I found the opening statement about schools being outdated in a high tech world to be very accurate. Unfortunately our students are living in a world that is much more advanced and high tech than the education they are receiving. In order for us to expect our students to be able to go out into the world and be productive citizens with good jobs, we cannot keep teaching them the same way kids have been taught in schools for the last century. Jobs today require a whole different set of skills! Also, I liked the comment that our students are "global citizens." Our world is changing rapidly and the contact within our world is also changing. Countries are connected within seconds thanks to technology. Interaction with peers who are immigrants is another way this statement is true.
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I agree with you, Jessica. During my student teaching, I noticed that many of the teachers in my building were not utilizing the technology available. It is one thing to have the technology in schools, but it is another to teach our students to use it and to incorporate it into our instruction. In an increasingly global society, we must be litereate in many forms of communication.
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