Friday, April 3, 2009

Just thinking

It always amazes me as I read about a new technology, website, blog, etc to see how far we've come. Many (many) years ago when I was in school the technology that we had was a manual typewriter or pen and paper. When I got to high school electric typewriters were all the rage (am I dating myself). By college the beginnings of computers were starting to emerge. From then on technology burst onto the world. Now it is commonplace and we see technology becoming outdated before it can even be installed. Our students use the technology in ways we could never imagine. They found new innovative ways to use fanfiction, anime. Educators need to think of the possibilities and explore with open minds.