The document lists 20 humorous and serious warning signs indicating that teachers may be falling behind in technology use. Examples include not utilizing web pages for homework assignments, misunderstanding social media, and confusing modern terms with outdated concepts. It serves as a wake-up call for educators to engage more with current educational technologies.

1. DO SOME OF THESE DESCRIBE YOU?
20 Warning Signs That
you are Falling Behind
the Times with
Technology as a
Teacher
Some ‘tongue-in-cheek’ and some
that are quite legit …
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

2. Image Source: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/1photopages/y/yellow-field.shtml

3. 2. YOU DON‟T MAKE HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS OR OTHER IMPORTANT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
ON A WEB PAGE
WEB
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

4. 3. YOU DON‟T EVEN REMEMBER
HOW TO GET TO THE WEB PAGE
YOUR SCHOOL PROVIDES YOU
Web Page …
What Web Page?
Image Source:
http://entrepreneurialambitions.files.wo
rdpress.com/2011/12/thinking.jpg

5. 4. You
think that
‘tweeting’
is what
birds do
Image Source:
http://www.freemarketmediagroup.com/internetmarketing/daily-tips/twitter-tuesday/twitterchirping-like-a-bird/#axzz2r2TI1Or9
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

6. Image Source: http://www.actionrecon.com/jeepvs-nike-two-routes-to-a-tv-commercial/
5. Your
idea of a
‘Personal
Learning
Network’
is your
television
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

7. 6. YOU THINK SOCIAL
MEDIA IS JUST FOR
TEENAGERS
& STAY-AT-HOME-MOMS
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

8. 7. You think
an iPad is
someone’s
groovy
apartment
Image Source: http://www.pmags.com/sleepingspads-a-grounded-view
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

9. Image Source: http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/hot-minibriefcase-business-card-case-coin/156674316.html
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

10. 9. YOU WISH YOU KNEW HOW
TO USE YOUR BLACKBERRY
BETTER
Sorry Blackberry,
but … well, you
know
http://blackberrysync.com/wpcontent/uploads/2008/05/blackberry-8703-verizon.jpg
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

11. 10. You think
that ‘lecture
capture’ is
what
students do
when they
take notes
Image Source:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SXTiDWZfi3Y/THX6iEIbp
EI/AAAAAAAALbQ/8K1WIw8mfJ0/s1600/taking_not
es.jpg
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

12. Image Sources: http://www.warepin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/computer-and-hardwareand-terminology.jpg & http://www.tipakan.com/images/2009/10/apple.jpg

13. 12. You think
Instagram is a new
service from
Western Union
Image Source:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8076669
464_a1052f4194_z.jpg

14. 13. YOU THINK THAT VINE IS
SOMETHING TO SWING ON
OR PICK GRAPES FROM
Image Source: http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-48890/27/2700/MHQUD00Z/posters/co-rentmeester-orangutan-swinging-from-avine-in-the-jungles-of-north-borneo.jpg

15. 14. YOU‟RE SURPRISED THAT
MOST STUDENTS DON‟T USE
EMAIL
… e-mail
is for old
folks
Image Source: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/images/studentthinking.jpg/view

16. 15. You
don’t let
your
students
use
Wikipedia
as a
reference
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

17. 16. YOU GLANCE AROUND
NERVOUSLY AND HOLD ON TO YOUR
DESK WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE
“FLIPPED CLASSROOM”
Nervous Teacher Image Source:
http://www.edcomsteachers.com/media/162060/nervous_teacher.jpg

18. 17. YOU STILL HAVE AN
ANALOG MODEM!
(okay, really just
kidding on that
one – the only
modems like
that left out
there are in
museums
right?)
Image Source: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/btcalls-time-dial-up-126060
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

19. It’s actually getting a little cooler again, but
it’s got a long way to go to get back to the
popularity it once had …

20. 19.You
miss
your
typewriter
Remember these ??
Image Source:
http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/wordpress/w
p-content/uploads/2013/02/Mobile-PaymentsSending-Cash-Registers-The-Way-of-TheTypewriter.jpeg
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

21. 20. YOU THINK
„GAMIFICATION‟ IS WHAT
GEORGE W. BUSH DOES
WHEN HE PLAYS MONOPOLY!
Image Sources:
http://newsbusters.org/sites/defa
ult/files/2012/GWB%20419.jpg,
and
http://gallivance.files.wordpress.c
om/2012/09/monopoly-wbaltic.jpeg
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-fallingbehind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/

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