This section of the reading was definitely interesting. I enjoyed the information presented and I agree with most of it. However, I feel as if the information is over-simplified. As an English major, I want my students to read and to enjoy reading, but according to the text, "English and language arts has increased its focus toward more real-world communications, such as job applications, resumes, and invoices." I realize that these are the skills that are useful to students, but I wish that it were different and those skills could be acquired in another class, because to me that seems boring.
A question I had is... To what extent is it the teachers job to ensure that students can use technology in a manner that will help them in the future?
A connection to the text is that I will be teaching soon, and reading how much has changed and how quickly things are still changing makes me wonder what differences I will have to accommodate for. I am doing my observation in the High School and notice what curriculum changes have been made since I was in those classes three years ago.
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