Seventh Entry

We heard a lot about ICTs in the educative context. This concept has begun to become the core of teaching and learning since internet was turned into a human right. We are propending to get internet and information throughout the world. This is a very interesting revolution, as time and space have been redefined as well as "culture". We talk about glocal: whatever is local is also global. Our entire lives have turned into digital worlds. This means a significative change in the way we perceive life and most importantly, information. Eventhough the world is not connected at all, we can grasp probably four or five times more information than our parents or grandparents could. Internet is an endless library of any kind of spontaneous knowledge; from the most basic to the most complex. When technology arrived to our schools we glanced and our eyes shone bright. As an student that had to perceive the change all along my school times, I had the opportunity to be aware of the rushed projects that filled our schools with table computers. Then laptops and eventually tablets. All kind of fantastic and avant-garde technology gadgets with an even faster internet connection each time. That was fantastic, surprising, motivating. Nevertheless, as classes were developed (this was something I reflected upon as a pre-service teacher and university student) anything had actually changed. It was all the same with one difference: we had computers, laptops and tablets. Probably we were so shocked about this rapid change, we forgot about the essentials. When they invented the car and it was a completely brand new transport concept, people had to learn how to use it. Because if they had "ride" cars while using the same methodologies needed for riding a horse, they would have crashed or fail. It happens the same about ICTs. It is not about exploring the tool to learn how to use it, stone age is over. As teachers, we must not only recognize but deeply apprehend methodologies for the effective use of ICTs taking in account that millennials also are easily demotivated. They have not actually given a deeper use to their technological devices further than just being connected. Awareness of a keen use of ICTs avoid us as teachers to be part of the "is easier" belief. ICTs are not supposed to be considered easy just because we have the feeling we are good at using the videobeam. ICT knowledge is not about being capable of using a computer properly. Just using ICTs for fun and Teaching and Learning with this approach are completely different ways. Is our responsibility to help this boundary go obvious. It is a fact we need to be formed into real methods for using effectively all of this devices that are embodying schools all around the globe. Next generations will crave for digitalism more and more. We must be prepared, actualized and each day more open to new perspectives brought by the never static technological industry. They will always come with something new.