I spent the evening watching the last episode of ER. Of course, I cried my eyes out:))) I watched it off and on for the last 15 years and tonight it just made me realize just how quickly time has passed. I really liked the backflashes and the memories of the show. I got to reminise with my friends about the show. I really enjoyed the evening but now it got me thinking about endings and how things change so quickly.
This got me thinking about change and how things are ending due to advances in technology. One thing that was discussed the other night in our EC&I class is the newspaper. The idea that there are newspaper companies that have had to close. I enjoy reading the local papers and never thought that would happen. Being in my bubble of a world, I never would have thought that would have been possible. One of my parents favorite pass times, and one of my things to do will not be available for my children??? Seems unthinkable,but yet here we are faced with it.
Then, the students in my class are looking at technology and the advances that are happening with everything. One student showed me their project which was about the ipod. I didn’t even know that it was around since 2001. to me it is a new technology. I was probably still using a walkman or discman ( I hope I am hip to the terms, lol). Technology is advancing so quickly, items are obsolete within one year. ( I may be exaggerating a bit). And then I started reflecting on teaching. Much of the literature and information is pointing to the fact that if we as educators do not get with the times, we are in danger of become obsolete. Could that be? No need for me to be? That to would have been unthinkable not only last year but even a few months ago. Then I got to thinking, what can I do to make sure that I am not going to be obsolete and face the end of an era. I think that taking a course in technology was a huge, giant step in the right direction. No matter how much I would like to continue living with my head in the sand, it is no longer reasonable to continue living like that. I will soon be completed this class and (I hope and pray) my masters course but I will not finished learning. If anything this course has showed me that my world no longer has to be a bubble. I can travel even if it is on the internet highway and I am not restricted to nor do I have to face being the end of an era.
