Thing #5 The Future of Education

Ok.  So first point I'd like to make is that these are not new concepts.  Education evolves to the priorities of the world around it.  So when we transfer the idea of industrial education to a technological one, it's already happened.  Education is a whole new beast with the advancement of the internet.  In fact, I would venture to guess that most students have a better grasp on technology than we do.  Like education, technology changes.  However, it typically changes faster.  As teachers, our role is to ensure that students are able to use technology in a positive and useful manner.  We are guides in an ever changing world.  We want to make sure our students are prepared for the work force of today, not 20 years ago.  The internet is dangerous.  It can seduce (no licentious thoughts) our students to being complacent about information.  Our job is to make sure that they don't take one website as complete fact.  Information should be double checked and verified.  Our students should be able to know how to research effectively.
Another point I would like to make is that we have to be careful that our students don't become too enamored with technology.  We still have to interact with the world around us.  I find it annoying when people speak to me using texting shorthand.  I also find it annoying that we've completely let our guard down about manners.  Too many people use their cell phones all the time and forget to interact with the people around them.  I work in a retail pharmacy and I can tell you now that medicine is important.  Anything you put in your body should be carefully considered.  However, people don't care anymore.  They are too busy continuing their meaningless conversation that could have waited five minutes.  Little things in the world can become big things.  We have to be able to communicate with each other outside of technology.  Most jobs require live interviews.  We still have to see our doctors.  We should still have legible handwriting and write without a computer. 

This section is interesting and the links are engaging.  However, my opinion is that I have too much to say on this topic and only a section to do it in.