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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Test and the Middle School - Where is technology?
Educators are continuously creating new techniques for testing. Teachers on the other hand are faced with tests that do not measure the level of teaching in the classroom. To this end, teachers teach toward or for the test.Presently, the mathematics test is one week away in the state of New York, March 15, 16, and 17, and that is exactly what is going on. Teachers are teaching (including self) toward the test. Where is technology? It is definetly not integrated among a group of middle school students whose nature can be examined by exploration and independence. (According to Piaget's Cognitive Development) There is drill and rote learning, which impacts upon student a sudden grandeur, promotes forgetfulness, and consistency is removed.
If technology was considered as a true effective learning tool, Educators would recognize its impact upon continual learning and the need for sudden and isolated math drills and concepts lecturing and practice would be seen for what it is, futile and damaging. Technology teachers and Technology Educators face a battling academic journey in the liberation and usage of critical thinking skills through exploration and discussion among their peers. They must lead other or Non-tech Educators to see beyond machines and equipment that can act up when needed and those that can be obsolete before the delivery date. When technology integration become an integral part of the educational systems, teachers will not have to teach for the test.
Reference
Cerf, v., & Schutz, C. (2002). Teaching in 2025: Education and technology transformed. Retrieved May 6, 2006 from http://www.technology.gov/reports/techPolicy/2020Visions.pdfGoldsborough, R. (206).
Mastering Computers: Predicting the future of information technology. Techdirections.
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