Week 7

 Is technology killing teaching? Or does technology make good teaching better? Read this article http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/jobs/how-technology-makes-good-teachers-better/444980/  to find out. The flipped model is changing education. It is allowing student to learn the needed information at home and come to class ready to engage. The article also talk about how technology can be used in the cyber environment to allow shy students to voice their opinions. These students who might just sit back and observe in the brick and mortar setting. I truly think that this article brings up some great points. Technology cannot replace teachers. Technology can allow good teachers to be better teachers. It can also allow students who might not engage in front of their peers to engage. I truly think that it is important that we educators continue to evolve with technology. However, I also think that it is important to understand that it won't replace good teachers it will only make us better!

Will data alone allow us to reach all learners? No. However, can good data and a touch of personalized learning allow us to reach our hard to reach learners? Maybe. Read the article https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-11-16-how-to-find-the-middle-ground-between-data-driven-and-student-driven-learning-in-your-classroom to find out. Data alone cannot reach our learners' needs. We must find a way to not only use quantitative data but qualitative data and show the students they matter. We must invest in our students’ passions and allow them to invest in them too! Too many teachers cannot connect with their students’ lives therefore we cannot understand their needs. How can we allow students to be themselves? Students today come into our classrooms with languages and cultures that we don’t understand. Therefore, we must allow for personalization to find common ground and allow our objectives to be meaningful to all learners!