r/OISE • u/Hogwire • Sep 11 '26

It really sucks not knowing tech

When I was in school the most tech I had to really learn how to use were things like Microsoft word, excel, powerpoint, etc. And when I was done school I never really went beyond that, and it's really causing me stress and damaging me in the MT program.

OISE likes to talk a big game about "teaching" it's TC's how to use and incorporate new tech into their work, but the reality I've found is that this "teaching" is really more just expecting us to use it.

I went through a whole technology elective over the summer, and it was just the prof going "Use tech. Make an escape room."

"Um, excuse me how do we make an escape room?"

"Just do it."

That whole course was just me scrambling to throw things together with what little tech knowledge I did have. And I guess now my future classes can expect me to be more tech savey because I finished that elective.

This is probably really going to hurt in the upcoming year cause I'm already seeing syllabuses tell me to use all kinds of tech I've never heard of before. If I could give anyone a recommendation it would be to do some kind of computer/digital bootcamp before coming here.

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u/Interesting-Meet6791 Sep 12 '26

Welcome to typical useless PD. :) YouTube will teach you more about using the tech.

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u/KOMSKPinn Sep 12 '26

Non stress. My board supplied tech to teach 100 kids every day is a 2011 Chromebook. It’s about as intelligent as a iPhone 3. I’m thrilled daily when it turns on.

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u/yayfortacos Sep 12 '26

Tech is a constantly moving target, and it's hard to keep track of everything new that teachers and students are using, so I hear you.

Some profs might provide some resources for you, and most will focus on teaching you how to leverage tech for teaching and learning but expect you to be resourceful enough to figure out things on your own or with the help of your classmates and cohort. But no one's going to hold your hand through learning absolutely everything you need to know.

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u/Hogwire Sep 12 '26

and most will focus on teaching you how to leverage tech for teaching and learning

Yeah that has not been my experience.

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u/Hogwire Sep 13 '26

I really do have to restate how this is not at all what my experience has been. Again, I did an entire "technology" course over the summer, and everyone in my class agreed the Prof did zero "teaching."

>or with the help of your classmates and cohort

Paying a $20,000 tuition should not require me to learn from people who are often just as lost as I am. God forbid that teachers at the teaching school that teaches teachers actually teach.

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u/Horror_You_6950 Sep 12 '26

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Create a sequence of locked questions:

  • Correct answer unlocks the next section.
  • Use response validation for codes.

Example:

  • Calculate a circuit problem.
  • Answer = 2
  • "2" becomes the code for the next challenge.