- 73% of college students in a recent study said they cannot study without technology
- 70% of students use keyboards to take notes instead of paper
- 38% said they could not go 10 minutes without checking their email, laptop, or smartphone.
- 91% use email to communicate with professors and teachers
- 65% use digital devices to create presentations
- Students spent $13 Billion on electronics in 2009
- Digital textbooks cost approximately 40% less than printed textbooks
I love technology! I am not the most savvy person on the planet, but I can admit my life changed when I got my iphone, and it is rare to find me without my ipod...still holdin' out on the macbook though, I'm currently a PC girl :) Whether my future students are computer wizards, or more recreational-technology-users like me, I can't wait to incorporate technology into my classroom.
I want to assign online homework, a forum for questions and discussion, a blog where students can go for supplementary resources, or fun articles that will foster curiosity and enthusiasm for the subject. When doing online quizzes, I will most likely design them to be informal, formative, or affective assessments, and make sure to word questions in ways that will require student thinking and not just a quick google search.
I think some other exciting possibilities for the digital generation is to collaborate or compete with other Psychology teachers and students in the surrounding area or even across the world. How fun would it be to have learning activities and games online and be able to compare your scores with students all over the world? How exciting to hear perspectives and opinions from a wide variety or people and cultures. These kinds of possibilities are revolutionary and I'm excited to try and utilize these awesome opportunities.
ps. guys, check out this website: http://www.scoop.it/t/ischoolleader, 100 different apps for 'tech savvy' teachers :)
Loved that link! Thanks so much. I'd like to share it with the class when we do our digital literacy day.
ReplyDeleteYes, the future is going digital. In fact, NOW is already digital to a large extent, as you have pointed out. It seems like, soon, paper-and-pencil assignments will go the way of the dinosaur, yet they still dominate many curricula. That's great that you are going to "play the edge" by always staying as current as you can with new technologies. That will make you much more relevant to your students.
Thanks for a great posting.
Christy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting those statistics! Those are great to know. I am one of those old school people that am trying to hold out on everything. I refuse to get a smart phone or an ipod and I don't have internet at my house (because I'm scared of wasting time on it :)) But without it, I feel like i'm never in the "know" with whats going on with classes or even outside of logan, utah. My dad is very anti technology. The only thing he does with any form of technology is use the remote to the TV, so I think that's where i get it from. Do you think its POSSIBLE at all in the future to run a classroom without ipads and all of that other technology? or do you think that we are all going to be dependent on technology? I was hoping to have a classroom that didn't depend on technology, but the more I learn about technology in the classroom, the more impossible that seems!!
thanks for your post! it was interesting!
Vanessa