David Warlick had some interesting topics dealing with education. His one blog submission on June 19th, 2010 was titled "Zero Tolerance." The title and the picture that he has on here truly caught my eye. As I was reading, I realized that what he was talking about greatly relates to what we have been learning about in our TwT class. For instance, David Warlick stated, "We’ve waited long enough. It’s been 15, 20, 30 years depending on when you want to start the count. Teachers have had enough time to accept and adapt. They’ve had enough time to decide if they want to teach today or yesterday — enough time to decide if they want to prepare their learners for the future, or for the 1950s." I though this was a great quote, because I goes back to everything that we have been learning in our class. Teachers today must be tech-savy. They should understand the many forms of technology that their students are currently using. They should teach in a way that their students will appreciate and understand, rather then to their own preferences. Teachers are there to educate the students, and in order to do so, they must accept and adapt to the new technologies they exist. Similar to what David Warlick said, if the teachers aren't willing to accept the new technologies, then its time for them to find a new career. The whole point behind what he wrote about here, stems back to why we as graduate students are required to take this class called Teaching with Technology. I most definatly agee with what he is saying here.
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