By guest blogger Mike Bock
Ed Week
Aspiring teachers are using social media and online resources at much higher rates than current teachers to develop their skills as educators, a new report concludes.
The report focuses on ways teacher candidates use technology in their training. For example, nearly 50 percent of students in college teaching programs use online podcasts and videos to aid their studies, and 58 percent took an online class at some point in their academic careers.
"This increased access and familiarity that aspiring teachers have with emerging collaboration and organization tools in their personal lives translates into a more self-directed approach for their own professional development," the report concludes.
