Teaching+with+Technology+-+Week+4

I noticed that there has been a recurring theme throughout the videos and readings for this course, the students are more familiar with technology than their teachers, and if given the right tools can take control of their learning with little aid from their teacher. As a result of the students’ expertise with technology many teachers are afraid to use it in their classroom, and because of their lack of knowledge. Since students know so much about technology, especially when it comes to Web 2.0 tools, even if a teacher were proficient at using the program that they are having their students use, it would be more beneficial for the students to teach each other than for the teacher to explain it all. And keeping with that idea of it better for the students to teach each other, it goes without saying then that a novice teacher in using these tools, could do just as an effective job as an expert by letting the students take control of their learning, and helping each other out. Now the question is: How do we get teachers to let go of the reigns and let students instruct each other, and us?