I have just read the Alan November article. I really enjoyed reading this, it puts our "relationaship" with technology in a different way.
I really like how he asks: "What relationships do you want to have? and What technology do you want to have?"
This is something that we face daily. How do we want people to see us and how will we make them see us that way?
This goes back to my Did you know 4.0 post about posting your life on facebook.
You decide at that point that you want people to know you life and your going to use facebook to air it and probably use a computer and of course a smartphone to get it onto facebook.
This really makes us think about all of the technology around us.
I chose to have a smartphone because I felt the need to be connected to everything, I like to know NOW whats going on. My dad on the other hand refuses to get anymore than a regular phone because he does not want his whole life to be in his hand, he wants to leave work and leave it there unless of course hes on call.
I also really appreciated his discussion of: If your going to teach students to use the internet teach them how to think and discriminate.
This I love because I feel like it forces us to really use our brains to figure things out in a time when many think that technology has taken that from us.
In one of my previous college classes we had the same "If its on the internet it must by true" idea and we found this website that backed the idea that the Earth is flat this is a group of people with a .org site (which we have all been taught that if its .org or .edu site its probably good) still promoting the idea that the world is flat. While it is ok to think as you please you need to have a student that can look at this and know that there is all proof that the world is in fact NOT flat but is Round. A student not thought to think critically and discriminate could find this site as fact as the authors example of the student believing the Holocaust was a hoax.
This was just a really amazing article, I could probably discuss it for a while but I will spare all!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Did you know 4.0
Just watched the video Did you know 4.0
All I have to say is HOLY SMOKES!
I feel like I have always known the statistics shown in the video but having them put down and listed out like that just really put it all in prospective.
Its crazy to even think that my niece who is 8 has a sell phone and texts be all the time and I didnt have a sell phone until I was in highschool in which that was only because I had a car so if I broke down I could call someone.
There are so many examples you can use to explain our dependance on technology such as the need for even your young children to have a cell phone to freaking out about your friends post on facebook because your read it out of context.
Even the way we share our life stories through technology now makes me wonder how much further it can go. I mean 5 years ago I couldnt have imagined heading to my facebook after a long day and telling a list of people I may know well or only have just met once about my entire day.
To think just how far technology has gone so far, so fast makes me sure wonder how things will change in my lifetime!
All I have to say is HOLY SMOKES!
I feel like I have always known the statistics shown in the video but having them put down and listed out like that just really put it all in prospective.
Its crazy to even think that my niece who is 8 has a sell phone and texts be all the time and I didnt have a sell phone until I was in highschool in which that was only because I had a car so if I broke down I could call someone.
There are so many examples you can use to explain our dependance on technology such as the need for even your young children to have a cell phone to freaking out about your friends post on facebook because your read it out of context.
Even the way we share our life stories through technology now makes me wonder how much further it can go. I mean 5 years ago I couldnt have imagined heading to my facebook after a long day and telling a list of people I may know well or only have just met once about my entire day.
To think just how far technology has gone so far, so fast makes me sure wonder how things will change in my lifetime!
The First Day
"The Journey Ahead"
Hello,
Today is my first day of TCPCG classes. Ive been looking forward to this day for 5 years, ever since I found out about this program. Now that it is here and we have been given lots and lots of reading Im realizing my journey through this program may be much more difficult than I thought and more difficult than my journey to get to this day. I hope that the program brings out the best in my abilities. It does feel so nice to be surrounded by people who are here for a reason and are all as passionate as I am about being teachers.
The first class on technology started at a later time today which was really nice. I could sleep in a little, get last minute things done and slowly get back into going to school. I am excited for this class because I dont know how to use computers and technology well and I know my students will. Not only that I know that technology is something that will always be working hand in hand with my career. As I have spent sometime using my new MacBook Im realizing while I wasnt a very strong PC before I can say that I do enjoy the Mac, I just need to understand it better (not that I understood the PC very well).
Ive never had a blog and I can say Im pretty paranoid about this kind of thing, it took me forever to get a facebook. Im hoping to become more comfortable with this blog.
Looking forward to my next post, hopefully Im not overwhelmed from all of my other classes!
P.S. save it and show it to the world?! Thats what I mean about this stuff!!
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