I am amazed that some people do not use the simplest of technologies in schools and build on them. In fact tertiary institutions blame the secondary school system who blames the primary school system, etc. etc. Why does it take a sector, which is supposed to be the most open-minded one, the longest to adapt to use technology efficiently? While I have some ideas on why some people don’t use it, I am scared to think what the future holds for learners, particularly of disadvantaged schools. Learners may now mobile systems but do they know more than that? I don’t think so.

While we are on our way out, it does stop us from using tech wherever we may be. Even if I must teach again and it most probably will be Physics, none of my learners will pass my hands without using tech.

I came across a new problem in the use of technology in education. Some of those that are suppose to encourage the use of technology in teaching do that by first creating a solution and then try to force a teacher to find a problem which would fit the solution.

I recently attended a meeting with much expectation and was so disappointed when it became clear the presenter was not at all interested in the problems that I experience as an educator, but was very eager to show me the website created. As far as I could tell, this website did not provide any faster or easier ways to enhance teaching than any of the websites that I was familiar with, but I am quite sure in a few months the presenter will shook his head and look at me as just another teacher that are not willing to use technology.

Education is much more than having nice pictures and java applications on a white board to entertain learners. Educators need effective and fast ways to communicate( to parents and each other), to gather statistics (assessment marks as well as other information needed by the department).

I guess the first step to get educators to use technology is to solve problems they already have. Even more important: Make sure these solutions are not considered good solutions because they promote the use of technology – they must be good solutions because they really solve the problem.

T = The
e = Education
c = classroom
h = has
n = not
o = organise
l = learning to
g = gain,
y = yip, – from TECHNOLOGY !!

Shame, education was and is always the LAST in the ICT race to complete the event “in time”. Education in general is (always) last to “see” the advantages in the use technology. Yip its a pity, but a fact (or am I wrong ?).

If we just can “look” around us, we will notice that 99% of all other spheres of life (business, the medical field i.e. hospital and doctors, all forms of engineering, the building industry, the food industry, manufacturing and and and …) implemented ICT to get the best results for its input and output. But teaching …. white chalk, red pen and A4 hardcover book, that is the tools of the trade … I guess ?

Albie
(EIAWB ICT PC SERVER ADSL NETWORK DIGITAL LAPTOP SOFTWARE HARDWARE)

I think Mariaan has a point. Technology must alleviate some of the educator’s problems, but too many learners are still uninvolved in their learning. When the educator uses technology to show how to solve a/his/her/any problem, it is a plus. Getting learners to engage in using mails, blogs, Twitter, Facebook (as I have seen) as well as M$Office give them more skills than just Physics. Communication and collaboration amongst scientists as well as that between the scientist and the ordinary citizen is important.

Tertiary institutions complain that students do not know how to send/receive mails, access information, upload assignments or download information they require for class the next day. If we have all the technology at schools, why is it not being used? The computers are not only the educators domain but the learners too.

While I am a Java Applet & Flash Simulation fan on an IWB, there are much more skills to learn than this. The whole point is that the technology is there and we (teachers and learners) must learn to use it. If learners leave a school they must have had at least a taste of what ICT can do for them.

Communication- Dictionary: – exchange of information -the exchange of information between people, e.g. by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behaviour.
Way of communication starts on how people perceive communication.
Communication also starts with the basics.
Learn to communicate verbally, does not matter the preference of communication
Understand and respect communication in all ages and race.
Develop and understand lifelong communication
Do we interact with one another enough to understand the progressive communication vision or are we too busy to understand communication in our sense of living. Does the communicating language drives the “so called mother tongue” or is it about preference or excuses.
In the general research observation of community life, communication utilized from North, South, East or West in the universe shows that through technology it does not make a difference at all!!!!!
The question is? Are we equipped sufficiently to use communication universally!!!!!