tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276111623967240165.post5216800291571519358..comments2023-09-24T23:44:51.741+08:00Comments on My life is no longer my own!: Dependence on technologyChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10414037047861748012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276111623967240165.post-18709911866525442812009-12-14T09:47:00.742+08:002009-12-14T09:47:00.742+08:00I am very much like you in my dependency on techno...I am very much like you in my dependency on technology. In this 'age of technology', even the Ministry of Education is encouraging teachers to fully utilize technology in the classroom. Thus more teachers nowadays would prefer Powerpoint slides to 'old-fashioned' flash cards made from manila cards. I miss my teaching practicum years when my friends and I would stay up all night to produce our 'masterpieces' - attractive teaching aids from 'scratches'. <br />Nowadays, after years of teaching, once in a blue moon I would try to come up with materials for my classes that I made with my own 'bare hands', no high-tech involved, only pure, basic manila cards and some coloured markers. My efforts would always be welcomed with enthusiastic responses from my young students. Apparently from my observation my students prefer something 'real', something that they can touch and feel with their own hands. I guess children nowadays are so used to high-tech that we can no longer make them 'struck with awe' with our 'sophisticated' slide show. At an age where children are exposed to 'state-of-the-art' technology in computer games with impressive graphics and effects, how interesting can a humble Powerpoint slide show or even the Ministry's Teaching Courseware CDroms be?<br />My 2010 resolution: to get back to basic. Teachers are creative people by nature, I should let technology be an aid to my creativity, not a hindrance.cindyjbjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16048944804974747974noreply@blogger.com