Roles' Change for Teachers and Students in Technology-Connected Classrooms

After reading chapter two, I feel very excited about changes that technology can make in the classroom. With the help of technology, students can learn with visual aid, access and assess information by themselves, engage and collaborate though groupwork, get feedback in time, and express creativity in an electronic way. I'm so excited to find that students can do sooo many things at the same time just in one environment. Teachers are not the center of the classroom any more; instead, they become mangagers or organizers of individual and group learning experiences.Students need no longer be passive recipients of curriculum; they can be active researchers, annalyzers, and presenters of ideas and informations. They became the classroom center.
To motivate learning, teachers consistantly strive to gain the "outter" and "inner" attention of students. Most of time,however, educators focus on the outer attention (for example, requiring students to remain quietly in their seats throughout class or copy notes and assignments fro, the board ) while neglecting the inner attention (helping students to think deeply about the topics under discussion.) But inner attention is where learning happens.  So my dream is someday I can help Chinese students to fulfill "discovery learning", "learning by doing", "inquiry-based learning", and "hands-on learning".

My Thought about the Course

     To tell the truth, I don't know what we will learn in this course. I'm very curious about it. I'm from China. In my memory, Chinese classrooms tend to be very traditional. Our teachers seldom use technology when they are teaching, so it's a pity that I've never experienced any classes teached with IT.
     However, it's very dramatic that my major was information system when I was in college. What I learned was mainly about how to design and make a software.Well, I always think this is a career for men. This is a career full of data. This is a process that lacks creativity. I couldn't find any interest in my past education experience, so I decided to came here and study education. I generally notice that there is a new industry in America which can combine education and technology.It's cool. It focus on how to develop educational productions by using technology. I feel very excited about that. I hope I can learn something about that in the course or at least I can get some inspiration from this course.