Greetings Professor & Classmates
I must say that I actually enjoyed the challenge of interviewing students and creating a PodCast, which was new to me. My students are two young men from Brooklyn NY (I was unable to use the first interview of my actual students due to legal issues). Overall I learned that ALL students would rather have Technology in the classroom than not. My two young men from Brooklyn are currently attending a school that utilizes technology daily, and they are still yearning for more. One young man actually uses technology at home (AFTER school) to assist him with lessons that he did not quite understand in class. He stated that he is able to use YOUTUBE to learn any lesson from a teacher who is actually better than the teacher in his school, in his opinion. It was refreshing to hear that some students actually do use technology for something other than play. This student also stated that in his school all of the teachers have cell phones, so as to contact one another regarding academia. Both students are inundated with technology daily, which means that we as educators had better pick up the pace, get on board, and on the same page as our clients (students). We MUST be able to teach them more than what they already know. At the very least, we should be able to teach them how to effectively utilize the technology that they are playing with.
Below is the actual audio, and please be warned--- it is 13 minutes long. So grab a cup of cinnamon coco and enjoy.
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