool for teachers but I don't think it should be focused around it.
ReplyDeleteI also have the question about will students understand the technology and about if the teachers will as well. I have these questions because some teachers are from an older generation where they dont feel like they need to or want to stay up with the times.
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