Google and the Future of Learning
Summary: I found this blog post to be quite interesting. I am always excited about new technology in the classroom. Google has announced that they're releasing technology for the classroom called "Google Expeditions" just in time for the coming school year, Fall 2015. It's a virtual reality device that students can put over their eyes and it connects to the teacher's iPad or Android device and nearly any place or event in time can be shown in front of their eyes. It would feel as if the students were actually there. One of the examples was a teacher who split up her students into groups and they would all be put in a different part of the crowd and watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Each group would have different perspectives.
Comment: Hi, I'm in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class at the University of South Alabama and I am an Elementary Education major. The Google Cardboards sound very exciting and I can't wait to hear the feedback once they're in the classrooms.
Where Do We Teach Email?
Summary: Google is taking their engineers and placing them as professors in universities so that they can teach things that will be useful in their company. This is a very interesting approach. Does Google believe that what universities are teaching now are not sufficient enough for the jobs at their company? They investigated the issue and saw that at most universities in the U.S., basic introductory computer skills were being taught all the way up to preparing engineer job interviews. Jeff Utecht made an excellent point in this blog post, "Isn't this a skill that can be taught? Should be taught starting in elementary school? Our society today is an email society...so why is there no where in any school curriculum a place where email writing (for a variety of purposes and audiences) is being taught to students?" Technology in the classroom is always evolving and we should change the curriculum as needed.
Comment: Hello, I am with Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class. You brought up some very interesting points and I agree that many schools have curriculum that needs to be changed, especially pertaining to technology in the classroom.
"...Jeff Utecht made an excellent point in this blog post," It took a while to know whose blog you read. You also need specific links to the posts you read. these are called perm-links. Remind me to discuss perm-links Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteEmail writing lessons. They might be useful!