A massive hurricane is rolling its way to North Carolina as I type this. Many universities and towns across NC have evacuated. Gardner-Webb University has decided to allow students to willingly evacuate, but they also have the option to stay. I would like to go home, but because I work for housing, I do not think that I can.
This week in Educ 250 we learned about incorporating TPACK into our lesson planning. It was very interesting as I began to think about the need for technology in my future classroom--if I am a teacher until I retire, some of my last students will be born in 2050, graduating in 2068! The world in which they live will be vastly different from my own, and I need to prepare them as best as I can for their adult lives. I agree that incorporating technology into my lessons is an excellent way to keep students engaged and help them see the relevance of subjects. If they view subjects like math as something that can only be done on pen and paper, while everything else in their life is done digitally, they may not respect it or see its relevance. The TPACK lesson definitely gave me a bit of anxiety as I thought about what life might look like in twenty years. I am honestly a bit skeptical about how much more technological progress the human race is capable of making due to the current stress it...
I am very sorry that you are not allowed to go home. Hopefully the weekend will not be that bad. 😨
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