Reflection #9

The other day in class Chelsea shared a story about a little girl. Her mom asked the daughter what time it was, and the child said, "I don't know, I don't have an iphone with me." The story was cute, but it made me think...this is the ugly side of the rapid technological advances we are seeing in society today. Skills such as learning to tell time, and even learning to read and write could become less important as time goes on, and eventually some of these things may not be valued by the educational system at all. Students are typing much more than hand writing things, and it is rare to see a house without a digital clock. Now I realize it is unlikely teachers will ever stop teaching students how to read and write, but what about telling time? Will there come a day when no one really finds that skill useful, when a clock without a digital display becomes an out-dated, out-of-use antique? It is important to keep up with the advances of technology, and to teach using technology. But at what point does technology begin to take away valuable aspects of education?