Things that make you go hmmmm
I found a quote today that I really do like a lot. I wanted to see what everyone else thought.
I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.
Secondly, I don’t have to keep up, just keep open. I can’t remember if it was on a podcast or at a presentation I went to, but the speaker said, “I can handle ignorance, but I can’t handle fear.”
If a teacher is forward thinking and aware of what students will need in the future, they will use technology to get students where they need to go.
David Truss
I love the Batman and Star Trek comparison. How many forward thinking teachers are out there? Are you?
Until next time ~ Danita
March 17th, 2007 at 9:50 am
We joke about the Borg all the time! Wait til I tell me IT guy!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:01 am
I like the comparison–I might use this quote sometime too! I think part of it with the Borg is the increase in the mobile technology and the ability to be always connected. The cell phones and everything become simply an extension of yourself.
Then again, even MySpace and other social networking sites are ways to build an online identity, and that is more Borg than Batman. It is part of who they are. I’ve been using computers since I could walk, so I don’t know a world without them. Students who are growing up and have always been connected experience that even more strongly.