Technology Assessments

As technology becomes part of our lives many things must be considered.  In order for students to learn and grow with Technology they must have the right tools and training.  This is nothing new in the world of Education.  What is new is the fact that Technology is such a young entity that many many of the educators have not grown up with technology and they are currently learning the skills.  The question arises --- how can the teachers teach this subject when they themselves do not know the answers.  Therefore the key thing we must realize is the teaching of technology is a learning skill for both the teachers and the students.  The teachers know the traditional way to teach therefore they do know most of the answers.  That is a key in this process.  What the teachers have to do is learn how to teach with the assistance of technology.  This sounds very easy, however my experience has taught me that some teachers are not interested in changing the way they teach.  They feel they should be able to teach the exact same way they have always taught.  Hence the problem.  Students of today are growing up with Technology and their leaning skills are being developed with these skills.  In many cases they have greater skills than the teachers.  When they are expected to learn in the traditional way  a problem is created.  The learning community will struggle with this until a generation of technology driven teachers have mastered the skill of technology based learning.