Updating skills

We have been talking about using these new technologies and how much difference we expect to see in the classroom. Remember, that we must model what we want our children to learn. If we want them to read and write more, we must read in their presence and discuss some of what we read with them to instil interest. We must also let them see us using blogs, wikis, ebooks etc and allow them to see our own interest and eagerness. Even though the students may be more efficient at using the technology that some of us, we need to keep ourselves a step ahead of them. After all, we are the teachers and we need to remain the authority figure in the classroom, whilst being facilitators of learning. So we need to keep practicing and learning continuously. Learning is lifelong.

Now that EDRL 6004 is over, it does not mean that we have learnt all there is to know about ICT for Reading. On the contrary, we have only touched the tip of the iceberg. We were just given a taste and we have to continue to explore, experiment, practice and share ideas and strategies. Our future as successful Reading Specialists depends on how much we continue to grow in terms of ICT and Reading Strategies.