Leaders in the Field reflection

After reviewing all the wonderful Leaders in Education presentations, I was really making a connection with Sherry Turkle. One of the trends that we discussed earlier was about how technology is changing the way we communicate with each other. More and more kids are using their phone to text and not experiencing verbal communication. Turkle is studying the human relationships with technology and how kids would prefer to text instead of talking face to face. Also, kids are losing interest easier. This is an extremely important idea that needs to be discussed. Teachers need to be made aware of student interaction and find places in the curriculum to develop communication skills. Sometimes technology needs to be put away. I am concerned about the future if this continues. Even in my own personal experience, my daughter would rather text things than say it to someone (a boy!). We need to work together as a community to make sure emerging technology doesn't take over everything that is sacred.