Ch. 6; Rethinking............

In this chapter, we were exposed to the 3 eras of education.  For me, this seemed to go hand-in-hand with chapter 4 that included the main reasons that we have a universal schooling sytstem.  This chapter was pretty dry but very helpful.  As we know, technology is becoming a bigger part in our schooling everyday.  With this, it seems like we lose a human touch but at the same time, the whole idea of schooling is changing.  No longer are parents the teachers, we teach to "learn how to learn", we set students up with what they need to know in the future, our culture effects what we teach and how we teach, people of all ages can continue to attend school, and we can attend school almost everywhere at any time.  This seems to be a lot to handle and take in, but this is what is happening to "schooling".  As we see today, we are shifting more towards parents holding the responsibility of their child's learning.  This is because we are moving towards making the learning "individualized" and teaching what they want to learn.  If a child want's to learn something that just isn't covered at the moment in school, they can do distance learning or even teach themselves with all the resources they now have.  We also see now that teens tend to stray from what is taught in schools to learn what they specifically want to learn.  If someone wants to know more about a trade such as carpentary, they will go out and learn on their own and almost ditch the school curriculum.  Beyond that, we don't have enough time to even teach young adults what they may need to know later on in life.  This is because everything is moving so fast.  With this in mind, I will have to do things differently as a teacher.  I will have to find out what they really need to know.  To do this, I may have to talk to someone in my district and find out what is truly important and what should be focused on.  With that, I will try to incorporate ways to keep their attention on what is going on in school and use tools that they will need to know how to use.  All of this just makes the push for more technology in the classroom even greater.  We need technology to stay up to date with what is going on and to accurately teach our students what they really need to know.