Tech Task #12- what the future holds

The Horizon Report discusses the role of teachers and the primary responsibility of teachers and how they may have to change their roles. I believe that teachers have adapted to the new up and coming technology that is present and until it is pushed to the side it will be the focus. Teachers are expected to continuously train themselves on the brand new technology that is created, with no true reward. Although I like the idea of student centered learning and the fact that students are able to explore and discover in the classroom, in my opinion I believe that eventually things will be back to the way they were in the 1950's and technology will eventually plateau. As of right now teachers will be adapting their teaching styles to better suit the needs of the technology demands. I believe that until it does switch back to the way it was we will continue to teach around the fact that we are unsure what jobs will come, in which I also believe that no matter what we as educators still need to teach the way that we always have! We still need people that are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, dentists, doctors, etc. I do not believe that we would be able to survive as a culture without these jobs and we still need to be focusing on these in order to have success. I see technology as an addition that will help make these jobs better or maybe create expansions of these jobs, but the point is, is that these are still our basis that we need to teach around because eventually technology will plateau. I found this picture online, do you believe we are close to a plateau in technological advances? I believe it will be 20 years from now. The article also discusses authentic learning, and bringing real life experiences into the classroom. I love the idea of authentic learning as it allows students to be engaged in what they are learning and relate it to real life situations. Vocational education is the best chance for authentic learning but I think that this should be incorporated in the classroom and in university more. The opportunity for hands on learning and relating what you will be doing in the future to what you are learning now will allow our society to have a higher educated society.
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