Tuesday, March 17, 2009
iN2015
the visit to COTF was a very cool experience! but i found it to be very futuristic and will be uncomfortable if all the classrooms were to be like that in future -- everything so high-tech and digitalized.
it's useful and convenient for the exchange of data just by tapping one's personal device onto a platform, as well as communications with overseas expertise. the iN2015 video revealed the significant integration of technology into daily lives... and particularly useful and handy for educational fieldtrips.
my concern about having such high-tech environment is the loss of teacher-student interactions, which i feel is important to promote rapport and understanding of the students so as to effectively help them. another issue will be the high usage of electronic products which is contrary to the "Green movement". with such convenient tools to access huge amounts of resources, will our students of the future be made 'lazy' through the usage of these? with minimal need to even hold a pen during learning or practice.
another issue i'm concerned with is the cost of such classrooms. unless the government is paying for all these technologies, how will all students be entitled to a personal device each? will the lower-income students be left out? i personally don't see any justification to put an additional financial burden on their parents.
i appreciate the novelty of the iN2015 idea but think it should only be integrated in only certain parts of education. maybe i'm "traditional"... but i still believe in paper, pen and ICT tools to enable/ enhance. NIE is preparing us by having the ICT course to create awareness of the technologies available for teaching, and its benefits. this, i feel, is a step towards preparing us to embrace the iN2015 movement. well, that's less than 10 yrs from now! if all classrooms of the future were to be really like that.... i'd better start changing my mindset to keep up with times! afterall, change is inevitable for continual improvement right? ;)
it's useful and convenient for the exchange of data just by tapping one's personal device onto a platform, as well as communications with overseas expertise. the iN2015 video revealed the significant integration of technology into daily lives... and particularly useful and handy for educational fieldtrips.
my concern about having such high-tech environment is the loss of teacher-student interactions, which i feel is important to promote rapport and understanding of the students so as to effectively help them. another issue will be the high usage of electronic products which is contrary to the "Green movement". with such convenient tools to access huge amounts of resources, will our students of the future be made 'lazy' through the usage of these? with minimal need to even hold a pen during learning or practice.
another issue i'm concerned with is the cost of such classrooms. unless the government is paying for all these technologies, how will all students be entitled to a personal device each? will the lower-income students be left out? i personally don't see any justification to put an additional financial burden on their parents.
i appreciate the novelty of the iN2015 idea but think it should only be integrated in only certain parts of education. maybe i'm "traditional"... but i still believe in paper, pen and ICT tools to enable/ enhance. NIE is preparing us by having the ICT course to create awareness of the technologies available for teaching, and its benefits. this, i feel, is a step towards preparing us to embrace the iN2015 movement. well, that's less than 10 yrs from now! if all classrooms of the future were to be really like that.... i'd better start changing my mindset to keep up with times! afterall, change is inevitable for continual improvement right? ;)
# posted by *lisa : 10:26 AM
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