This is our last and final EDTC class and Great Edtech debate, sad I know. I had a blast learning from Katia over the past year and loved learning about educational technology. Now back to our scheduled post. This week the debates were Cellphones should be banned in the classroom and Educators have a responsibility to use technology and social media to promote social justice and oppression, which was my debate. To say the least, they were both very interesting.
Cellphones should be banned in the classroom For this debate there were three different sides to the arguments: never, always and banned between K-8. For this debate all three parties argued well and made some very good points. I stood with the point that phones should be banned from K-8. Some arguments that were made were that students model the teachers behaviour so teachers should not rely on their phones, when introduced to phones early it affects the students social learning and that having phones creates more engagement. I could never see myself banning phones from my classroom, as when I was in high school every teacher that did this, I still managed to hide and be on it anyway. I believe phones can be a positive in the classroom, especially when enforced correctly and in an educational way. Educators have a responsibility to use technology and social media to promote social justice and oppression This one was toughhhhh. Jesse and Caleb really had it out for me, making this debate that much better. I was arguing the agree side, that teachers have a responsibility and that with these responsibilities there came the education needed for students to be safe and vocal online. Richelle argued that students can fight for social justice but it may not be as effective as in person. Which I understand and get that but with the growing use of technology and the amount of people on social media you may be able to share resources and information that could educate another person online. Richelle also argued that it can get out of hand and people may believe you are shallow, but I argued that in today's “cancel culture” everything posted will have someone offended. I like to believe that I internally won the argument but unfortunately the class decided against it. These debates were a great way to learn more on different scenarios in the classroom involving technology and it kept the class atmosphere lively and fun. I hope one day I will get to educate others as much as Katia did for me, have a great summer everyone!
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