Rethinking Education- Chapter 9

As chapter 9 talks about, video games and online gaming communities are becoming more and more popular.  The chapter talks about how students are reading less out of books and spending more time on the computer or playing video games.  I do believe that reading a book is very important, but if students do not read regularly because they do not enjoy it but they do enjoy playing online games, some games will require them to read or work other individuals to strategize.  I think this is also very important.  I think the book made a good point that if parents have a problem with their children playing a lot of video games and to ensure parents know what their children are doing; parents can play the video games with their children. This will not only allow the parent to see what their child is playing, but also it is time to spend with your child. 

As a future educator, I think it’s important to learn from your students what they know about technology since they usually know more than we do.  As we learn from them, we can teach them how to use technology safely.  Parents and teachers also need to monitor what their children/students are doing with the technology.  I also think as a teacher it’s important to model safe technology practices.  As a teacher, I could keep my students parents informed about the technology we are using and some internet resources that they could show their children which would benefit them in the classroom such as learning games.