Week 2 Reflection - Maria Brown
Prompt: Is being an adolescent mostly the same as it has always been or has it changed dramatically. What would Eriskon say to this question and why? How do you think Erikson say we should change as teachers, if we should at all?
I honestly feel Erikson would say being an adolescent is mostly the same as it has always been. I take this opinion because in every generation, there has been a sort of rebellion against parents/adults and the previous generations way of doing things especially as technology has continued to evolve. There has ALWAYS been technology...advances that differed from what our parents knew. My parents had no idea how to monitor us on the computer/internet. I remember being a kid and having our first in home computer with dial-up internet. Before then, my parents grew up with type-writers and word processors.
Technology will continue to evolve. Parents will continue to not understand it and complain, and adolescents will continue to rebel against the norms of adults that came before them.
As teachers, I touched on this a little in my post for the week. Until we find ways to incorporate technology into our classrooms, we are going to lose the attention of a many of our students. There are cell phone apps that can be used to poll classes or answer multiple choice questions that are up on the screen. There are cell phone apps that can be used to read drafts of classmates assignments and then give feedback during class. There are so many classroom friendly apps that can be used to incorporate cell phones, twitter, tablets, laptops, etc. that would go a long way in keep the attention of our students. This technology is a very important part of the identity of our students and we'll do much better at keeping them engaged and learning actively if we start to incorporate it.
I honestly feel Erikson would say being an adolescent is mostly the same as it has always been. I take this opinion because in every generation, there has been a sort of rebellion against parents/adults and the previous generations way of doing things especially as technology has continued to evolve. There has ALWAYS been technology...advances that differed from what our parents knew. My parents had no idea how to monitor us on the computer/internet. I remember being a kid and having our first in home computer with dial-up internet. Before then, my parents grew up with type-writers and word processors.
Technology will continue to evolve. Parents will continue to not understand it and complain, and adolescents will continue to rebel against the norms of adults that came before them.
As teachers, I touched on this a little in my post for the week. Until we find ways to incorporate technology into our classrooms, we are going to lose the attention of a many of our students. There are cell phone apps that can be used to poll classes or answer multiple choice questions that are up on the screen. There are cell phone apps that can be used to read drafts of classmates assignments and then give feedback during class. There are so many classroom friendly apps that can be used to incorporate cell phones, twitter, tablets, laptops, etc. that would go a long way in keep the attention of our students. This technology is a very important part of the identity of our students and we'll do much better at keeping them engaged and learning actively if we start to incorporate it.
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