Take a look around you. Can you spot a piece of technology within ten feet? Five feet? How about right next to you in your purse or pocket? I’m willing to bet that you can. The world we live in is technologically driven, especially in the job field. New occupations appear every day that need fresh and knowing minds from schools. So why are public schools curriculums stuck in the late 1900’s when the flip phone was something only the rich were able to indulge in? It is time for United States public schools to catch up and offer technologically advanced classes to ready their students for the jobs that wait for them. In most public schools, the only mandatory computer class is IBA- a one semester class that students forget by their sophomore
I believe some of the advocated who prohibit LGBT issues from being taught in school might be because, some parent does not want their kids, and any other children around theirs, exposed to LGBT related issues in school or been taught that its ok to be homosexual. Also, considering religion practices, many beliefs homosexuality is a sin. Some of them probably believe these students should not be taught about homosexuality in school.
Schools need to embrace the new world of technology and encourage it. Students are changing, teachers must change too(10 reasons) Teachers education needs to be modified to reflect demand of moderate classrooms. Students deserve educators who will teach in a more open and productive atmosphere. Teaching with technology and teaching about real life skills could be what is needed to encourage students. Students want to learn skills that they are actually going to need later in life.
The article mentioning the I-Gen isn't completely wrong. However, stating that kids in school absolutely need jobs is a bit excessive. Most kids are taking ap classes, plus all the old people in the desert don't feel the need to retire quite yet, so job positions for teens in high school are given more to the older generations. Also cutting down times on items like smart phones or computers is nearly impossible, most teachers require work to be turned in online (cough cough), combined with six classes could mean a possible 3 hours on electronics for work alone. Overall, this article isn't too bad and makes some compelling points.
Doctors in training call it "pimping." A medical student or junior resident is abruptly put on the spot, sometimes during patient rounds, as an instructor fires off difficult questions about anatomy, diagnostic protocols, or surgical procedures.[1] The practice is defended in pretty much the same way that other forms of humiliation, bullying, hazing, orpunishment are defended: Keeps 'em on their toes! Shows 'em I mean business! Toughens 'em up for when other people abuse them later! And of course that old chestnut:I suffered through it; why shouldn't they?[2]
Also, there is no way around the fact that in order to prepare our children for the future they need to be technologically literate. If they are not, we have failed them. BTW currently, our district is spending far less on tech than surrounding districts.
Schools are preparing students for a world that doesn’t exist. Schools’ learning curriculums teach us students facts, but never teach us how to use the facts or why they’re important for us to know. If you were to turn into an adult in the next ten minutes, you wouldn’t know the first thing to do as an adult, on your own in the real world. Think about where you’d live, who your family would be, what car you’d have, what food you’d eat, what job you’d have, what’d you do if you were held at gunpoint, what to say to anyone who asks you a question or gets mad at you for whatever reason or even what you’d do if your car stopped in the middle of nowhere without cell phone service. Maybe you’re able to answer some of those but definitely not most.
The United States is a country that thrives through technological advancement. The wealth and success of this nation is dependent on providing every child, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, with the opportunity to obtain technological skills that are essential for a successful future. Unfortunately, educational funding for technology has failed to take precedent. In realizing that, the question then becomes, how is a country expected to thrive from the use and advancement of technology, when failing to properly train future leaders? Funding must be provided for schools to purchase technological equipment, such as computers, in order to ensure that each
Yes, no, maybe so? These four words are used everyday to describe issues among our countries population. One main concern for our country today and even closer to home, our school can be described with these four words. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, the right to peaceably assemble and Freedom to Petition. In schools across America, students first amendment rights are questioned, or tweaked because of the fact that they are in public schools. I personally believe that even though we are students in a school district, never should any of our rights be taken away. I completely understand the issue of not completely having our constitutional rights as American citizens. In public schools across the states students
Every student enrolled in Cameron High School should be able to get the highest quality of education available. However, in fact, we are not getting what we need to achieve this. The students of LA III have decided we no longer deserve to suffer educationally because of the limits and restrictions of the school district. We will no longer settle for less because of a faulty system within the school.
Our students are growing up in a society that is technology based. It is our
I think they shouldn't ban Candy and Soda from schools. When someone takes something from you, you want it more then usual you need to have it back. The government shouldn't ban these types of foods in school because we need some energy in us, we learn for like seven hours straight we need sugar. Students don't just wake up and have energy, they need sugar or whatever they can get to keep them educated. If you ban candy and soda kids will just hide them in their backpack and be low key about them. Some could even sell candy, chips, and soda and have the hook up. Phones are banned from some schools yet kids still bring them and use them teachers don't notice because they keep it low key.
Imagine that you are in school and you see someone stabbing or hacking into his computer. Your first reaction is to tell a teacher or to ignore it. Students say is right to do all of this things but is not. I say we fight for what’s right and tell the Principal of each school their is on the world to react and start checking the students things so the students who are responsible enough don’t get hurt. Student’s processions may be searched at any time because it keep kids safe, it keeps kids from being harm, and it keeps kids from getting hurt online.
Today, schools are being pressured more and more to improve the technology they use and teach in the classrooms. Parents are placing this pressure on schools so that their students have the skills needed to compete in the real world job market. Students are placing pressure on the schools to improve technology by having more knowledge of
Technology has made great strides in the past 20 years. It plays a very important role in our lives today and even plays a critical role in the way students learn all over the world. Unfortunately, students now rely on technology instead of learning key fundamentals. Technology has replaced the need to learn and most answers are just a google search away. Technology has also become expensive and lower socioeconomic school districts have found affording the newest technology difficult because of their lack of funding. Technology is a great learning tool when used appropriately. The lower socioeconomic school falls behind in the expanding frontier of technology in the classroom because they cannot afford it compared to their counterparts and results in a gap in education. The development of technology in the classroom has caused students to fail the learning of fundamentals and has exploited lower socioeconomic school districts.
The complex social and historical foundations of education are rooted in the need to create a population of citizens capable of contributing to the continuing economic and political stability of our nation. First we were an agricultural society, then industrial, and now we are educating students for futures with that are yet unknown (explainvisualthinking, 2007). The new dynamic, created by the recent and rapid expansion of technology driven globalization has created the compelling need for technology infused education in our schools (Friedman, 2005). As an educational technology leader, I collaborate with other educators and families to create technology initiatives that will support educational technology in our schools.