Cultural Change needed to exploit ICT in Schools

I personally found this article effectively links to our previous article reading, “digital natives, and digital immigrants.’ The major issue again being that students have more information and communication technology expertise than many teachers now days. It was stated in the article by Elliott “in many ways, Australia has been a leader in ICT and education since the earliest days.” Therefore it is our responsibility, as aspiring teachers, to make sure that when we do eventually enter the work force we are qualified in the ICT learning area to the best of our abilities. It can be seen that computers are becoming increasing useful and are able to open up new opportunities to our students through the use of this new technology. We as teachers must embrace this new way of teaching, and not be threatened by it.

This article points out both the negative and positives aspects of computers. Therefore it depends on your out look, your beliefs and views on the advanced world of computers which will determine whether you agree or not to the articles statements. I personally feel that the benefits far out weigh the problems; however issues such as grammar and spelling are very important areas of English that are not helped by the use of computers.

I feel that my biggest fear as a teacher is that both the students and the teacher will become increasingly dependant on the computer that other teaching strategies and resources will take a back seat. However in the end it really comes down to the teacher’s knowledge and confidence in computers and their ability to create balance within the classroom.
I feel that this article was very well written it explored all areas of concern within the issue of technology in the classroom. It touched on good and important points and ended with very strong beliefs that would affect a wide audience.