After ending my last module that included creating this blog I really didn't think that I’d ever be back on here blogging again. I didn't take this as one of my choices of subjects and was a bit sceptical and worried about doing it. However after my first lecture Mandy was very reassuring in saying that she is there to help whenever, and that others are in the same position, and just to take the everything one step at a time and it’ll all come together. So now after learning what the whole module is about I’m happy I was placed on it, and am quite excited to start it, and to begin blogging again.
We have been set a task by Mandy to complete, which is:-
'Over the last decade there have been vast changes in the way we live, learn and work, and with the advancement of technology and new learning tools, these things will continue to evolve. Today’s learners need new skills to survive and thrive in the future. Education should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before'. What do you feel about the statement above? What does this mean for learning environments? How has technology impacted teaching and learning?
I think that learning environments have changed, and as the years go on they will only be greatly evolving vastly within the usage of incredibly more technological things. When I was in primary school I can remember the day when the first ITC room was opened, it was one very small room which wasn’t big enough to hold the entire class so everyone mainly shared the computers when we had activities to complete, or we had to take it in turns to use them individually. Thinking of this now and how we had to share the computers seems so strange, comparing it to how today's ICT rooms are built and equipped with a vast number of computers that enable everyone to have access to one during the lessons. Within this one room the computers were so bulky with a massive back to the screen, which made it awkward for them to be moved around and tilted to suite your eye level. The screens to these computers were terrible; I remember them being blurry and would always flicker! But even with these annoying things nobody really cared, we just loved the fact that we had computers in our school.
As I went onto comprehensive school the technology became much more advanced, I remember there were still a few old computers in some of the ICT rooms, but were all eventually replaced with new flat screen computers. Everyone was amazed over them! I remember telling my dad he had to buy me one because I could only complete my homework on that type of computer, which he believed and bought me one. This then just became the norm where mostly everyone had flat screen computers in their homes.
Now when I look back and think about the technology that was available for me, it’s crazy that today in most primary and secondary schools they now have Ipads
Even though technology is an amazing part of pupils and students education, it can be used as an easier alternative. Some children can become addicted to using the computers and will prefer to stay on them than go out into the playground at play times. Which can have a great impact on their social lives, because this addiction and be taken home with them where there chose to stay indoors and just play on games on their computers. In order for technology in my opinion to work well within education, there must be a fine between the use of it helping children to improve their learning, and then the over use of it, which will lead to children missing out on learning by hands on activities such as arts and crafts. Technology should be used overall in moderation within education; children still need to have fun though general interaction instead of being glued to a computer screen.
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