20 warning signs that you are falling behind the times with technology as a teacher

DO SOME OF THESE DESCRIBE YOU?

20 Warning Signs That you are Falling Behind the Times with Technology as a Teacher Some ‘tongue-in-cheek’ and

some that are quite legit …

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-falling-behind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/




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1. YOU T

HINK

THAT

‘MOBIL

E

LEARNIN

G’ IS

TAKIN

G A F

IELD

TRIP

!

Image Source: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/1photo-pages/y/yellow-field.shtml


2. YOU DON’T MAKE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS OR

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ON A WEB PAGE

WEB






3. YOU DON’T EVEN REMEMBER HOW TO GET TO THE WEB PAGE YOUR SCHOOL PROVIDES YOU

Web Page … What Web Page?

Image Source: http://entrepreneurialambitions.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/thinking.jpg


4. You think that ‘tweeting’ is what birds do

Image Source: http://www.freemarketmediagroup.com/internet-marketing/daily-tips/twitter-tuesday/twitter-chirping-like-a-bird/#axzz2r2TI1Or9






Image Source: http://www.actionrecon.com/jeep-vs-nike-two-routes-to-a-tv-commercial/

5. Your idea of

a ‘Person

al Learnin

g Networ

k’ is your

television






6. YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS

JUST FOR TEENAGERS

& STAY-AT-HOME-MOMS





7. You think an iPad is someone’s groovy apartment

Image Source: http://www.pmags.com/sleepings-pads-a-

grounded-view






8. YOU B

ELIE

VE

AN ‘ELE

CTRONIC

PORTFOLI

O’ IS A

BRIEFC

ASE FU

LL

OF CD’S

AND

SOFTW

ARE

Image Source: http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/hot-mini-briefcase-business-card-case-coin/156674316.html






9. YOU WISH YOU KNEW HOW TO USE YOUR BLACKBERRY BETTER

http://blackberrysync.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/blackberry-8703-verizon.jpg

Sorry Blackberry, but … well, you know






10. You think that ‘lecture

capture’ is what

students do when they take

notes

Image Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SXTiDWZfi3Y/THX6iEIbpEI/AAAAAAAALbQ/8K1WIw8mfJ0/s1600/taking_notes.jpg






11. YOU T

HINK

THAT

‘DIG

ITAL

LEARNIN

G’ IS

SOMET

HING

COMPUTE

RS DO

Image Sources: http://www.warepin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/computer-and-hardware-and-terminology.jpg & http://www.tipakan.com/images/2009/10/apple.jpg


12. You think Instagram is a new service from Western Union

Image Source: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8076669464_a1052f4194_z.jpg


13. YOU THINK THAT VINE IS SOMETHING

TO SWING ON OR PICK GRAPES FROM

Image Source: http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/27/2700/MHQUD00Z/posters/co-rentmeester-orangutan-swinging-from-a-vine-in-the-jungles-of-north-borneo.jpg


14. YOU’RE SURPRISED THAT MOST STUDENTS DON’T USE EMAIL

Image Source: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/images/student-thinking.jpg/view

… e-mail is for old folks


15. You don’t let your students use Wikipedia as a reference






16. YOU GLANCE AROUND NERVOUSLY AND HOLD ON TO YOUR DESK WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE “FLIPPED CLASSROOM”

Nervous Teacher Image Source: http://www.edcomsteachers.com/media/162060/nervous_teacher.jpg

(okay, really just kidding on that one – the only modems like that left out there are in museums right?) Image Source:

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/bt-calls-time-dial-up-126060

17. YOU STILL HAVE AN ANALOG MODEM!





18. YOU

THIN

K

MYSPA

CE IS

COOL

It’s actually getting a little cooler again, but it’s got a long way to go to get back to the popularity it once had …

19.You miss your type-writer

Image Source: http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mobile-Payments-Sending-Cash-Registers-The-Way-of-The-Typewriter.jpeg


Remember these ??





20. YOU THINK ‘GAMIFICATION’ IS WHAT GEORGE W.

BUSH DOES WHEN HE PLAYS MONOPOLY!

Image Sources: http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012/GWB%20419.jpg, and http://gallivance.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/monopoly-w-baltic.jpeg






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