Today we played "classic" rock CD's while the students were working. By classic, I mean Supertramp "Breakfast in America", Boston, and some Lenny Kravitz. Perked me right up! Some of the students knew Boston; nobody knew Supertramp and this was an "album" that everyone my age (now, I am dating myself) had in their collection.
What will be "old school" when these kids are my age? Ipods? Cell Phones? Rap Music (one can only hope)?
They say you get stuck in a music mode; you just keep listening to whatever it was you listed to in high school for the rest of your life. Must be true. My mother still likes big band music and "crooners"; my dad still likes Elvis. I still like 70's classic rock and, don't tell anybody, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Does that mean my students will be listening to Rap when they are 70? Smile. It will be a sight to behold.
Will teachers in a classroom be "old school"? Will we all be replaced by virtual classrooms--some schools are already going that route. What's the future of teaching?
I think it is apparent that we as teachers need to keep up, even be one step ahead, of trends in learning styles and education today. Kids live in an MTV world. They expect lights and whistles, instant gratification, lots of technology, alternative ways to receive information, individualized, customized instructional methods. They didn't teach me this in my teacher prep classes. I have so much to learn.
So off to Twitter, read other's blogs, discuss in online chatrooms (we have Flat Classroom meetings in Elluminate!), monitor group projects in Wikis and maybe set up my Facebook page. Time for me to stop being "old school". But maybe I'll listen to some Pink Floyd while I'm doing it....
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