Technology is apart of our everyday lives and that is not changing any time soon. However, with all of this technology how do we keep real conversation alive. In the age of technology our world has become a place where conversation happens over text, or email or instant message. As a society we take less and less time to connect with one another and have a real genuine conversation. As Sherry Turkle points out there are teenagers now who need to learn how to have a real conversation(TED,2012).
As a teacher and a learner it will be important to have spaces for students to be able to reflect and connect with others where technology is not present. We live in a society right now that is about perfection or things being “just right”. Sherry Turkle calls this type of thinking the “Goldilocks effect”(TED,2012) . We are scared of real conversation because its messy and complicated but as a teacher we need to create spaces for students that are exactly this. Students need to have a balance between technology and real conversation and connection. In the class we as teachers need to find a place to have these real conversations and take the technology out of the equation. One way that this can be done is by having “tune out” time where students must turn off all technology and we spend time having conversations, reflecting on projects or even just reflecting on lives.
The TED talk by Sherry Turkle really made me think about how as a teacher I want to run my classroom. I’ve always thought that technology would be the way to go and to make sure my students can have access to technology and new things. However this video really made me step back and think about how I need to make sure that real conversation happens and that my students are able to connect face to face. My students need to know that perfection is not necessary reflecting and connecting is.
As a teacher and a learner it will be important to have spaces for students to be able to reflect and connect with others where technology is not present. We live in a society right now that is about perfection or things being “just right”. Sherry Turkle calls this type of thinking the “Goldilocks effect”(TED,2012) . We are scared of real conversation because its messy and complicated but as a teacher we need to create spaces for students that are exactly this. Students need to have a balance between technology and real conversation and connection. In the class we as teachers need to find a place to have these real conversations and take the technology out of the equation. One way that this can be done is by having “tune out” time where students must turn off all technology and we spend time having conversations, reflecting on projects or even just reflecting on lives.
The TED talk by Sherry Turkle really made me think about how as a teacher I want to run my classroom. I’ve always thought that technology would be the way to go and to make sure my students can have access to technology and new things. However this video really made me step back and think about how I need to make sure that real conversation happens and that my students are able to connect face to face. My students need to know that perfection is not necessary reflecting and connecting is.
References:
TED(2012,April 3). Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xr3AsBEK4
TED(2012,April 3). Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xr3AsBEK4