Comments on: Levine Strikes Again http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2006/09/levine_strikes_.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott S. Floyd http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2006/09/levine_strikes_.html/comment-page-1#comment-15407 Scott S. Floyd Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2006/09/levine_strikes_.html#comment-15407 I would have to agree. Our higher ed teacher prep programs need a paradigm shift. Treating these courses like you need pre-service teachers treating their own after they begin teaching should be a no-brainer. Require some online course work. Require presentations (by professors) of problem-based learning (PBL) materials that are laced with technology. Require the creation (by pre-service teachers) of PBLs using current events. Standards are important for instruction, but they should not be the driving force of the instructional model (i.e. test prep, worksheets, etc.). Next, the states need to step up and require student technology use within the content areas. Our students are being left out of the loop on using the technology resources appropriately and efficiently, and it is our fault. There will be a time in the near future where we will be begging for immigrants from India and elsewhere because their countries get it. We will need them to help keep our country running technologically. Do we want to talk about national security now? I would have to agree. Our higher ed teacher prep programs need a paradigm shift. Treating these courses like you need pre-service teachers treating their own after they begin teaching should be a no-brainer.

Require some online course work. Require presentations (by professors) of problem-based learning (PBL) materials that are laced with technology. Require the creation (by pre-service teachers) of PBLs using current events. Standards are important for instruction, but they should not be the driving force of the instructional model (i.e. test prep, worksheets, etc.). Next, the states need to step up and require student technology use within the content areas. Our students are being left out of the loop on using the technology resources appropriately and efficiently, and it is our fault. There will be a time in the near future where we will be begging for immigrants from India and elsewhere because their countries get it. We will need them to help keep our country running technologically. Do we want to talk about national security now?

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