Wendy Drexler

While taking notes for this blog I kept thinking, is this not what we are doing in class? Answering the question, " why does the networking student need a teacher?" is simple.
Students conducting the presentation did a great job, I really liked the layout, it was easy to follow. Their classroom is a lot like our classroom I thought, no textbook, teacher hardly lectures, but is always there if we need any help or get stuck on a certain subject. The presentation discussed a student studying american psychology, shows that he had a blog, and deliscious account. Showed how he could go to other blogs or websites and other deliscious accounts and find more information on american psychology, whether it be from other students or teachers. This is exactly what we are being taught to do, just on the subject of technology literate teachers etc. We not only go to each others blogs for information but many other well known professors, or watch videos to help us further our understanding of the classroom and technology.

We are being taught to utilize our social networks for not only personal use but to help us in the long run, with anything we might have questions about. So why do we need teachers, well first of all most students would not go to google and start blogging right away, it would be face book or myspace. The teacher shows the students the best websites, the good and the bad information. Along with that the teacher can show the students which podcasts or blogs to subscribe to. Having a teacher allows the students to see first hand the skills that he or she will need to one day run their technology literate students.
To watch the video of why networking students need a teacher Click Here
See, I would not have known how to that trick without my teacher.